We set out to discover which businesses are
best prepared for the future, and what those
businesses are doing differently to the rest.
In our report we explain what ‘future ready’
businesses look like, how they’re approaching
emerging challenges in the business world
and how they fared during the COVID-19 crisis.
Vodafone is one of the world’s leading telecommunications
operators. “We’re on this journey right now of moving from
being a traditional telco provider to being a tech-co,”
explains Dan Beevers, President, Asia Pacific, Vodafone
Business. “The purpose of Vodafone is connecting for
a better future. With our expertise and global scale, we
have that unique opportunity to drive positive change
across society, connecting friends, families, businesses
and government organizations.”
Vodafone has been at the forefront of driving major
technology trends in the industry, with 5G being one
of the most exciting technologies to emerge of late.
“Vodafone has been involved in leading efforts to trial 5G
in cities across Europe,” says Beevers. “We’ve also taken a
leadership role in global 5G research, for instance holding
the chair of the Next Generation Mobile Networks Group.”
The company embarked on a relationship with Melco
Resorts back in 2015, when it addressed Melco’s need to
connect global facilities across Asia and Europe to provide
a consistent user experience and high quality IT networkservices. “Partnerships are all about trust. We built trust
with Melco by making sure service was paramount
and talking in their language - now we provide them
connectivity across nine countries around the world
and are expanding the relationship into other areas such
as Azure cloud services.” In 2018 the partnership was
expanded around a VDI solution. “That’s a service which
helps them acquire virtual desktop infrastructure. With
that service, we provide a secure user experience, the
ability to scale and also the ability to reduce costs whilst
increasing efficiencies within their organisation.”
With technology changing at pace, a study conducted
this year by Vodafone Business, called Vodafone
Business Future Ready, uncovered a number of criteria
for organisations to bear in mind to prepare themselves
for the future. “It’s about having a positive attitude and
a mindset that you need to change with the speed of the
wider world of technology, being open to new technologies
within your organisation, being able to adapt your people
to your customers and to your competition, while actively
planning for the technological future,” says Beevers.Vodafone and Melco Resorts:
connectivity partners
Dan Beevers,
President, Asia
Pacific, Vodafone
Business, on the
partnership with
Melco Resorts and
the possibilities
of technologies
such as 5G
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