Leading IT - APAC Insights

Josh and Tom delve into the world of AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations), and how advanced machine learning and AI can help automate and exponentially improve IT Ops.

Therese Chakour-West, CIO of Bunzl Australasia with over 1000 employees, discusses challenges for current CIOs, managing incumbent vendors when starting a new CIO role, the elephant in the room - change management, and more importantly, the significance of successfully bringing people along the journey of IT transformation journey.

Tom and Josh forecast the challenges and opportunities that await IT and business leadership in 2022. These span from 5G to the Metaverse, from composability to automation, and resourcing to security.

Tom and Josh dive into the world of FinOps, and how this collaborative discipline between stakeholders in Finance and Operations is crucial in strengthening financial accountability to the cloud's variable expenditure paradigm.

Tom and Josh wrap up what was a challenging year for the industry and for the community at large. They also deep dive into the key announcements from Microsoft 2021 that will influence businesses and their IT ecosystems in 2022 and beyond..

Tom and Josh dive into the announcements made during VMware’s flagship annual conference VMworld 2021. Despite the event itself being virtual for the 2nd year in a row, it was replete with many exciting product releases and roadmap. Tom and Josh analyse these as they have important implications for businesses using public cloud and emerging apps.

Tom and Josh discuss the rapidly growing interest in the Zero Trust industry, why it could be important to your business, and practical steps you can take to reduce cyber risk.

Tom and Josh discuss the critical hardware supply challenges brought on by COVID19, and the strategies that both clients and service providers are using to successfully mitigate workplace and project disruptions.

Satnam Narang from Tenable, an award-winning global authority on Cyber Exposure, discusses the current landscape of international cyber threats, and how businesses can rise to the challenge.

In this episode, Tom and Josh are joined by Robyn Adcock, Cyber Technology Practice Leader at Gallagher Insurance. The chat highlights the challenges that both vendors and customers face navigating the Cyber Crime landscape affecting so many Australian businesses and the steps required to succeed.

Tom and Josh are joined by Keng Ng, CIO of Munro Footwear Group, Australia’s largest wholesaler/retailer of footwear, to discuss his application strategy and the benefits and ROI the business has achieved in deploying smart Power Platform apps.

Tom and Josh discuss this disturbing trend with IT recruitment expert Jenni Sanders (Randstad) as to the best ways for IT leaders to prevent this and retain and attract top talent.

Tom and Josh highlight some of the latest buzz in the IT market and discuss the importance of leveraging vendor relationships to not only benefit all parties but to avoid the dreaded ‘race to the bottom’.

Tom and Josh discuss the latest news from Microsoft’s Ignite 2021, and analyse how these product innovations will benefit businesses, and how they potentially impact the market.

Tom and Josh are joined by Cloud Solutions Group’s own Elspeth Hunter, to discuss the potential benefits that Microsoft’s Power Platform can provide businesses, and real use cases recently delivered to customers.

Tom and Josh are joined by leading CIO Brett Johnstone, to discuss the growing trend of Shadow IT and how IT leaders can embrace it in order to deliver the best outcomes for their organisations.

Ashwin Ram, Cyber Security Evangelist - Checkpoint, joins Tom and Josh to discuss Supply Chain attacks, Threat Intelligence, Malware as a Service, Deep Fakes, and the recent uptick in IT (including mobile) security breaches, what businesses should do to protect themselves, as well as IT security landscape predictions.

CIO50 2020 winner Salvatore Trimboli joins Tom and Josh to discuss his journey from Engineer to CIO, IT leadership, M&A and the future of FinTech

Tom and Josh discuss VMworld 2020 announcements and innovations, and how they are relevant for IT leaders.  

Well-known CIO Brett Johnstone ( Monash College ) weighs in on how IT leaders should be measured to ensure that their KPIs can be strategically aligned to organisational goals.

Tom and Josh discuss the key announcements and news from Microsoft Ignite 2020, how they are relevant for IT Leaders, and whether to expect annual virtual hi-tech events becoming part of the ‘new normal’.

Peter Levett, the Chief of Staff from Secure Circle, an exciting Silicon valley start-up discusses; why DLP is even more critical than ever with everyone working remotely, why traditional approaches don’t work and how Secure Circle has fixed it.

Tom and Josh debate Microsoft Teams, how it compares to tools like Zoom and how Microsoft is positioning it as a business critical platform for work, applications and collaboration.

As we are all going through a period where businesses are retracting and revenues are shrinking, it is a perfect time to talk to a CFO to understand what they are looking for from IT in this environment and discover how IT leaders should best engage with them to influence them and drive the Digital Transformation required for companies to survive and thrive during and after COVID-19.

Tom and Josh discuss the latest Cloud news and chat with Tenable’s Chief Cybersecurity Strategist Adam Palmer about the best way to align Security to Business needs and security advice for IT leaders during COVID-19 and more