By Darren Edwards, Managing Director
So as we approach the end of the year, I have looked back to my discussions with clients at this time a year ago. The key these of these discussions was that we were finally out of the recession and that the outlook for 2011 was very positive. I don’t think many people would have predicted the uncertainty of the last year and the Euro crisis that will no doubt rumble on long into 2012. The uncertainty of the last year has seen lots of organisations unsure of whether to stick or twist with regards to investment, but the majority of our customers have been looking to improve the way they use their existing technology.
2011 also promised to be the year of the Cloud, and although we see a lot more organisations using the cloud now most organisations are still looking at how they can implement the cloud into their IT Strategy. We believe that the take up of the cloud will grow significantly over the next few years as internal IT systems come up for renewal, the cost reduction and ease of implementation that can be gained from using cloud solutions will start to change traditional IT procurement processes.
SharePoint is a very widely used platform within the majority of organisations, however typically organisations have been using a small component of the functionality for intranets or project collaboration. In 2011 we have seen a big shift in organisations looking at how they can utilise the platform more, some of the solutions we have seen are; case management, document management, general business process approvals and business intelligence reporting. We expect this growth to continue in 2012 with many organisations now looking at migrating legacy systems (e.g. document management systems) onto SharePoint to help reduce their IT management costs.
At ImageFast we have had an exciting year that has seen the company grow considerably, across all of our technology sectors our SharePoint practice is growing fast and the more traditional document management part of our business has also seen a considerable growth this year especially in the local government and insurance sectors. We start 2012 in a very positive position as a business and we are looking to continue the growth that we have seen over the last year.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients and partners for their business and support during 2011, and I look forward to working with you in 2012.
From everyone at ImageFast we would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New year!
Darren Edwards
Managing Director
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