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PodChats for FutureCIO: Solving the death by personalisation dilemma
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the day before personal computers and smart devices, before artificial intelligence and machine learning, customer satisfaction was measured b...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Securing third-party apps
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the defining characteristics of the digital economy is our increased dependence on third-party organisations. Whether we are manufacturers, ret...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Disrupting the disruptor – a CFO perspective
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The latest projections from the Asian Development Bank are that the region is expected to grow 4.3% this year, down from 5.2% in April 2022. It has al...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Data alone is not the answer
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprises continue to mature in the art of acquiring data whether this is structured or unstructured. But having data alone has proven to be no pred...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Futureproofing the enterprise’s modernisation journey
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Activities like video conferencing, mobile work, cloud computing – all of these have been around well before the pandemic. Before anyone ever coined...
PodChats for FutureCFO – Revisiting FP&A roles post-pandemic
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams play a crucial role in companies by performing budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that support majo...
PodChats for FutureCFO: How CFOs can lead an evolving retail scene
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The face of retail has been changing since the start of digital transformation. Many traditional retailers have witnessed the rice of Amazon to domina...
PodChats for FutureCIO: How CIOs get ahead on sustainability and ESG
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
During the 2022 FutureCFO vSummit series held across Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, one topic that stood out as a poi...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Taking passwordless authentication mainstream
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For most of our online lives, our accounts are protected by a username and password. These protect the data stored in our accounts, including financia...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The rise of the Chief Automation Officer
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
First came automation – the realisation that some aspects of workflow can be done by machines. Next came the integration of artificial intelligence ...
PodChats for IoT: Working with IoT data analytics
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
By 2025, it is expected that IoT devices will generate roughly 73.1 Zettabtyes of data. Around that time, 30% of all data will be real-time, with IoT ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Aligning IT support and ESG at IHH Healthcare
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Central to the success of any environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitment is data. Any organisation that chooses to commit itself to an ESG ...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Securing IoT Beyond 2022
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to IoT analytics, the current business sentiment for companies in digital and IoT remains predominantly positive. There is widespread acknow...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Transforming manufacturing through IoT software
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While manufacturing has traditionally depended on software technologies like manufacturing execution systems and enterprise resource planning to keep ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Future Proofing your Modernisation Journey with AI
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If disruption was the word of the times for much of 2020 to 2021, modernisation was the strategy that underpinned many digital initiatives during 2021...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The role of IT and the CIO in driving sustainable ESG
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“In most enterprises, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of potential sustainability ideas and projects that IT could support. The CIO must make ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Managing hybrid IT complexity
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hybrid and remote work have amplified the impact of distributed and complex IT environments. Running workloads and applications across both cloud and ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Addressing the application vulnerability in the cloud era
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Forrester State of Application Security 2022 report noted that applications are the top cause of external breaches. Software supply chain concerns...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Understanding cyber risk quantification
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cyber risk quantification involves the application of risk quantification techniques to an organization's cybersecurity risk. It is the process o...
PodChats for FutureCIO: How DevOps practitioners see DevSecOps
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Smith, a research manager for DevOps in Asia/Pacific with IDC explains that with the COVID-19 pandemic going into its third year, Asia/Pacific or...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Breaking the cybersecurity glass barrier
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The InfoSec Institute estimates there is a worldwide staffing shortage of nearly three million in the ranks of cybersecurity professionals, with the n...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Build a unified enterprise digital deflation strategy
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The fans of inflation are diverting focus for many CFOs from pursuing innovation and growth strategies to curtailing possible runaway costs as organis...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Improve cyber risk management outcomes in distributed ecosystems
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cybersecurity is turning into a social phenomenon. Investor interest, public pressure, employee demands, and governmental regulations are strengthenin...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Achieve agility with democratised planning
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the outcomes of digital transformation is the realisation of the value of data, and the subsequent growing dependence on it. But more than acce...
PodChats for FutureCFO: The CFO’s role in M&A and other initiatives
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to S&P Global, APAC M&A activity in Q1 2022 retreated from 2021’s highs, with deal value for the quarter ending at $73.8B, a decli...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The digital transformation of the data centre
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mordor Intelligence forecasts data centre transformation to reach US$15.45 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 12.88% during the forecast period of ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Architecting for sustainable data centres
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back in February 2012, Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook (now Meta), stated “there is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in th...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Why CFOs need to drive ESG initiatives
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs can pose unique challenges to finance chiefs charged with maximizing returns. Reason? Big price ta...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Transforming the data supply chain
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SGTraDex is a centralised data platform that acts as a "common data highway" across the global supply chain ecosystem to plug gaps in supply...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Fundamentals of data resilience in 2022 and beyond
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The world is experiencing a level of disruption and business risk not seen in generations. Some companies freeze and fail, while others innovate, adva...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Aligning AI to your business strategies
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
IDC forecasts Asia/Pacific* spending on AI systems to ruse from US$17.6 billion in 2022 to around $32 billion in 2025. Businesses invest in artificial...
PodChats for FutureCFO: How STT GDC is driving ESG
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With businesses and governments becoming more digital, this puts the onus on data centres, regardless of who owns or operates these, to provide the co...
PodChats for FutureCIO Data resilience in a multi-cloud world
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Organizations are migrating to the cloud to improve efficiencies and scale with greater digital transformation. Cloud plans and adoption have accelera...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Future proofing network security
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gartner defines Security Service Edge (SSE) as the convergence of network security services delivered from a purpose-built cloud platform. As more or...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Activating data in real-time
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PodChats for FutureCIO: Activating data in real-time“Data has become the most important asset of any organization and data and analytics is more cri...
PodChats for FutureCIO: CTO as strategist and operations leader
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gartner defines the chief technology officer as having overall responsibility for managing the physical and personnel technology infrastructure includ...
Podchats for FutureCISO: Future of authentication
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether for personal use or accessing your corporate network, authentication and authorisation are two critical concepts in access control. At times c...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Riding the SHEconomy wave in Asia
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ResearchAndMarkets Global Sheconomy Research Report 2022: Transformational Growth Due to Increasing Economic Power of Women predicts the increasin...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Identity security in the cloud
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ongoing complexity of IT systems, along with evolving regulations are the major challenges faced by IT security professionals.IDC says that while ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Guide to become data-driven-native enterprise
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is July 2022. Currently, most businesses understand the importance of data. A few have been truly transformed by it – embracing it as a competiti...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The Sheconomy opportunities in Asia
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SHEconomy founder and author, Benja Stig Fagerland, says gender equality is not a women’s issue but a business one. She calls for fixing the issue –...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Fundamentals of identity security
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Merriam-Webster defines identity as “the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others.” These qualities ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Battling the darker side of bots
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the innovations of the internet is the introduction of software robots or bots that allow repetitive tasks to be performed routinely without hu...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Meeting energy commitments with AI
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The global energy ecosystem is currently undergoing a massive transformation, and in the decades ahead, it will continue to become more decentralize...
PodChats for FutureCFO: CFOs as drivers of corporate-wide ESG initiatives
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ESG or environmental, social and governance issues have risen to the fore in recent years. Investors are looking for opportunities that go beyond the ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Modernizing the digital supply chain end-to-end
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Making supply chain investments such as factory capacity and inventory from historical performance rather than an understanding of future trends can s...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Cloud transformation best practices
25 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is growing perception that digital transformation is about moving a business’ critical applications to the cloud. That by migrating applicatio...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Blockchain adoption trends in 2022
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been 13 years since we were introduced to bitcoin and blockchain. Lauded as a disruptive technology for its transparency and immutability, Bloc...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Turning the Great Resignation into a competitive advantage
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Resignation is notable for uncommon career switches and unprecedented employee demands. In a September 2021 Gartner poll of executive leade...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Future of connected mobility
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The global elevators and escalators market is forecast to reach US$83 billion in 2022. Despite the initial setbacks arising from the pandemic, demand ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: CISO as security champion and partner to business
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The chief information security officer is the head of all information security operations within a company. He or she is tasked with determining the o...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Demystifying layered voice analytics
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“According to research, face-to-face communication is conveyed with 55% non-verbal, 38% vocal, and only 7% words in the words spoken.” – Albert ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: importance of partnerships in the ecosystem economy
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the initial shock of discovering that supply chains are vulnerable, we continue to experien...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Intelligently verifying digital identities
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oxford Languages define identity as the fact of being a person or thing. According to the World Bank ID4D data, over a billion people around the world...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Building a career in the modern workplace
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Decades ago, while working for a Japanese company, I read about the idea of lifetime employment. At the time I was aware of career professionals in te...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Maximising the impact of automation on customer experience
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a Forrester study commissioned by CINNOX, only 16% of all surveyed customers recently experienced interactions that exceeded their expectations. It...
PodChats for FutureCIO: NaaS – what, why, when and how
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Lerner, VP analyst for Gartner noted the ton of hype lately over “NaaS” (Network as a Service). Enterprises generally like the notion of a ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Why automatedly human is the way forward in CX
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to Forrester, 44% of purchase influencers in Asia Pacific consider improving customer experience (CX) as one of their top priorities over th...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Clamping down on TOADS
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At a recent FutureCISO Breakfast briefing, this one on the topic of “Looming cyberthreats in 2022 – Tipping the scale in your favour”, one of th...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Strategies for enhancing how tech supports ESG
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental, social, and corporate governance is an approach to evaluating the extent to which a corporation works on behalf of social goals that go...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Reshaping the future of the energy sector
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The value of the renewable energy market is set to grow from $880 billion to nearly $2 trillion by 2030.Artificial intelligence (AI) is having transfo...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Why intercompany accounting is crucial for post-merger success
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Large companies typically have subsidiary businesses that sell to each other. The idea is to build capability to deliver a vertical stack of services ...
PodChats for FutureCFO: CFOs Strategies for Long-term Growth
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The travel industry has been at the hard hit by the pandemic. But with markets around the region and globally beginning to re-open to travellers, perh...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Strategic advisors to business
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CIOs have traditionally overseen the design, development, and management of IT systems for the internal use of the CIO’s company. But as businesses ...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Redefining insurance with IoT
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Insurance is a competitive landscape, more so these days as regulation evolve, customers become demanding and picky with what products they need and h...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Overcoming the challenges of the post-pandemic economy
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Respondents to Deloitte’s fourth-quarter 2021 “CFO Signals” survey revealed the key challenges facing CFOs and finance leaders include attractin...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Making finance transformation a reality
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Finance leaders are increasingly focused on digital transformation initiatives despite having to deal with other pressing issues like revenue, profita...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Practical leadership qualities in times of crisis
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, crisis when written Chinese comprises two brush strokes: one representing danger and the other ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Leadership in cyber security
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For years, information security has been floating in the Top 10 IT strategies of many organisations. In the last 3-5 years, the frequency, tenacity an...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Top challenges for CISOs and security pros in 2022
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Death and taxes are said to be life’s only two certainties. As organisations continue their digital transformation journey, you can add the certaint...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Futureproofing your Enterprise Incident Response in 2022
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Incident response is an organized approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or cyberattack. It is sometimes referred to a...
PodChats for FutureIoT: How technology support sustainable development
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In peace times or periods of crisis, people need to eat. The unfortunate reality is that left to its own devices, nature cannot support the world’s ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Automation priorities for CIOs in 2022
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Infrastructure is changing as enterprises accelerate digital transformation. In a cloud-first and increasingly automated world, infrastructure, and op...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Addressing data protection gaps in 2022
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Organisations pursuing a digital strategy will, at some point in the journey, need to address the issue of whether current, aka legacy systems and pro...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Winning strategies for cloud migration in 2022
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the outcomes of the pandemic is accelerated adoption of cloud. But whereas cloud was first thought of as a mid to long-term strategy that will ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: How to get senior management buy-in
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has catapulted security once more to the top of IT and executive leadership priorities, even the Board. However, at issue for the CIO and...
PodChats for FutureCIO: AI and the journey to automation
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A McKinsey study prior to the COVID-19 pandemic suggested that while the idea of automating processes has been in the minds of leadership even before ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: How low-code No-Code accelerate digital transformation
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Milind Govekar, distinguished vice president at Gartner, says the technological and organisational silos of application development, automation, integ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: CISO in the crosshairs of security and privacy
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
reCISO: CISO in the crosshairs of security and privacyThe CISO is responsible for the vision, strategy, and program to ensure the protection of inform...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Realizing the promise of smart manufacturing with IoT
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Manufacturing is one of the most significant contributors to Asia-Pacific’s economy and is undergoing a rapid transformation. Mordor Intelligence fo...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Strategic priorities for insurers in 2022
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the key trends predicted for the insurance sector is the rise of digital ecosystems, a technology strategy that emphasizes best-of-breed compon...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Advancing resilience and innovation agenda for insurance in 2022
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For some time, insurance and innovation were not seen as two concepts that go hand-in-hand. COVID-19 showed that insurers can undertake large-scale ch...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Web 3.0 and the post-pandemic data centre
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the article, What Is Web 3.0 & Why It Matters, Fabric Venture partners, Max Mersch and Richard Muirhead, wrote that whereas “Web 2.0 was driv...
PodChats for FutureCIO: CLP Power’s digital transformation – towards sustainable innovation
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability, digital transformation and the energy transition have accelerated significantly following the start of the pandemic. The global Energy...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Strategies for accelerating banking innovation in 2022
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Araneta, AVP, IDC Financial Insights Asia/Pacific commented that "A recovery is afoot, putting pro-growth themes, such as customer centri...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Strategies for staying relevant, responsive, and resilient
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Forte is President and Founder of The Forte Factor and Certified Executive Coach, wrote in a blog that things have changed for many organizations ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: How low-code no-code solves IT skills shortage
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The term “skills gap” refers to the bridge between the skills that companies need from their employees, and those that are actually available from...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Supply chain modernization post-COVID normal
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many people in the supply chain ecosystem – from manufacturing on one end all the way to the consumer at the end other – the period of 2020-20...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Leading in the post-pandemic era
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to Gartner: “Organizations are accelerating digital transformation processes for long-term growth and profitability. Yet: “53% of the or...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Integrating IOT into existing business processes
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For decades industrial operations have used sensors to automate parts of the processes. In many cases, the automation was mainly in the collection of ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Why patch management matters in 2022
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A patch is a set of changes to a computer program or its supporting data designed to update, fix, or improve it. This includes fixing security vulnera...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Zeroing in on securing IoT in 2022 and beyond
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In an IoT ecosystem, you can interconnect multiple devices to the internet and to each other to process data and transmit it over a network. From cont...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Leadership in the post-pandemic era
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership is a vital management function that helps to direct an organization's resources for improved efficiency and the achievement of goals. ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The business value of project management in the post-pandemic normal
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Any given project left to its own devices will likely run amok, its deadline for completion extended and therefore go over budget. Worst case scenario...
PodChats for FutureCIO: The business case for open hybrid cloud
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As enterprises face increasing urgency to execute on digital initiatives, Gartner predicts that for 2022, cloud will be the centrepiece of new digital...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Combating fraud risks in financial services in 2022
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Open Risk Manual defines fraud risk as unexpected financial, material or reputational loss as the result of fraudulent action of persons internal ...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Fundamentals to achieving composable applications
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As business needs change, organizations must be able to deliver innovation quickly and adapt applications dynamically — reassembling capabilities fr...
PodChats for FutureIoT: Securing the enterprise IoT in 2022
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Digital twins are detailed electronic models that use IoT technology to update the digitized model based on changes happening to the source object.Vis...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Post-COP26 sustainability strategies for the data centre
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability keeps climbing higher on company agendas across the globe. Enterprise leaders must wrestle with wide-ranging stakeholder and policy int...
PodChats for FutureCIO: Making better decisions with data
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Better business decisions happen when the right people have access to the right data at the right time. However, Gartner cautions that building a dat...