With organisations depending more on secure, reliable connections between multiple sites, hybrid workers, and customers than ever before, the demand for high-performance connectivity is at an all-time high. The rapid rise of SD-WAN has played a key role here, providing unparalleled freedom and flexibility when it comes to choosing carriers and ISPs with which to interconnect customer sites, while providing full control and visibility through a single pane of glass, and the ability to utilise Public Cloud resources, as needed. With these numerous advantages, the uptake across organisations who are keen to optimise their overall agility and operational resilience is unsurprising.

At EXPO.e, we've been deeply involved in connectivity for a long time now. Ever since we first launched our self-owned network back in 2002, we've been committed to providing secure, high-performance connectivity to organisations all over the UK - whether they're well-established global leaders, ambitious start-ups, or critical members of the public sector - and have always been keen to work with Carrier Partners who share this mission.

For a number of years now, Public Cloud solutions have been widely used by technology providers across our Channel Partner ecosystem. It's not hard to see why. The unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and agility offered by Public Cloud makes it a highly attractive platform from which to deliver critical, always-on services to customers and end users, while retaining full control of costs and minimising the need to invest in and maintain on-premises infrastructure.

Onboarding has always been a challenge for organisations, whether they're start-ups or international corporations. There are numerous factors to consider, from practical ones - like gathering payroll information, setting up phones and laptops, and arranging access to office space - to more subtle ones, like ensuring new joiners are able to bond with their teams and are comfortable in their new working environment.

Throughout 2020 and the first half of 2021, Microsoft Teams has become omnipresent in our professional - and for many of us, personal - lives. But with the opening up of our offices coming progressively closer, and hybrid working now having established itself as most organisations' preferred working model for the 'new norm', we must consider how we can accommodate the needs of both office and remote workers, ensuring they can maintain the same quality of omnichannel interaction, communication, and collaboration that has been cultivated throughout the pandemic.

Organisations of all sizes, across all industries, have had short- and long-term digital transformation processes in place for some time now. With cumbersome legacy systems continuing to show their limitations and ongoing drives for new efficiencies and cost savings, the path to the Cloud is simply a logical one, helping organisations develop the flexibility, scalability, and operational resilience required to navigate the shifting digital landscape.