Ahmad Yahya, CIO of the American Hospital Dubai, and his team have been supporting their senior management directives to align and support Dubai Health Authority efforts in proving patients with COVID-19 containment measures with high quality medical care. His team rapidly switched from the ongoing IT initiatives to addressing the pressing requirements of the situation […]
The only constant within the Technology sector is change. Every new development, innovation or software update requires IT professionals to adapt, and at VMware, this is something our employees, customers and partners alike embody on a daily basis. We are constantly looking for new ways to keep everybody in the industry up to date with […]
by Matthew O’Neill, Industry Managing Director, Advanced Technology Group, VMware Office of the CTO. I don’t think there’s ever been a time when so many of us have seen such an upheaval in our way of life. Our current situation has forced lockdowns and self-isolation, with businesses moving quickly to protect employees and customers, and […]
Matthew O’Neill, Financial Services Industry Managing Director, Office of the CTO at VMware Who’d want to work in financial services? Sometimes it feels like the industry is being assailed from all sides – huge disruption, the demand for new, innovative business models and services, cannibalisation of existing product lines, cost-cutting disguised as transformation, ever-more sophisticated […]
Matthew O’Neill, Financial Services Industry Managing Director, Office of the CTO, VMware It doesn’t matter what bank or financial institution they work for, there’s one thing that I guarantee keeps all CIOs awake at night – Cyber Security. To be fair, security in the digital era is probably the number one topic across all sectors. […]
by Jarek Matschey, Director Retail, VMware EMEA Retail is in a state of reinvention. More than 85,000 retail jobs were lost in the UK alone in 2019 and a third of FTSE 350 CEOs changing, according to Accenture – and trends not specific to the UK. The point is, retailers need everything in their armory […]
by Frederic Grange, EMEA SE Director of Cloud Provider Business Imagine that you are a cloud service provider based in France. You have built a vibrant business working with other French companies, supporting their growth ambitions with the technology solutions they need, using local data centers. Because your customers are ambitious, however, inevitably one of […]
By Matthew O’Neill, Financial Services Industry Managing Director, Office of the CTO, VMware One of the great things about my job is that even after thirty years in banks and banking IT and now approaching three years at VMware, there’s more to learn every day. There are things that are new, things that have changed, or […]
Sylvain Cazard, VP SDDC EMEA, VMware The castle walls have fallen, the enemy is within. This isn’t a history lesson, but a description of IT security today. Whenever I speak to CIOs at enterprises across Europe, Middle East and Africa, they tell me how security is the thing that keeps them up at night, above everything […]
Sylvain Cazard, VP SDDC EMEA, VMware CIOs and security managers are feeling increasingly anxious. Cyber attacks of all kinds are constantly in the press, and the financial consequences continue to worsen, almost daily. The stark reality is that businesses are falling victim to cybercrime on a more and more frequent basis. Investing in traditional cyber security […]
Sylvain Cazard, VP SDDC EMEA, VMware Here’s a recap of the key Cloud announcements from VMworld US. Now it’s time to think about VMworld Europe. The context for Cloud Transformation The world continues to change at a rapid pace and organisations of all types are transforming how they transact, how they interact with customers, partners, employees […]
Sylvain Cazard, VP SDDC EMEA, VMware IT threats are rapidly building in volume, scale and sophistication and current strategies are clearly not working. Business leaders have to understand the needs of their IT and security teams, just as those teams have to understand the goals and priorities of the wider business for both to be successful. […]