{"id":444998,"date":"2020-11-02T07:29:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T05:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=444998"},"modified":"2020-11-02T09:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T07:18:10","slug":"are-you-ready-to-scale-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/444998\/are-you-ready-to-scale-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you ready to scale in 2021?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2020 has been a difficult year for South African businesses, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>As 2020 draws to a close, many businesses are looking forward to 2021 as a fresh start and are using the rest of the year to plan and prepare.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turrito.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=2%2November%202020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to get your digital transformation journey underway with Turrito.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most businesses, regardless of the industry they\u2019re in, have already reduced operational costs and activities for 2020 and are instead prioritising investment into 2021 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>This almost always includes investing in modern IT systems and platforms for further cost savings, as well as improvements in efficiency, productivity and resiliency.\u00a0 This is always done with a focus on POPI considering the July 2021 deadline.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Cloud is crucial<\/h3>\n<p>While the phrase \u201cmove to the cloud\u201d has become a clich\u00e9, it is truly a critical part of preparing your business for the future.<\/p>\n<p>This has never been more obvious than it is now, and the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for data and systems to be accessible from anywhere and at any time.<\/p>\n<p>For some businesses, the issues caused by legacy systems during the COVID-19 pandemic have forced them to shut down completely, whereas businesses that have comprehensive cloud solutions were able to continue working.\u00a0 Even the unexpected, and very badly timed, load-shedding during lockdown had far less effect on these businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In some situations, digitally transformed businesses actually noticed increased productivity from their employees! \u00a0This is a major reason why many experts believe remote working will continue to be prominent even once the COVID-19 pandemic is over.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore no surprise that Turrito is experiencing a major increase in businesses looking to implement digital transformation strategies, with a particular focus placed on the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just for specific applications but for literally all aspects of IT: telephony, email, hosting, collaboration, document management and more.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to securely access any service from any location has never been more relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Using the rest of 2020 for planning, building and testing new technology solutions seems to be on everyone&#8217;s agenda and Turrito is perfectly placed to help.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of economic, political, or COVID-related events, digital transformation and the cloud are the obvious next steps for businesses requiring increased efficiencies and resiliency.<\/p>\n<p>After an incredibly challenging year it\u2019s good to know there\u2019s (digital) light at the end of the tunnel!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Turrito \u2013 Your digital transformation partner<\/h3>\n<p>Turrito is an ICT solutions provider focusing on SME\u2019s and the mid-market.<\/p>\n<p>Its speciality is helping businesses navigate their digital transformation journeys in a way that allows them to scale and thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Turrito customers benefit from affordable enterprise-level support and fantastic service delivery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turrito.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=2%2November%202020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to get your digital transformation journey underway with Turrito.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turrito is focused on helping your business embark on its digital transformation journey in a way that prepares it to scale and thrive in 2021 and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":445012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[14012],"class_list":["post-444998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-turrito"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445130,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444998\/revisions\/445130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}