How 12 IT Leaders Support Organizations Through Disruption
When security is breached, businesses need a plan to stay resilient. When a natural disaster hits, they need a plan to recover. When the power goes out, businesses need a contingency plan. These same business continuity plans help organizations adapt during other unexpected crises, such as the current pandemic known as COVID-19.
What is business continuity? Business continuity is a business’ level of readiness to maintain critical functions after an emergency or disruption.
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Click through the slideshow below for stories of how 12 IT leaders support their organization’s business continuity plans during the global disruption caused by COVID-19.
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1. American Dubai University
“In today’s world, CIOs can’t just sit in the back and keep the lights on,” says Ahmad Yahya, CIO of American Dubai Hospital. “You have to be at the strategy table showing how technology will move the business forward. COVID-19 is a case in point.”
Ahmad Yahya, a Hospital CIO Reprioritizing through Pandemic
The CIO of American Hospital Dubai talks about leading the hospital’s IT response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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1. American Dubai University
“At times like this, you can’t say ‘no.’ You’ve got to take risks to achieve the goal,” Yahya continues.
Ahmad Yahya, a Hospital CIO Reprioritizing through Pandemic
The CIO of American Hospital Dubai talks about leading the hospital’s IT response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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2. Banglalink
“With VMware Workspace ONE, Banglalink no longer sees a barrier to working remotely,” says Sharif Mahmood, project manager for Banglalink.”
Banglalink Supercharges Its Teams’ Performance
A digital workspace solution helps Banglalink transform real-time information sharing with anywhere, anytime access to data and applications.
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2. Banglalink
“The pace of installing the platform and getting the selected team on board has been impressive,” Mahmood continues. “We’re particularly pleased with the fact there has been very little disruption to the team’s day-to-day work.”
Banglalink Supercharges Its Teams’ Performance
A digital workspace solution helps Banglalink transform real-time information sharing with anywhere, anytime access to data and applications.
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3. Brisbane Catholic Education
“Workspace ONE has enabled us to raise our students’ quality and relevance of education,” says Paul Saltmarsh, senior IT officer for Brisbane Catholic Education.
Brisbane Catholic Education Excels with Device Management
Brisbane Catholic Education wanted to retain operational efficiency and better align student outcomes with success in the future digital workspace.
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3. Brisbane Catholic Education
“Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub provides educators and students with a frictionless digital environment where they can explore and build digital skills,” Saltmarsh continues.
Brisbane Catholic Education Excels with Device Management
Brisbane Catholic Education wanted to retain operational efficiency and better align student outcomes with success in the future digital workspace.
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4. Brown and Gay Engineers
“VMware SD-WAN just works and keeps our business running,” says Michael Franklink, CIO of Brown and Gay Engineers.
Engineering In Cloud App Access and Network Uptime with SD-WAN
Expanding offices, increasing supported job sites, and migrating critical apps and data to the cloud via Azure and AWS is a snap for BGE with SD-WAN.
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5. Cofense
“After nearly doubling our workforce in a year … Workspace ONE was able to save our IT team approximately 625 hours in configuration time alone,” says Mark Ziglado, vice president of IT for Cofense.
Global Organizations Choose Digital Workspace Solutions to Meet Evolving Business Continuity Needs
Automation helped make Cofense’s onboarding process more efficient and personal.
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5. Cofense
“Workspace ONE’s strong integration ties help us continuously improve and accelerate our employee onboarding and offboarding experience,” Ziglado continues.
Global Organizations Choose Digital Workspace Solutions to Meet Evolving Business Continuity Needs
Automation helped make Cofense’s onboarding process more efficient and personal.
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6. GKN Automotive
“They just have immediate access to the apps they need … there is no handbrake on the business,” says Dirk Hofmann, IT manager of GKN Automotive.
GKN Takes Control of Enterprise Mobility
To create flexible, dynamic working, GKN wants to enable mobile working across its sales, design, and customer-facing operations.
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7. Low T Center
“Ensuring that our healthcare providers are able to treat patients at any time regardless of network issues is critical to Low T Center and the happiness of our patients,” says Arthur Yount, president of Low T Center.
Low T Center Ensures Ability to Treat Patients at All Times
SD-WAN eliminates network outages to help healthcare providers adhere to HIPAA regulations.
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8. Nebraska Medicine
“The investment we made in our digital workspace strategy is certainly helping us maintain continuity and deliver better care in these extraordinary times,” says Brian Lancaster, vice president of IT for Nebraska Medicine.
Meeting Evolving Business Continuity Needs
Nebraska Medicine is driving better patient outcomes with its strategic vision for cloud, security and mobility
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8. Nebraska Medicine
“All employees who do not need to go into the hospital are being asked to work from home, accessing required apps and resources from Workspace ONE,” Lancaster continues.
Meeting Evolving Business Continuity Needs
Nebraska Medicine is driving better patient outcomes with its strategic vision for cloud, security and mobility
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9. Preferred Mutual
“In addition to providing our employees with workstyle flexibility, VMware’s end-user computing technology enables a zero-trust security approach that helps us better protect data on employee devices,” says Ben Moore, lead systems engineer for Preferred Mutual.
Working Remotely in Financial Services
Hundreds of Preferred Mutual employees work remotely while the company adheres to security and privacy requirements.
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10. St. John’s Health
“By making sure our employees can work effectively and recharge on their days off, we can ultimately improve patient care,” says Lance Spranger, CIO of St. John’s Health.
St. John’s Health Prioritizes Patient Care
With digital workspace solutions physicians, nurses and other staff spend more time working with patients and less time worrying about technology.
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10. St. John’s Health
“We can provide the same services as big-city hospitals, even at our size, because of the capabilities we have using VMware Workspace ONE,” Spranger continues.
St. John’s Health Prioritizes Patient Care
With digital workspace solutions physicians, nurses and other staff spend more time working with patients and less time worrying about technology.
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11. University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
“Students can log into their virtual desktops wherever they want and begin working with their software of choice—all within minutes,” says Rob Jarman of UTS.
Liberating Students From On-Campus Desktops
UTS provides secure, seamless and faster access to digital tools at any time, on any device to its students.
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12. Vellore Institute of Technology (VTI)
“After leveraging VDI from VMware, we can offer a better learning environment to our students,” says Mohan Kumar, systems manager for Vellore Institute of Technology.
Delivering an Enhanced Learning Experience to Students
To create a symbiotic learning experience for students where teaching is not confined to classrooms, VIT leveraged VMware virtualization solutions.
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