As CIO at The Hut Group (THG), the British ecommerce firm behind such brands as Lookfantastic and Myprotein, Joanna Drake has been navigating some serious headwinds. Responsible for global operations and technology services across company and customer websites, staff technology, and THG’s direct-to-consumer Ingenuity service and hosting business, Drake has looked to support the rapid…
As companies start to adapt data-first strategies, the role of chief data officer is becoming increasingly important, especially as businesses seek to capitalize on data to gain a competitive advantage. A role historically focused on data governance and compliance, the scope of responsibilities for CDOs has since grown, pushing them to become strategic business leaders, according to…
GITEX GLOBAL is the largest event for global enterprise and government technology, with public digital transformation top of the agenda. Though different countries had slightly different priorities, they were all rebuilding from the pandemic through initiatives in three areas: Digital public utilities, which include e-services for essentials such as gas, water, and communication systems Digital…
When technology companies develop innovative new products in the high-performance computing (HPC) space, it allows life science researchers to do new things that they hadn’t imagined before. And when life science researchers make new breakthroughs, it pushes information technology to innovate new approaches to support those scientific advances. It’s a relationship that has driven innovation…
For years, we’ve known that Internet of Things (IoT) devices can come under attack as quickly as within five minutes of being connected to the internet. These events predominantly include large-scale scanning techniques to exploit IoT devices that are vulnerable to basic attacks such as default credentials. Historically, hackers have used these attacks to create a network…
For years, quantum computing has seemed like the stuff of science fiction. But the truth is that quantum computing is here and it’s more accessible to organizations than you think. And while the technology is still in its infancy, it is advancing fast. In a recent interview, Ken Durazzo, vice president of Dell Technologies’ OCTO…
By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software Last month at Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Fla., I enjoyed talking with ZDNet’s Chris Preimesberger and Sahana Sarma, leader of Google Cloud’s transformation advisory, about the enterprise software landscape and how it is growing more complex and business-critical daily. Transforming and…
Digital Transformation is a phrase prominent in the mind of every board executive. Gartner reports that 87% of senior leaders see digital transformation as a priority for their enterprise. The need to digitalise and modernise business processes and services has long been a desire, but the need to innovate has been accelerated by what we have…
Around the world, organisations are fine-tuning the new digital focus brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. To remain competitive, they have to grapple with multicloud-based data and operations, software as a service and hybrid working, among other trends. In this dynamic environment, those that don’t know exactly how their business-critical applications are behaving and performing…
Speaking at the CIO UK 100 ceremony in London, The Hut Group’s Joanna Drake reveals what it means to be ranked the top CIO in the UK, how automation is helping her IT team become ‘consultants’, and why her sports background made her a better leader. Watch this episode: #id637520bfdea1a .jw-wrapper::before { content: “IDG” !important;…