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How 5G, IoT and the cloud work together

Coronavirus is proving a tipping point for tech adoption; cloud, IoT and 5G are at the heart of this acceleration into digitalisation, but are their benefits interdependent?

1. Cloud computing

For many companies that were forced to shutter their business premises due to coronavirus restrictions, the cloud has helped their newly decentralised enterprise remain operational.

Research from Deloitte found those firms that fared better in the pandemic had already adopted virtualisation and cloud technologies. Those that hadn’t invested scrambled to do so; PwC reports spending on cloud rose 37 per cent during the first quarter of 2020.