For modern CIOs, it’s essential to have a healthy balance between innovation and mainstream tech, says Kim Sim, Mr Price Group CIO. So she needs to keep tabs on the spectacular rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its use cases, while also monitoring developments across topics that have been around for years, like big data,…
Finance is poised to undergo a transformation, as Artificial Intelligence (AI) steps in to make real-time decisions using vast data sets. This vision was outlined by Jason Cao, CEO of Global Digital Finance at Huawei, during Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2023. Mr. Cao highlighted that globally, there will soon be 100 billion connections, and with…
Finance is poised to undergo a transformation, as Artificial Intelligence (AI) steps in to make real-time decisions using vast data sets. This vision was outlined by Jason Cao, CEO of Global Digital Finance at Huawei, during Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2023. Mr. Cao highlighted that globally, there will soon be 100 billion connections, and with…
According to the latest reports released by IDC (a world-leading provider of IT market research and consulting services), China Software-Defined Compute Software Market Tracker, 2022 H2/2022 and China Cloud System and Service Management Software Market Tracker, 2022 H2, Huawei Cloud Stack was ranked No. 1 in China’s software-defined compute (SDC) software market in the second…
Big data exploded onto the scene in the mid-2000s and has continued to grow ever since. Today, the data is even bigger, and managing these massive volumes of data presents a new challenge for many organizations. Even if you live and breathe tech every day, it’s difficult to conceptualize how big “big” really is. Going…
There aren’t many events where a critical mass of Chief Information Security Officers gathers to exchange ideas about the current threat environment, key initiatives, etc. The annual Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit is one of them, and I’m looking forward to attending it this year. I’m particularly interested in the experiences and best practices…
Enterprise data management vendor Informatica on Wednesday said that it has acquired London-based startup Privitar for an undisclosed sum in order to boost the data access management capabilities of its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC). IDMC, which was launched in May 2021, is a suite that sits on top of enterprise databases and manages…
Oracle NetSuite on Wednesday said it is adding a new account reconciliation feature to its enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite, dubbed NetSuite ERP. The new feature, which is expected to automate the reconciliation process for accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank and credit card transactions, prepaid accounts, accruals and fixed assets accounts, intercompany transactions, and other…
By George Trujillo, Principal Data and AI Strategist, DataStax Over the past couple months, I’ve met with 60+ executives in closed-room discussions and presented to over 400 attendees in virtual presentations. From these interactions, I’ve narrowed down five challenges that repeatedly come up. Do any of these look familiar in your organization? A lack of…
For Jo Abernathy, CIO at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), it was time to just walk away from the healthcare company’s aging IBM Db2 databases running on AIX. “We decided to prioritize the elimination of some pervasive technologies that have become too expensive relative to comparable products, and where support was lacking,”…