Covid-19: How G4S has coped with the lockdown

Stuart Sumner
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Nick Folkes, Group CIO of G4S, explains that his organisation has benefited from its long-term digital transformation programme, with most services already in the cloud. But there were significant challenges early on in the lockdown period, especially around some legacy applications

With the Covid-19 lockdown continuing indefinitely, organisations of all types are reconfiguring to enable long-term remote working. Some are faring better than others. Broadly, organisations ca...

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