{"id":852,"date":"2020-06-01T15:29:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/?p=852"},"modified":"2020-06-01T15:29:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:29:33","slug":"digitalisation-one-cloud-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/storypositive\/2020\/06\/01\/digitalisation-one-cloud-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitalisation. One: Cloud Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"852\" class=\"elementor elementor-852\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21423f70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21423f70\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58c367ec\" data-id=\"58c367ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea8ecca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ea8ecca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7aad000 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7aad000\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab26328\" data-id=\"ab26328\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-098e55b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"098e55b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Digitalisation in a Post-Covid19 World (1\/6)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfed70f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfed70f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c04a7a2\" data-id=\"c04a7a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f377b5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f377b5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">There\u2019s a lot of talk about digitalisation post-Covid19. I know from experience, mention of digitalisation or automation strikes fear into the hearts of many in leadership, and for sound logical reasons, especially when everyone is predicting the mother of all downturns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">In fact, done well, digitalisation is a way for firms (i.e. leadership teams) to reduce the amount of money spent on Information Technology (or, achieve better value per pound\/euro\/dollar), realign the goals of Business and IT, distribute risk, and build more resilience into the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">A leader is to some degree at the mercy of experts. After all, you don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/pages\/videos\/johari-window-transcript.htm\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Johari Window<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">), so a reliance on expert advice is a necessity of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\">Sometimes experts pander to a bias (such as confirmation bias) in the leader, sometimes they deliberately pull the wool over the poor leader\u2019s eyes, and sometimes the expert isn\u2019t as expert as they themselves believe. So it is that the poor old leader is saddled with having to be savvy enough to know enough to know when they\u2019re being sold a pup \u2013 not an easy thing<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\">This series on digitalisation has been produced to help leaders navigate six areas that comprise digitalisation: Cloud Platforms,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/digitalisation-two-cloud-native-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud Native Applications<\/a><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\">,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/digitalisation-three-devops-and-sre\/\" target=\"_blank\">DevOps \/ Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)<\/a><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\">,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/digitalisation-four-agile-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agile Delivery<\/a><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\">, the Operating Model, and&#8230; The C word (revealed in part 6). You won\u2019t be an expert once you\u2019ve read these articles, but you should<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\">&nbsp;have enough information to help navigate the field.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbcf719 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbcf719\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb55338\" data-id=\"cb55338\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3148f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3148f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prediction is easy. Accurate prediction, less so<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4b058b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4b058b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-774e3dc\" data-id=\"774e3dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d41c140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d41c140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">In a recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/webinars\/\" target=\"_blank\">Webinar<\/a>&nbsp;for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fsclub.zyen.com\/events\/past-events\/leadership-financial-technical-firms-time-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Services Club<\/a>, I suggested the term \u201cThe New Normal\u201d may, apart from already becoming hackneyed, be incorrect. Instead, we might be looking at series of evolving normals. Thus, we are already in the Next Normal. Why coin this term? I\u2019m no medical expert, of course, but have been speaking frequently to many who are, as well as medical scientists, and have taken to reading a number of publications. One thing that\u2019s become clear from this autodidactic feast, is that despite the hyperbole about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/news\/2020-05-22-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-begin-phase-iiiii-human-trials\" target=\"_blank\">a vaccine<\/a>&nbsp;being ready by September, we still don\u2019t know what we\u2019re dealing with or whether such a vaccine is viable. Can Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), the virus that causes Covid19, mutate, like, say, flu, or other coronaviruses (of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg24632800-700-what-four-coronaviruses-from-history-can-tell-us-about-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\">which four are reckoned to be responsible for roughly 20-30 percent of common colds<\/a>), such that despite having had it once you are able to be re-infected? What are the longer-term effects? Why are some people affected more severely than others? The list goes on.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">As lockdown cautiously lifts, will there be a second peak. One doctor I know remarked that we\u2019ll know in two to three weeks. Well, quite!<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Even if the \u201cR\u201d number is significantly reduced, is it fair, or tenable, to expect those with underlying health conditions, such as any form of diabetes or asthma, to return to work, especially if the only way for them to get there is by public transport?<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f215ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f215ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a74037f\" data-id=\"a74037f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9732f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9732f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Next Normal<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c57f3be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c57f3be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4440f6\" data-id=\"e4440f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fcaa4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fcaa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">On 29 April 2020,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-barclays-results-offices\/barclays-ceo-says-putting-7000-people-in-a-building-may-be-thing-of-the-past-idUKKCN22B101\">Jes Staley, the CEO of Barclays<\/a>&nbsp;stated that the days of \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">putting 7,000 people in a building may be thing of the past\u201d. Mr Staley is right. Of course, one might operate a Blue Team \/ Green Team arrangement, alter shift patterns, or reorganise office space to encourage social distancing, as well as demand all workers wear face masks at whatever the Health and Safety department deem critical times. But, how do you get several thousand people to a building\u2019s floors? Anyone who has been to one of the large banks in Canary Wharf, in London, will immediately comprehend the immense challenge this entails. Maybe the days of regional offices will have to come back (perhaps with positive regional economic effects)?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">However one configures the options, it seems remote working is here to stay in some form for the foreseeable future (leaving aside the question of what foreseeable might mean). Not only that, but there may well be repeating cycles of lockdown necessary until the virus is sufficiently vanquished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">It\u2019s not all about the workforce. Your workforce are someone else\u2019s customers and vice versa. So, whilst we need to think of what we provide to our workers, it&#8217;s also about how we service clients. Bluntly, this is about the whole ecosystem.<\/span><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-198b6c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"198b6c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13083ba\" data-id=\"13083ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b132a37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b132a37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Digitalisation (Re)Defined<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68ca459 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68ca459\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d89d3e0\" data-id=\"d89d3e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad09e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fad09e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">As mentioned earlier, Digitalisation is a great way to ensure that risk is distributed (i.e. lessened) and that firms achieve better value per currency unit (value for spend as one firm I&#8217;ve worked with eloquently puts it).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">So how do you embrace digitalisation?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Let\u2019s start with a modern definition.<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c9102a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c9102a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78b0e62\" data-id=\"78b0e62\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-526bee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"526bee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><i style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Digitalisation is not just about making a process electronic, it\u2019s about making the right process electronic in the right way<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">.<\/span><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8afbc65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8afbc65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca3603f\" data-id=\"ca3603f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-832d3b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"832d3b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Simply automating existing processes in their current flow is a mistake made many times in the past and one that leads to increased risk and wastage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">A great example of this sort of risk and wastage is the settlement process for wholesale securities. It can take up to two days to settle a transaction that is electronic across its entire lifecycle. This should be able to be done in moments (and, in fact, is so with cryptocurrencies, on which you can find out more by listening to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wickedproblems.fm\/2020\/05\/27\/jannahpatchay\/\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-line: underline;\">Jannah Patchay on the Wicked Problems podcast<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Delay exists because the legacy manual process required time to physically move things around, do quill and ink ledger accounting, and ensure that trust mechanisms were in place. Yet, when it was made \u201cdigital\u201d those same lags were embedded into the process, thus ensuring it remained slow and pregnant with counterparty risk.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">So, digital is about reimagining processes and process flows to be efficient and then using the right tools to get the job done.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">As you read the rest of this article, keep the following picture in mind:<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cd74ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cd74ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-270fe91\" data-id=\"270fe91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3488d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3488d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-01-13.50.00.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a560d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a560d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e28fcd\" data-id=\"0e28fcd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad22d77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad22d77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">This is a segment from a bigger picture based on the \u201cflower maturity\u2019 model from Martin Walsh at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkabove.cloud\/\" style=\"color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-line: underline;\">Think Above Cloud<\/a>, and adapted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tobycorballis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toby Corballis<\/a>&nbsp;to incorporate a specific element (more on this as the series unfolds).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">To achieve proper digitalisation requires understanding that there are a number of aspects to digitalisation and the balance between each aspect matters. In this series, I\u2019m looking at each one, in turn, starting with\u2026<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e5e3d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e5e3d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b3a739\" data-id=\"7b3a739\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aeee4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0aeee4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cloud Platforms<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-785750e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"785750e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33cbea7\" data-id=\"33cbea7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7faf626 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7faf626\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">There are many of great things about Cloud, and, in particular, Public Cloud &#8211; too many to cover in an article aimed at leadership within firms. Thus, we will limit the conversation here to Security, Scalability, and Resilience. These may sound like technical terms, and they are, but we don&#8217;t need to delve into the technical. Instead, we&#8217;ll keep to a high-level conceptual discussion that should give you enough to enable you to see clearly the benefits.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51cb243 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51cb243\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0e5df9\" data-id=\"e0e5df9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bcf5e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bcf5e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Security<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-142afad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"142afad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7da58d\" data-id=\"e7da58d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1015e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1015e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Firstly, when properly configured Public Cloud is far and away more secure than self-owned infrastructure \u2013 be that one\u2019s own datacentre or space in a commercial one. To be clear: anyone who says otherwise either doesn\u2019t know how the security of Public Cloud works, doesn\u2019t understand the technological difference between, say, a Cloud network and a private network, or has some other agenda.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Public Cloud resources are defined in code, rather than being discrete bits of infrastructure. If a problem is encountered, it can be fixed instantly across all resource instances, usually without the need for an outage. When the same thing happens in a legacy environment, this is not possible. Instead it\u2019s necessary to rely on engineers to deploy a fix. Some will do a better job than others, and all represent a cost.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">In the Cloud, security is defined at the level of the individual resource (often referred to as Zero Trust). In a datacentre, engineers tend to define a perimeter on the assumption that if that is secure then so is everything inside it (a castle and moat system). This logic has been proven time and again to be flawed. Bad actors penetrate the perimeter and often hang around inside systems for months, observing, building a picture of the organisation from the inside, and testing for compromised resources, before doing whatever dastardly deed they decide on. I could go on, but suffice to say that Public Cloud is far more secure when done correctly. Of course, anything done badly is subject to compromise.<\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05ec577 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05ec577\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7503ac\" data-id=\"c7503ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4533f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c4533f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scalability<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5180dd5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5180dd5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53023cf\" data-id=\"53023cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d180f8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d180f8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Cloud platforms are scalable in ways that legacy systems are not. When the lockdown first happened, firms already operating in Public Cloud were able to adjust capacity within minutes by simply adjusting the dial on whatever resources they needed more of, be that Compute, Storage, Networks, Databases, etc. Literally, anything. As the resources scaled, so too did the security.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">In contrast, many legacy firms had to rely on \u201cSuperman\u201d syndrome \u2013 people who work long hours (often at extra cost) to ensure systems are held together using a Sellotape and bandages solution. Even now, nine weeks in, I know of systems creaking at the seams that are only being held together by the heroics of a few knowledgeable people.<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1270d52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1270d52\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85e53a8\" data-id=\"85e53a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8af47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa8af47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resilience<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3cb7bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3cb7bf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1c92b1\" data-id=\"f1c92b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92e3eb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92e3eb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">That Public Cloud systems are code based, also increases resilience. If someone destroys a system, whether intentionally or accidentally, a perfect clone can be up and running in moments (without a Disaster Recovery solution) and DR is a doddle.<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4eb20e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4eb20e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d2f5f8\" data-id=\"1d2f5f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287cbcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"287cbcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Public versus Private Cloud<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8b28b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8b28b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06ca75a\" data-id=\"06ca75a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cbbd5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cbbd5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Why recommend Public Cloud over Private Cloud? The answer is actually very simple. There are three main Public Cloud providers, though there are others too. Each excels in different ways. Because Public Cloud systems are distributed over the Internet, there\u2019s no reason to tether the firm to any one. Instead, it\u2019s possible to cherry pick services from the panoply of providers, even if you simply stick with the main three.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">There are those who advise going with one or the other Public Cloud provider, often citing exclusivity discounts. Resist this \u2013 the deals are almost never to the favour of the client. Cloud salespeople are incentivised on consumption. It\u2019s in their interest to drive exclusivity deals and over consumption and to obfuscate lack of discount.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pc 0pc 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Public Cloud is distributed even within each provider. This distributed nature means that if your engineers think that, say, Google has the best Kubernetes implementation for your needs, Microsoft the best Active Directory Federated Services, and AWS the best Kafka, there\u2019s no reason why you can\u2019t use all three together. Many firms do; and do it successfully.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Another reason for distributing solutions across multiple Public Cloud providers is enhanced resilience. Cloud providers are fond of saying that their systems are fully resilient but in fact this is untrue. As recently as 8 April 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbronline.com\/news\/google-cloud-issues\" style=\"color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-line: underline;\">Google Cloud Platform experienced a 90 minute outage<\/a>. It\u2019s not all GCP, of course. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbronline.com\/analysis\/aws-outage-overheating\" style=\"color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-line: underline;\">On 22 October 2019, AWS was subjected to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack<\/a>. Neither is Microsoft immune. A <a href=\"https:\/\/datacentrereview.com\/news\/1651-microsoft-fails-to-acknowledge-major-azure-outage-for-five-hours-due-to-sleeping-manager\" style=\"color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-line: underline;\">significant slowdown of Azure in EMEA went unreported for five hours because the company\u2019s Primary Incident Manager (PIM) was based in the US<\/a>, so was asleep at the time it occurred, with services taking up to three days to return to normal. The point is that whilst Public Cloud can also have outages, if you plan your architecture well, you can pivot from one region to another, or one provider to another, in minutes when things do go awry, thus ensuring a high level of resilience.<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-981cbd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"981cbd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d959149\" data-id=\"d959149\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77e8f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d77e8f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Next time...<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9326593 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9326593\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6757b2\" data-id=\"d6757b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60785e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b60785e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hopefully you&#8217;ve found this article informative. If so, please consider sharing it with colleagues and others in your network. In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/digitalisation-two-cloud-native-applications\/\">the next article<\/a>, we&#8217;ll cover the second aspect of Digital Maturity: Cloud Native Applications. Don&#8217;t worry, it will also be aimed at leaders, not engineers.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8b901b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8b901b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d10608\" data-id=\"4d10608\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Cloud Platforms? Why use Public Cloud? Is it safe? Will it save me money? 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