Cloud computing is seeing an inexorable rise as organisations worldwide continue to transition more services online. The trend towards hybrid working, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in a huge increase in migrating to the cloud. Gartner research and consulting services firm recently forecast worldwide public cloud end-user spending to grow 21.7% to $597.3 billion in 2023.

Threat actors are well-aware of the vulnerability of our cloud infrastructure. The internet we have today is not equipped to serve the data needs of the future. When data is stored in the cloud, it can end up across several servers anywhere in the world

When you build software, storing, analyzing, and processing data can become challenging as your business scale. Fortunately, introducing cloud computing has helped enterprises and businesses tackle this scaling problem

L-R: Head, IT Program and Value Management, FCMB, Oluwatosin Olapo; Area Head, Digital Business Solutions, British American Tobacco (West & Central Africa), Edgar Nyamweya Okioga; General Manager, Business Development, Enterprise Business, MTN Nigeria, Omotayo Ojutalayo; Group Chief Information Officer, Dangote Group, Prasanna Kumar Burri and Chief, Information Technology, FCMB, Rotimi Famuwagun at the MTN and Microsoft Breakfast Meeting held at Radisson Blu Hotel Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on June 16, 2023. In its usual innovative fashion, MTN Nigeria has partnered with the technology giant, Microsoft, to bring transformative cloud technology to Nigerian organizations through products that will digitize their business operations. Cloud computing enables organizations to use digital resources stored in virtual spaces through networks often satellite networks.