Bill Wallace, Technical Director at SRO Solutions, has been named a 2021 IBM Champion to recognise his efforts to support IBM Maximo clients undergoing system upgrades and cloud migrations.

Maintaining business continuity and keeping an entire organisation connected and in sync is a necessity for all firms. It is especially critical when staff are located around the world in remote offices. Achieving a suitable connectivity level can be difficult when overseas sites are in far-flung cities with poor infrastructure. Still, managing assets situated in an ice-covered wilderness subject to the driest, windiest and coldest conditions on earth takes the challenge to a whole new level.

Digital transformation is the ‘holy grail’ for today’s business but implementing a major IT project is not always straightforward. According to figures from the Project Management Institute (PMI), 14 per cent of IT projects fail, and a further 31 per cent do not meet their goals.