Jamila Gordon: The CIO who escaped the Somali Civil War
Jamila Gordon has had quite a life journey, from her humble beginnings as an African refugee to her current role as director and chief information officer at ASX-listed firm, GetSwift.
Jamila Gordon has had quite a life journey, from her humble beginnings as an African refugee to her current role as director and chief information officer at ASX-listed firm, GetSwift.
“We now have real transparency around hosting and data storage consumption by using Spark’s Revera cloud platform and Amazon Web Services,” says Michael Dreyer, general manager, ICT.
Plus new appointments at Solnet, Jade, CA, Accenture's 'Hour of Code' and the standout Kiwi tech firms at the Deloitte Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500
In my previous column, I wrote, when it comes to digital, always start with ‘why’! But what if your organisation doesn't have a clearly defined purpose?
We need to continue to develop a diverse and sustainable pool of cyber talent; blending policy, law, business, psychology and technical skills, says Deloitte partner Anu Nayar.
What Kiwi firms can learn from Deloitte’s ‘Global Human Capital Trends Survey 2016’
Digital payments provide considerable benefits to New Zealand organisations, but many have yet to make the switch to realise the potential.
“An effective CISO can no longer rely on his or her technical expertise alone."
They are the CIOs using the ‘Internet of Data’ to get a 360 degree view of the business, says Basil Botoulas of Hitachi Data Systems.
"We are seeing a rapid shift in the market..."
IBM and Deloitte are betting that computers can understand reams of financial regulatory guidelines more thoroughly, and speedily, than humans.
A security breach or big data loss can trigger an emergency for the entire business, not just for the IT or security teams, so staffers from multiple departments must know how to react quickly and effectively in such situations.
“Most businesses understand the need and potential value of data but there is a gap..."
But they can get pointers from the established business framework by Michael Porter to explore how digital technologies are influencing competitive business forces.
People are motivated by different incentives, both in their personal lives and in their careers. And that holds true for IT professionals and developers as well. You may not dream of being the boss or the CEO, but not because you don't like money or power. In many cases, it's simply because you don't like to rely on other people to get the job done and that is largely what being a manager is about.