Intelligent CIO LATAM Issue 03 | Page 7

EDITOR ’ S NOTE

Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO magazine for Latin America . This month ’ s cover features Eduardo Ungaretti , CIO , Mercedes-Benz Brazil . We take a look at how

Mercedes-Benz has been driving innovation with hyperconverged infrastructure from Nutanix .
With Nutanix by its side , Mercedes-Benz Brazil is meeting changing business demands with more speed , availability and reduced costs . The automotive leader ’ s new hyperconverged infrastructure has helped IT teams substantially reduce data center space , automate time-consuming processes , perform faster upgrades and installations and simplify system management .
“ We are always looking for new solutions for systems , for greater agility , to be able to provide better tools and better access for our staff and our customers ,” said Ungaretti . “ With more agility we can enter the market faster and launch new products quicker – so we need to have an infrastructure that is agile .” said Jaime Villegas , Vice President of Corporate Services at Bancolombia .
There ’ s much more to discover about this story on p61 .
This month ’ s Talking Biz sees Mario Belesi , Director of Solidworks for Latin America at Dassault Systèmes , tell us how technological innovations , such as 3D and Virtual Twins , will be necessary to achieve the objectives and goals of protecting the planet .
For more details , turn to p36 .
You can find out more details about the project by turning to p56 .
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Elsewhere , we take a look at how financial institution Bancolombia has selected AWS as its strategic cloud partner with plans to migrate 100 % of its applications to increase its availability and reduce the possibility of service interruption .
Once again , I ’ d like to wish you a good month ahead and please enjoy the read !
“ Using AWS will allow us to continue advancing in the Digital Transformation we have been undergoing . This is a clear sign of wanting to give customers the best experience in their relationship with us ,”
Mark Bowen Editor
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