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“ The process to truly move to a hybrid multi-cloud environment is very experimental . I would say that first you need to upskill your workforce because either they come with an infrastructure engineering background with little to no cloud skills and capabilities or they are natively born in the cloud . So , you have to unlearn to relearn new techniques to get into this hybrid world – into this hybrid model .
“ Cloud is a very dynamic industry , so you need to constantly adapt . It ' s really about go fast , fail fast , learn fast , and then come back stronger . It is not straightforward ; it ' s experimental and it requires a special skill set from your workforce .”
“ I ' ve been in this industry now for 29 years , and I have to say that during the pandemic was the toughest , but also the most rewarding year ”
JOERG HESSELINK GLOBAL HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE ,
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Working with trusted partners When it comes to cloud partners , GfK works with many and continues to adapt whenever the need arises . This is due to the value proposition of the company , which is to be independent and to be trusted . That said , they do have a long history working with VMware .
“ VMware is a strategic technology partner for IT services to offer consistent operations and management across on-premises and cloud-hosted environments . We are currently adopting a hybrid cloud model implementing VMware cloud foundation by
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