Andre Fourie is the Director of Operations at ITgility, an IT infrastructure solutions company that was founded in 2011. ITgility specialises in IT solutions across areas such as storage, backup and recovery, virtualisation, disaster recovery, and cloud initiatives. It leverages its knowledge and expertise to provide end-to-end IT solutions to businesses through a consultative-led approach to satisfy its customers and build strong relationships.

In this What’s Next interview with Aki Anastasiou, Fourie describes ITgility’s long-standing relationship with IBM, and explains how ITgility’s infrastructure background and IBM’s hybrid cloud offering complement each other. Fourie highlights the trends that ITgility is observing in the local market, such as a rise in the adoption of cloud services. He then discusses several key offerings from IBM that can address these trends and gaps in the market, such as IBM Cloud Paks and Flash Systems.