How cloud can help organisations modernise continuously, prioritise investment and respond to changing demands.
Event Details
Date: 22 September 2026
Time: 13:00-14:00
Location: Online
About the Event
In a
webinar earlier this year
in collaboration with Digital Leaders, we explored why legacy technology remains one of the biggest barriers to productivity, innovation and AI adoption across public services, and why organisations often achieve more by modernising through legacy rather than around it.
Most organisations already know they need to modernise. They have cloud strategies, AI ambitions and transformation roadmaps in place. Yet complex estates, lengthy discovery phases and fragmented decision-making often mean technology evolves faster than organisations can respond. By the time recommendations are made, priorities have shifted, technology has moved on and opportunities to create value have changed.
As a result, the challenge is no longer simply delivering a transformation programme. It is building the capability to continuously improve technology estates, unlock productivity, realise the value of cloud investments and support AI adoption while balancing innovation with operational resilience.
In this webinar, we'll explore how organisations can make quicker, evidence-based decisions about where to invest, what to modernise and where to focus their efforts first.
What You'll Learn
- Why understanding the technology estate is becoming a strategic capability
- How to identify where technology is genuinely holding the organisation back
- How cloud can create the speed and flexibility needed to modernise safely and effectively
- How organisations can connect evidence, decisions and outcomes
- Why governance and prioritisation are increasingly important foundations for sustainable progress
Drawing on lessons from large and complex environments, we'll discuss how organisations can reduce the gap between insight and action, prioritise investment with confidence and create a modernisation capability that evolves alongside changing technologies, business needs and AI opportunities.
Rather than treating transformation as a series of disconnected projects, we'll examine how organisations can create the foundations for continuous improvement, helping them deliver value today while remaining ready for what's next.
About the Speaker
Ed O'Brien, Cloud Practice Director, Sopra Steria
Ed joined Sopra Steria in June 2024, bringing nearly three decades of technology experience, including 15 years specialising in public cloud. His career spans professional services, telecoms, online gaming and financial services, where he has led large-scale cloud transformation initiatives across highly regulated industries.
As Cloud Practice Director, Ed leads Sopra Steria's cloud solutions in the UK, including AI-enabled cloud governance assessments. He is passionate about helping clients unlock value faster, reduce risk and gain greater clarity across their cloud environments.
Guided by a simple principle of shortening time to value, Ed helps organisations gain insights quickly, act with confidence and stay in control of their digital journeys.
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