Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 16 | Page 7

EDITOR ’ S NOTE

Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO magazine for the APAC region . This month ’ s cover features Stephen Reilly , COO at HESTA . He tells us how Boomi ’ s data management platform has helped leading Australiabased superannuation fund HESTA develop and launch a Member Online customer portal , driving greater engagement and offering tailored support during COVID-19 . at LLM . “ There were times when backup was slow and recovery was unreliable , making it more difficult to meet recovery objectives in the Business Continuity standards required by our government .

“ Veeam backs up any workload on any hardware to any storage , so we don ’ t have to invest in new resources .”
There ’ s much more to discover about this story on p61 .
“ HESTA is ambitious in its purpose to make a real impact on the financial outcomes of members . This ambition drove the need to connect an increasing number of digital businesses and platforms ,” said Reilly .
In this month ’ s Final Word , Lani Refiti , ANZ Regional Director at Claroty , tells us boards must include the expertise of CIOs and CISOs to advise on critical cybersecurity issues .
“ Members have the ability to self-service , get information and take action such as change investment options or increase their contributions 24 / 7 . This is incredibly valuable to a large percentage of our members who are front line health workers and work in rostered shifts during all hours across the day and week .”
You can find out more details about the project by turning to p56 .
Elsewhere , we take a look at how Veeam is providing modern data protection for Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia ( LLM ) to meet government compliance requirements for Business Continuity .
He says : “ CIOs and CISOs need to be elevated to board level . At present they are conspicuous by their absence .”
To read more of his opinions turn to p82 .
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Once again , I ’ d like to wish you a good month ahead and please enjoy the read !
“ Our backup solution was becoming outdated ,” said Mohd Sukri bin Shuib , Assistant Director of Technology
Mark Bowen Editor
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