EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO Europe where we bring you a roundup of some of the exciting trends and developments taking place across the region ’ s IT space . We hear from various industry experts who offer their best practice advice on hot topics of interest .
Shining a spotlight on France for this month ’ s ‘ Country Focus ’ feature , we take a look at how the French Red Cross secures life-saving information with Virtru . Yves Couturier , CIO Executive France of Croix Rouge , discusses how the organisation wanted to achieve an additional layer of security to ensure complete data sovereignty and residency .
This month ’ s cover story features Kai Wolffram , Head of Analytics at TUI Group , who discusses how analytics are shaping business transformation in the digital age . He delves into the organisation ’ s relationship with Matillion and how they worked together to develop a more modern solution with a centralised , cloud-based data warehouse that includes data from across all hotel brands . This can be found on page 58 .
A hot topic being discussed amongst business leaders currently is the Metaverse and on page 25 we take a look at the findings of a Capgemini report which explore how organisations expect the Metaverse and immersive experiences to be an important channel for business .
Another interesting case study elsewhere in the magazine takes a look at how East Midlands Railway is now on track for Digital Transformation success with Node4 . On page 63 , Lee Styles , Head of IT at East Midlands Railway , elaborates on this and the benefits it has experienced since working with Node4 .
To round off , we ‘ Get To Know ’ Jimmy Tam , CEO of Peer Software , who tells us how he landed in his role and 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
How to make the most of your data is a subject of great importance throughout the industry and in ‘ Talking Biz ’, we hear from Alessandro Chimera , Director of Digitalisation Strategy at TIBCO , who offers insight into the true value of data and how business leaders can capitalise on it to become more data-driven .
Alix Pressley Editor
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