Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung stressed that MIC is the leading ministry in the Make-in-Vietnam campaign and serves as the cradle for technology firms to experiment with and develop products. Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung The Minister has worked with MIC’s Information Center, which aims to define the role and development orientation of the center in the new period. According to the center’s director Do Cong Anh, the center’s plans focus on three major tasks in 2023, namely comprehensive digital transformation at the center and ministry; digital transformation in communications at the ministry; and the development of services to increase workers’ incomes. Hoping that the information center will open a new page in its development history, Hung emphasized the 2-in-1 role of the center: as the agency responsible for MIC’s digital transformation and the unit in charge of disseminating MIC’s policies and operations. The center will become the commander-in-chief of both communications and digital transformation. At the meeting, problems that arose during the digital transformation process were addressed. “Today, we need to agree on the new viewpoint that specifically designed systems, small systems for internal use of a ministry which is leading in […]

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One of the first things Patrick Thompson (pictured) did on becoming chief information and digital transformation officer of specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle in 2017 was to introduce an annual survey to gauge employee attitudes toward services IT staff provides. Now he has a self-service bot delivering some of those services through Microsoft Teams, and providing real-time feedback on what employees want its help with, and whether they get it or not. Albemarle is growing fast. Net sales have more than doubled in the five years Thompson has been with the company, and its goal is to double them again in the next five. One of Albemarle’s biggest businesses is producing lithium, the low-density, highly reactive metal that revolutionized phone and laptop batteries. However, demand for lithium is now being driven by electric car batteries, each one of which contains thousands of times more lithium than a typical phone battery. [ Learn the basics of master data management and discover which MDM certifications will give your career a boost . | Sign up for CIO newsletters . ] Like other lithium producers, Albemarle is scaling up, and with new production facilities and expanding existing ones, the number of workers is […]

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The insurance industry is undergoing a sea change, with IT playing a crucial role in rolling out digital customer experiences for policyholders and agents, as in-person meetings all but vanish in the post-pandemic era. This pivot to digital customer experiences has become a new insurance industry imperative, as John Aflac, Liberty Mutual, MassMutual, MetLife, and a host of other insurers have embraced digital strategies for interacting with and delivering new services to customers — in some cases, integrating advanced cloud technologies such as analytics and machine learning to design new insurance policies. [ Learn from your peers: Check out our State of the CIO report on the challenges and concerns of CIOs today. | Find out the 7 skills of successful digital leaders and the secrets of highly innovative CIOs . ] Bill Pappas, who joined MetLife as head of global technology and operations three years ago to drive the CEO’s customer-first strategy, exemplifies the new insurance CIO ethos. “We are paying very close attention to trends from a customer perspective. We call our approach high tech and high touch, because that takes into account the very clear feedback that we’re getting from our customers — that they want […]

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QBE North America has announced two key executive appointments. Rachel Pollack has been named chief people officer, while David Mulligan has been appointed chief operating officer. In her new role, Pollack will lead the development and implementation of the company’s North American people strategy. Pollack joined QBE in 2008 and has held a variety of roles in change management, human resources, culture and business transformation. She most recently served as group people director, global corporate functions. Prior to that, she served as the company’s first group head of enterprise culture. From 2014 to 2015, she served as vice president and head of HR change for North America. In that role, she spearheaded several transformation initiatives, including organizational design, restructuring and HR systems. In his new role, Mulligan will be responsible for identifying, planning and executing large-scale change projects to improve process efficiency, reduce complexity and increase cost savings for the company while improving workforce capability and customer experience. Mulligan will head up QBE North America’s business delivery teams, including digital transformation, business process engineering, automation and robotics, and the offshore transition team. He will also oversee underwriting operations, program onboarding and services, billing, collections, accounts payable, production automation support, […]

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Mario Foster is an experienced CIO who has been in the industry and the region for over 15 years. Before joining Al Ghurair Group, he worked for Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group based in Dubai for seven years leading the digital charter of the organization by exploring the business potential of new technologies such as RPA, AI, IoT, 3D printing and others. What was your first job in the IT industry? I was a technical support engineer in Canada. I always liked electronics in general, and I still remember my teenage days when I used to watch my older brother (who is an electrical engineer by profession) repairing our stereo cassette tape recorder and other old home electronics, and trying to learn from him. I even managed to repair some, but I never knew that I would be in IT specifically. I was more interested in electronics engineering. What was your education? It was initially in electronics engineering and then moved into computer science. I’ve also completed my MBA in technology management. As for the many technology certifications I hold, my first was MCSE [Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer] more than 20 years ago. I also have multiple Cisco […]

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bau-muenchen.com Experience the construction industry of the future at BAU 2023 Construction 4.0 and the digitalization of the construction industry: The latest technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning or robotics are increasingly being used in the construction industry. Digital tools are gradually establishing themselves in the construction industry. But this is just the beginning of the transformation, because the future of construction is digital. At the BAU 2023 trade fair, experience how promising and efficient the future of construction is being shaped by new, state-of-the-art tools and aids. What does digitalization in construction mean? Digitization in the construction industry is multi-faceted: it involves digital tools, process automation and digital project communication. Thanks to the wave of digitization, the immense volumes of data from construction processes are now also being efficiently organized and structured via cloud computing. But these developments are not just about collecting, providing and processing digital data. Social networks, for example, play an equally central role, as all industrial sectors now communicate their activities transparently and digitally. Thus, the digitization of the construction industry defines universal processes on the Internet, ranging from planning and execution to documentation and communication. Today, time- and location-independent communication channels and […]

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Digital transformation remains the big buzz word in business—and it’s not going away. But digital transformation isn’t really a new thing, just a new phrase. Technology has been a part of business operations for decades. At Hornbill, we know this. There’s a well-documented history of technology in business. It started with managing stacks of data with mainframes (do things with data). Networking drove expansion into enterprise apps (do digital things for employees). Then the internet and mobile came along and the whole thing blew up (do digital things for customers). What does digital transformation mean to you? Organisations still struggle to define what digital transformation means to them. They know that technology has the power to accelerate everything: customer interactions, business processes, data processing, reporting and insight, and more. Digital transformation is a mindset: a lens through which to look at your organisation to identify where digital technologies can deliver efficiency, convenience, and visibility. The real question is this: What do we digitally transform next? And why? Digital transformation is difficult to define because it is both unique to the organisation/market and it’s a moving target. Every starting point is different. Each organisation has different priorities. There’s no cookie-cutter […]

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Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure are becoming more frequent, with knock-on impacts for everyone In December 2015, just a few days before Christmas, the world witnessed one of the most devastating cyberattacks it had ever seen. Over 230,000 citizens in Ukraine were plummeted into freezing temperatures and darkness after Russia launched a cyberattack on the country’s power grid. The attack completely shut down electricity for over six hours, and it demonstrated what many in the cybersecurity industry had been fearing for many years – cyber / physical attacks were becoming a reality. Fast-forward seven years, and devastating incidents affecting Colonial Pipeline, JBS Foods and Oldsmar Water have each demonstrated that cyberattacks have shattered through their traditional digital perimeters and can now directly hit society in the way of food, oil and gas and water shortages. Criminals have come to understand that if they want to cause damage to a country, they no longer need to have a physical presence in the state, instead they can launch a cyberattack on the country’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) from a far-off location and cause massive destruction remotely. Yet, the bad news is, these types of assaults are going to continue, particularly as […]

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David Shrier and Professor Chris Tucci with attendees The need for digital currency to help solve societal challenges in Africa was among the key issues discussed by Imperial experts at Davos 2023. In a discussion hosted by the Business School’s Centre for Digital Transformation , experts from the private sector, academia and government gathered to discuss how Africa can develop digital currency alternatives to address critical issues facing the continent. They discussed the best ways to help a developing economy using digital finance, drawing not only on the participants, but also prior work by Imperial College Business School in Tanzania. The discussion looked at the value of stablecoins – cryptocurrencies which aim to provide an alternative to the high volatility of more popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Stablecoins are especially helpful in Africa as they can help to offset inflation and avoid the devaluation of national currencies. Professor of Practice AI & Innovation, Business School The discussion also touched on the need to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) and marry biodiversity within financial inclusion, how to manage the risks associated with central banks, the need to safeguard citizens and to effectively maintain monetary policy. Driving finance for climate […]

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Abdullah Alswaha, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, talks at the opening of Leap in Riyadh on Monday. Photo: Leap Saudi Arabia has announced more than $9 billion investments in its technology sector, as part of efforts to bolster digital transformation in preparation for the future economy. The investments are led by a $2.1 billion commitment from Microsoft , which will build a super-scaler cloud in the kingdom, Abdullah Alswaha, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said at the Leap 2023 conference in Riyadh on Monday. They also include Oracle’s plans to invest $1.5 billion to boost the kingdom’s cloud-computing capacity and $400 million from China’s Huawei to enhance Saudi Arabia’s cloud infrastructure, he said. An additional $4.5 billion has also been invested in global and local assets across a number of technology sectors, the minister said. The investment was announced by the Arab world’s largest economy surpasses the $6.4 billion announced at the inaugural Leap last year . They are part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans for the "empowerment of the technology sector, which is one of Saudi Arabia’s most promising sectors amid unprecedented growth in the kingdom’s digital economy", Mr Alswaha […]

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