EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO magazine for the APAC region . This month ’ s cover features Philip Huang , CRO , Orient Futures Singapore .
We hear how the leading financial institution is utilizing Snowflake ’ s inbuilt security and governed scalability , to consolidate all its data into a single , centralized platform .
The company is constantly exploring ways to extract and analyze data from various sources with speed and security to progress towards its goal of being a data-driven , cloud-first digital brokerage .
“ We are excited to collaborate with Snowflake , which holds the same beliefs in the client-first and tight-security data governance approaches that we prioritize ,” said Huang .
“ We chose Snowflake because of its expertise and familiarity with local regulatory systems in Singapore as well as its strong track record in the financial industry .” You can find out more details about the project by turning to p56 .
Ben Rosenberg , ICT Manager at Maxima , explains : “ Our existing IT infrastructure was both reaching its end of life and approaching capacity , so performance wasn ’ t what it used to be , and the ability to scale with growth was diminishing . We decided to look for a new , future-ready infrastructure that would scale in line with our business growth .” There ’ s much more to discover about this story on p61 .
In this month ’ s Country Focus , Hanoi-based Chu Thi Thanh Ha , Chairwoman of FPT Software , talks about her experiences as a woman in tech and her ambition to create a billion-dollar company .
She says : “ I stick to my goals and promises . No matter how difficult or boring the task is , I never leave it undone and always do my best to fulfil my commitments .” To find out more about her career turn to p48 .
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Once again , I ’ d like to wish you a good month ahead and please enjoy the read !
Elsewhere , we take a look at how hyperconverged infrastructure from Lenovo and Nutanix has enabled Maxima to support its growth and scale its backoffice operations .
Mark Bowen Editor
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