EUROPE but I see that changing soon . Particularly when we see the leading IaaS providers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure now building major service centers in the UK for government IT services .”
The advantages of the shift to the cloud are numerous , says Quail . “ It gives me cost transparency that I don ’ t have at the moment . I ’ m predicting significant cost reductions through that efficiency . So there are financial benefits but more importantly , this strategy is driven by the demands of our business .” And SGN in 2016 is most definitely an innovative place to be , with an increasing focus on using technology throughout the business . “ The innovative technology we ’ re now seeing being applied in our business is genuinely transformational . We ’ ve got an innovation team that has won so many awards , they almost need a bigger trophy cabinet . Our team is now putting robots into our pipelines for video-based inspection as well as repair work and we are also looking at using much more sensor monitoring of our network . So that poses a challenge to us my business as to how do you bring all those services and the detail together in a meaningful way ?” The detail Quail is referencing to is the enormous amount of data produced by an increasingly technological company . He adds : “ Vast quantities of video and sensor data are great , but how do you access , share and more importantly , use it ? What ’ s very clear to me is my current IT architecture and IT service provision won ’ t be fit for purpose in a very
“ Our team is now putting robots into our pipelines for video-based inspection as well as repair work and we are also looking at using much more sensor monitoring of our network .”
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