Safe digital transformation for SMEs

The pressure is on for British businesses over the next couple of years. With the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now in force and Brexit looming, what can UK SMEs learn from their enterprise cousins during this profound period of transformation? Organisations are eagerly adopting digital transformation. Solutions such as containerisation and other cloud-based models allow greater flexibility while helping firms remain secure. These also address compliance and data sovereignty requirements, the need for greater business continuity in the event of a disaster (natural or otherwise) and improved accessibility to hardware and data. And for smaller firms, the assurance of colocation and the flexibility of cloud infrastructure strikes a good balance for their IT needs, says Jack Bedell-Pearce of 4D Datacentres.