By: Eve-Marie Lanza, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager, Aruba. Remote “work from anywhere” models are now not only possible but quite desirable. When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the global economy in early 2020, these models became increasingly prevalent. Since then, work from home (WFH) has become a critical part of many organizations. Remote work…
Chez Air Canada, la sécurité est vitale. Et pour celui qui dirige la stratégie informatique qui affecte l’indicateur de performance le plus crucial de l’entreprise, la façon dont les données de sécurité sont transmises au personnel est tout aussi vitale. « Là où j’investis le plus clair de mon temps, c’est dans la création de…
At Air Canada, safety is of vital importance. And for the man who leads the data strategy aimed at enhancing this single most important performance metric, how insights around the airline’s performance on safety are delivered is just as vital. “Where I see myself, and where I invest the majority of the time, is creating…
Artificial intelligence has hit the mainstream. Across industries, companies have rolled out successful proofs-of-concept and have even been successful in deploying AI in production. Some organizations have even operationalized their AI and machine learning strategies, with projects proliferating across the enterprise, complete with best practices and pipelines. Today, companies at the leading edge of the…
Sabina Ewing is Global CIO and Vice President of Business & Technology Services (BTS) at Abbott. With more than 20 years of technology experience and an exceptional record of business partnership with senior executives, Ewing is known for being passionate about IT’s role as a strategic partner and enabler of top-line and bottom-line results. A consummate learner and teacher, Ewing leads with a focus on the human side of the technology equation, which isn’t surprising when you consider she…
The last two years have proven a challenge for CIOs. Facing pandemic-induced disruption, CIOs in Africa have had to get creative, enabling people to work remotely as well as in the office, adopting AI and other technology to tackle supply chain problems, and taking advantage of the increasing number of third-party data centres and public…
Archie Jackson, senior director and head of special initiatives, corporate IT, and cybersecurity at Indian consulting and technology services firm Incedo, has had the good fortune to work with great mentors at key stages of his career. Over the years he has learned the importance of purpose — why he does what he does —…
Across the Middle East, smart cities and campuses are investing in the future by leveraging IoT at scale. The University of Birmingham’s Dubai and Edgbaston campuses are undergoing a transformation that demonstrates how integrating emerging technologies like IoT sensors and back-end data centres can drive cost optimisation, create a better user experience, and introduce new…
As the tech team at workplace safety goods business Blackwoods steeled themselves against the initial onslaught of COVID-19 in early 2020, little did they know the additional curve ball about to be served to them. The long-established brand, a subsidiary of Wesfarmers, which also owns the Bunnings and Officeworks brands, has more than 50 stores…
One of the ways in which enterprises can maintain better control over how they store, activate, manage, and monetize today’s surge in data is to deploy storage as a service (STaaS) as a central part of their multicloud. Multicloud combines services and resources from multiple cloud providers to increase the flexible use and availability of…