New Delhi, May 13 -- In 2019, I would have flown more times than I can count, to meet with customers and partners in countries from Japan to India to the US. Then in 2020 I, like many of my peers and colleagues, came to a standstill. The business world, however, kept on spinning - thanks to technology. While 2020 has come and gone, travel bans remain across the region, which means the virtual business meeting is here to stay.

According to the latest Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI), 68 per cent of businesses in the APJ region intend to conduct more business using video conferencing and limit travel where possible. This brave new world of business turns a lot of long-held beliefs on their head. Business leaders have celebrated the val...