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In almost 18 months, the world has been disrupted, and how we work and how businesses operate has shifted. While the permanency of this new environment is uncertain, one thing that we do know is that organisations need to be responsive to change if they are to find success going forward. Technology is the non-negotiable tool to help businesses achieve this agility. While companies have been expected to accelerate their use of technology during the COVID-19 crisis, 67% of organisations have fallen behind in their digital transformation strategy this past year. This was a key finding of The Digital Corporation 2021 study conducted by World Wide Worx in partnership with SYSPRO, Dell Technologies, Intel and Cycan. The research, which is based on feedback from 400 high-level decision makers at South African enterprises, indicates that the pandemic and the transition to remote working has slowed down digitalisation efforts. Adapting to change now and in the future Despite the reduced pace of...

Remote   working needs digital   sauce   South African enterprises took a step backward in digital   transformation over the first year of the pandemic, as disruptions, lockdowns and staff   unable to maintain operations remotely slowed down roll-out of new systems at head   offices.   This is one of the startling findings of the Digital Corporation in South Africa 2021 research  study, conducted by World Wide Worx with the support of Syspro, Dell Technologies, Intel   and Cycan. The slow-down came despite expectations that remote working would   accelerate digital transformation, due to the demands it placed on companies to be able to      operate   digitally.   As many as two thirds of respondents said they had gone backwards in digital   transformation, an indication that the pandemic slowed efforts to digitalise organisations.   While many of these had slowed only a little, one in five, or 20%,...