D E E P D I V E

How do you deal with stress and unwind outside the office ?

I am a big advocate of the power of distraction and making time for your own headspace . I don ' t meditate , but I enjoy several outdoor activities that involve being immersed in the natural environment and the ' moment '.

What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment in your industry ?

Aside from AI , and the onward march of the large cloud companies , the traditional enterprise continues to invest in their data centre infrastructure whether it is on- or offpremise . There ’ s also cloud and the systems to enable the move to cloud which also continue to attract investment . Geographically , new Internet connections have accelerated

What are the region-specific challenges you encounter in your role ?

Europe is a very diverse collection of countries , cultures and languages . Large countries like Germany , the UK , France and Italy operate very much like their own sub-regional markets , and we are a global company that tries our best to be consistent and aligned across our regions . In leading our European business , I work to try and give our customers a consistent experience , while ensuring we factor-in regional variations in how people and companies prefer to operate .

What changes to your job role have you seen in the last year and how do you see these developing in the coming months ?

My role evolves with the needs of our business and customers every year . In the last year , we have made a concerted effort to show the market that we are leading in innovation by working on and successfully releasing multiple new solutions to the market . Another element of my role is to ensure our teams are well enabled to deliver the messages to the market , identify our customer ' s problems and work together with them to deliver great outcomes . �

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