In this episode, we cover all things security, from an enterprise perspective. This conversation, recorded with Denis Onuoha - chief information security officer at Arqiva, covers the current realities that security tech leaders face in this very diverse and distributed threat landscape. Denis discusses the importance of people, not only from an employee standpoint but through the lens of the board of directors. Denis outlines the changing sentiment among boards on security strategy and spending...
Aug 04, 2020•18 min•Ep. 12
Enabling a global workforce to operate remotely overnight was one thing; bringing them back into the office safely is something completely different. Bask Iyer, CIO and CDTO of VMware, leads a candid discussion with executives in the US, Kenya, and France. They have navigated the hurdle of enabling employees to work remotely but are now grappling with the complex issue of safely returning those employees to shared office spaces, or possibly redefining their workspace altogether. In this episode ...
Jul 21, 2020•50 min•Ep. 11
Many people who once used an office building to find collaboration and leverage corporate resources have had to find those things elsewhere. This has left a permanent imprint on workforce habits, individual skills, and company culture, one that has already changed the way we fundamentally think about how we work. In the wake of this massive shift, we ask the question, what is the office for? Will the new way of working be purely about choice? How will organizations enable this from a technology ...
Jul 06, 2020•25 min•Ep. 10
If CIOs are going to be held accountable for revenue goals, they need more say in the products their company offers and the skills needed to propel the company forward. Despite a talent gap, forward-thinking CIOs take a broad view when it comes to recruiting, offering current staffers more appealing career paths and helping to reinvent what it means to enable the new workforce. They also recognize the culture changes most important to IT professionals: to become more innovative, to increase part...
Jun 23, 2020•32 min•Ep. 9
At the start of 2020, telco conversations were all about 5G and growing Edge networks. The pandemic changed all that, underscoring the need to agilely support first responders and increasing the focus on business continuity and remote workforces. Global telecommunications companies are looking to continue their planned 5G rollout and Edge expansion to improve customer and employee experiences, while also responding to challenges driven by the pandemic. Shekar Ayyar, GM & EVP of VMware’s Telc...
Jun 10, 2020•33 min•Ep. 8
With universities forced to close their classroom doors until the health crisis subsides, remote learning has become the only option. This new reality presents a major challenge for traditional methods of delivering education and has caught many educators and students off guard. It does, however, offer the technology leaders at these institutions of higher education an opportunity to greatly accelerate the transition into a new era of online and remote learning. In this episode, we hear from Pat...
May 28, 2020•28 min•Ep. 7
One of the biggest challenges with employee work-from-home directives has been how to ensure both the physical and digital security of people and places. Some organizations have been more prepared than others, yet all have been rapidly adapting to meet the “new normal.” In this episode, we speak with JP Saini, CIO of SOS Security who has been leading efforts to keep information and humans safe, despite crisis constraints. Hear how he and his team are using technology to better serve their organi...
Apr 29, 2020•25 min•Ep. 6
Because digital is now the only experience customers can have with many businesses, application modernization is more important than ever. As ‘shelter in place’ and other restrictions redefine commerce in our economy, how can technology leaders quickly evolve application portfolios now to create more valuable customer and employee experiences that resonate in the future? Listen to this hallway-style conversation between APJ CTO Bruce Davie and Principal Architect Roman Tarnavski of VMware, about...
Apr 03, 2020•21 min•Ep. 5
The COVID-19 global pandemic has completely changed how we're living our lives. While some organizations were prepared for the dramatic shifts in the needs of the market and their workforce, many were not. The ripple effects that will be felt by these events are impossible to predict and technology leaders are grappling with problems they cannot even define. We brought together Paul Green, CIO of Angel MedFlight, a medical emergency aviation company, and Bask Iyer, CIO and CDTO of VMware to disc...
Mar 20, 2020•36 min•Ep. 4
Asking IT leaders to form even one agile software development team can be challenging for enterprises seeking time-to-market advantages. So how did a global human capital company successfully form 200 globally? Hear ADP CIO, Vipul Nagrath, and ADP Global Head of infrastructure, Mark Chamberlain, describe how they put people at the center of digital transformation. How they not only shifted technology, but reorganized global operations to enable infrastructure and development teams to speak a com...
Mar 12, 2020•33 min•Ep. 3
The CIO's world is changing fast. In five years, chief information officers (CIOs) will have new responsibilities in the C-suite and across the enterprise, extending their strategic influence over product development, marketing, human resources, the supply chain and more. In this episode, we talk with Will Thompson, VP Thought Leadership at Forbes Media, to explore how technology leaders can navigate their way through the next 2,000 days. CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchan...
Feb 12, 2020•16 min•Ep. 2
In this episode, we sit down with Bask Iyer, VMware's CIO and Chief Digital Transformation Officer to discuss his views on the techniques that technology leaders are using to become customer-obsessed. In this conversation, Bask talks about the responsibilities and opportunities that the CIO has regarding the customer experience as well as fundamental topics like key distinctions that need to be made between internal and external customers. Bask on Twitter: https://twitter.com/baskiyer CIO Exchan...
Feb 12, 2020•32 min•Ep. 1
Welcome to the introductory episode of the CIO Exchange podcast, This episode is for those keen to understand what the show is about and why we’re doing it. Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cio-exchange-podcast/id1498290907
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