TRENDING
TRANSFORMATION AND TRUST IN THE DIGITAL ERA
The Fortinet sponsored 2021 Cloud Security report highlighted numerous interesting finds , with time to market and customer responsiveness topping the list of business outcomes that organisations said they had realised by moving to cloud . But with multi-cloud set to be a key element of enterprises ’ strategies , it ’ s crucial to enable consistent security , connectivity and visibility across these environments in order to stay ahead of cyberthreats . Intelligent CIO Europe sat down with Ricardo Ferreira , Principal Cloud Security Architect , Fortinet , and Joeri Van Hoof , Consulting Systems Engineer , Fortinet , to find out more about the latest trends and insights around transformation and trust in the digital era .
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How is cloud future-proofing businesses across the EMEA region ?
RF : From my perspective , working with customers in highly regulated industries such as banking , there ’ s certainly been an uptick in cloud usage .
Many new insurers , for example , are trying to leverage AI and they do that based on having access to a cloud platform . I also see the banking and capital markets using cloud in order to be more competitive , to enable that faster time to market and increase competitiveness with FinTechs and challenger banks .
Across the sector , I ' m seeing cloud being adopted to power new ways of working and to enable predictive analytics , Big Data and so on . Telco is another area , with cloud playing a major role in 5G and Contact Centresas-a-Service to improve customer relationships .
JVH : Another example is Operational Technology where cloud is used for predictive maintenance across industrial control systems .
What role do you see cloud playing in organisations looking ahead and how is this impacting the role of the CIO ?
RF : Cloud is reshaping businesses and is acting as a catalyst for Digital Transformation , enabling faster time to market , more innovation and , as a result , more talent . It also enables organisations to access analytics ,
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