Featuring on this month ’ s cover is Michal Rada , Transformation Leader and Group ICT Director for AI at Zeelandia . On page 58 you can find out how the global player in the bakery ingredients business digitally transformed to achieve its goals and how it managed this with Infor . Rada expands on how the organisation addressed challenges such as pricing strategies and how this led to increased revenues and an enhanced customer experience .

Another customer case study featuring in this issue , on page 63 , explores the work between global engineering company , Sandvik , and Zscaler . Sebastian Kemi , Chief Information Security Officer at Sandvik , discusses how the organisation has shifted to a Zero Trust-based security infrastructure as a way to combine new technologies with its business strategy of constant innovation .

This month , for ‘ Editor ’ s Question ’, I was interested to hear how important IT modernisation is to evolve from legacy infrastructure and support new technology initiatives . Respondents volunteering their thoughts were : Barry Cashman , Regional VP UKI , Veritas Technologies ; Perry Krug , Head of Developer Experience at Couchbase ; and Mark Hall , Solutions Strategy Director at Daisy .

emerging tech epicentre , according to Bartosz Majewski , Founding Member and President at SoDA . On page 38 , he tells us why Poland has the potential to harness its position to become one of the top outsourcers to Europe and beyond .

On page 55 , Mark Yeeles , VP for Schneider Electric ’ s Secure Power Division UK and Ireland , shares his first impressions of the data centre industry and its key challenges including those in relation to sustainability and the energy crisis , increased demands for digitisation and how to attract and retain talent .

Elsewhere in the magazine , we shine a spotlight on retail in Europe as we take a look at the importance of making technology central to 2023 retail strategies . Sarah Friswell , CEO at Red Ant , discusses the determining factors for success – particularly since the pandemic – and why understanding your customer is key to personalising their experience and remaining at the forefront of the industry .

To round off , we ‘ Get To Know ’ Matt Watts , Chief Technology Evangelist , NetApp , to find out how he likes to relax and unwind outside the office . This can be found on page 81 .

I hope you enjoy the read and if you ’ d like to contribute to any future editions , please don ’ t hesitate to get in touch at alix @ lynchpinmedia . com

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