As part of the CIO FOrum 2017, CIO Academy Asia (CIOAA) together with VMware, co-hosted the Government Leadership Forum on 3 May 2017 at Sofitel Singapore Sentosa.
To answer new digital challenges (faster business cycles, new risks and need for more firm-level integration), companies need firm-level governance around their digital initiatives. Too often digital is left to grow organically, generally in a series of silos or managed from just one perspective of the business. In this paper the importance of governance of digital initiative is explored in detail, with working models, and some case studies from companies across different industries.
AI & India : The potential to be the next global centre of innovationUmakant Soni
The combination of a large and rapidly growing mobile-internet connected population along with startups being able to access their data along with open-source intelligence research means they can leverage decades of research, apply it to data, and pipe the results to build context-aware, predictive and extremely personalised business models.
This can be built on intelligent process automation and forecasting frameworks for speed and precision. Overall, these businesses will have potential for step-changes in operational efficiency and effectiveness in understanding and fulfilling customer needs.
This is especially so in India, where small screens on many smartphones can create vast pools of data to power AI. By further automating business decisions through machine learning, and surfacing them through smart, intelligent interfaces, these startups will disrupt older technologies and traditional businesses – based on heuristical approaches – and can emerge as “new category leaders”.
This presentation will clarify the role of IT in government, as well as the Contribution of government in the IT sector. How the IT sector helped us to take a closer look at the government and the current scenario of both these powerful fields.
World AI Show Nairobi edition saw an elite line-up of AI experts
and key government representatives come together to talk about the changing dynamics of AI and Kenya’s approach towards adoption and implementation of potential emerging technologies across the country’s various industry verticals.
The 2-day global tech event saw the presence of 500+ attendees that included CIOs, IT leaders, tech enthusiasts and government authorities who engaged in some of the most thought-provoking and insightful panel discussions, tech-talks and use cases.
To answer new digital challenges (faster business cycles, new risks and need for more firm-level integration), companies need firm-level governance around their digital initiatives. Too often digital is left to grow organically, generally in a series of silos or managed from just one perspective of the business. In this paper the importance of governance of digital initiative is explored in detail, with working models, and some case studies from companies across different industries.
AI & India : The potential to be the next global centre of innovationUmakant Soni
The combination of a large and rapidly growing mobile-internet connected population along with startups being able to access their data along with open-source intelligence research means they can leverage decades of research, apply it to data, and pipe the results to build context-aware, predictive and extremely personalised business models.
This can be built on intelligent process automation and forecasting frameworks for speed and precision. Overall, these businesses will have potential for step-changes in operational efficiency and effectiveness in understanding and fulfilling customer needs.
This is especially so in India, where small screens on many smartphones can create vast pools of data to power AI. By further automating business decisions through machine learning, and surfacing them through smart, intelligent interfaces, these startups will disrupt older technologies and traditional businesses – based on heuristical approaches – and can emerge as “new category leaders”.
This presentation will clarify the role of IT in government, as well as the Contribution of government in the IT sector. How the IT sector helped us to take a closer look at the government and the current scenario of both these powerful fields.
World AI Show Nairobi edition saw an elite line-up of AI experts
and key government representatives come together to talk about the changing dynamics of AI and Kenya’s approach towards adoption and implementation of potential emerging technologies across the country’s various industry verticals.
The 2-day global tech event saw the presence of 500+ attendees that included CIOs, IT leaders, tech enthusiasts and government authorities who engaged in some of the most thought-provoking and insightful panel discussions, tech-talks and use cases.
Digital Transformation Strategy - 4IR AI Blockchain Fintech by Dinis GuardaDinis Guarda
Digital transformation strategy
How to be a business fit
In a time of 4IR AI Blockchain Fintech
The future of all businesses and related industries is all about disruption – and that’s a good thing
Disruption across all industries is inevitable, but rather than bracing for the change, businesses should be confident to accept and embrace it.
This is the only way to be fit in a digital transformation 4IR time.
by Dinis Guarda,
author, CEO founder ztudium - openbusinesscouncil.org - fashionabc.org - intelligenthq.com
Big AI Trends That Will Revamp Fintech In 2020SnehaDas60
Do you know Fintech space is one of the largest growing industries across the globe? Which technological forces are ruling in these industries? How AI comes into the role here? What will be the AI trends in 2020 here?
India is the dream destination and growth market for the world in terms of expansion of commerce and Digital India initiatives is one among them which can play a significant role for urban & rural India to transform into digitally empowered knowledge economy as well as for the overseas firms.
The CII TELECOM Convergence Summit, which was held on 18 Sep 2015 at New Delhi, highlighted the significant areas in literary form and those are Internet of Things(IoT), Digital Commerce and Cyber Security and without considering the literary forms a Digital India dream is not thinkable. The Knowledge Partner was Deloitte. Digital Revolution: Forward Path for Telecom, a CII-Deloitte publication was released at the Summit. Download from here: http://goo.gl/0JeMC0
Presentation to UK Central Government describing how trends in Digital Enterprise will impact governments around the world. At the heart is information with process and collaboration driving innovation and service to citizens and stakeholders.
Digital Renaissance - Alfresco EMEA Partner DayJohn Newton
The Digital Renaissance is the convergence of the forces of Cloud, Mobile, Big Data and Social affecting the way that all industries do business. A virtuous cycle of customer engagement and business agility drive the redesign of business models and they way we all work together. New technologies and architectures are required to participate in the biggest changes to affect business since who knows when.
Rinascimento Digitale - A Digital RenaissanceJohn Newton
Presented in Rome on 17 Nov 2015, the Digital Renaissance that comes a digital technologies impact business in profound ways points to the reawakening of businesses and their potential to engage customers and employees. Productivity has been stagnant in Italy and the rest of Europe for a long time now. Digital technologies provide the best way to compete in a highly competitive world.
The digital economy is the type of economy which operates predominantly with the help of digital technology. It is the economic activity that results from the online transactions among people, businesses, devices, and processes. The economic activity is enabled by information and communications technologies. The transition from traditional to digital economy will boost national competitiveness and bring about new opportunities for businesses and jobs. This paper provides a primer on digital economy. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Uwakwe C. Chukwu | Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi | Sarhan M. Musa "Digital Economy: A Primer" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46449.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/46449/digital-economy-a-primer/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Artificial Intelligence Best Practices: How AI Models Can Transform Legal and...Anna Kragie
The legal and corporate worlds are buying into the power of AI and machine learning. Now, many industries are becoming increasingly receptive to how to use better data classification methods and AI models to generate better business practices. A decade ago, the legal and corporate worlds needed more convincing about the power of AI and machine learning. Now, many industries — legal included — are becoming increasingly receptive to how to use better data classification methods and AI models to generate better business practices.
Encouraging foreign investment in e commerceM S Siddiqui
The recent foreign investment in existing companies such as Daraz, Pathao, bdjobs, bKash and Pathao should give confidence to local investors, government and financial institutions to encourage start-ups in the country, Time has come for us to change the traditional mindset towards small and start-up business ventures.
John Bosco Arends- Emerging Threats Against Public Sectoritnewsafrica
John Bosco Arends, Chairperson of the Chartered CIO Council and Group Head Information, Networks and Technology Operations, delivered a presentation on Emerging Threats Against the Public Sector, at Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2023 on the 3rd of October 2023. #PublicSec2023 #Conference #Cybersecurity #PublicSector
Digital Transformation Strategy - 4IR AI Blockchain Fintech by Dinis GuardaDinis Guarda
Digital transformation strategy
How to be a business fit
In a time of 4IR AI Blockchain Fintech
The future of all businesses and related industries is all about disruption – and that’s a good thing
Disruption across all industries is inevitable, but rather than bracing for the change, businesses should be confident to accept and embrace it.
This is the only way to be fit in a digital transformation 4IR time.
by Dinis Guarda,
author, CEO founder ztudium - openbusinesscouncil.org - fashionabc.org - intelligenthq.com
Big AI Trends That Will Revamp Fintech In 2020SnehaDas60
Do you know Fintech space is one of the largest growing industries across the globe? Which technological forces are ruling in these industries? How AI comes into the role here? What will be the AI trends in 2020 here?
India is the dream destination and growth market for the world in terms of expansion of commerce and Digital India initiatives is one among them which can play a significant role for urban & rural India to transform into digitally empowered knowledge economy as well as for the overseas firms.
The CII TELECOM Convergence Summit, which was held on 18 Sep 2015 at New Delhi, highlighted the significant areas in literary form and those are Internet of Things(IoT), Digital Commerce and Cyber Security and without considering the literary forms a Digital India dream is not thinkable. The Knowledge Partner was Deloitte. Digital Revolution: Forward Path for Telecom, a CII-Deloitte publication was released at the Summit. Download from here: http://goo.gl/0JeMC0
Presentation to UK Central Government describing how trends in Digital Enterprise will impact governments around the world. At the heart is information with process and collaboration driving innovation and service to citizens and stakeholders.
Digital Renaissance - Alfresco EMEA Partner DayJohn Newton
The Digital Renaissance is the convergence of the forces of Cloud, Mobile, Big Data and Social affecting the way that all industries do business. A virtuous cycle of customer engagement and business agility drive the redesign of business models and they way we all work together. New technologies and architectures are required to participate in the biggest changes to affect business since who knows when.
Rinascimento Digitale - A Digital RenaissanceJohn Newton
Presented in Rome on 17 Nov 2015, the Digital Renaissance that comes a digital technologies impact business in profound ways points to the reawakening of businesses and their potential to engage customers and employees. Productivity has been stagnant in Italy and the rest of Europe for a long time now. Digital technologies provide the best way to compete in a highly competitive world.
The digital economy is the type of economy which operates predominantly with the help of digital technology. It is the economic activity that results from the online transactions among people, businesses, devices, and processes. The economic activity is enabled by information and communications technologies. The transition from traditional to digital economy will boost national competitiveness and bring about new opportunities for businesses and jobs. This paper provides a primer on digital economy. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Uwakwe C. Chukwu | Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi | Sarhan M. Musa "Digital Economy: A Primer" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46449.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/46449/digital-economy-a-primer/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Artificial Intelligence Best Practices: How AI Models Can Transform Legal and...Anna Kragie
The legal and corporate worlds are buying into the power of AI and machine learning. Now, many industries are becoming increasingly receptive to how to use better data classification methods and AI models to generate better business practices. A decade ago, the legal and corporate worlds needed more convincing about the power of AI and machine learning. Now, many industries — legal included — are becoming increasingly receptive to how to use better data classification methods and AI models to generate better business practices.
Encouraging foreign investment in e commerceM S Siddiqui
The recent foreign investment in existing companies such as Daraz, Pathao, bdjobs, bKash and Pathao should give confidence to local investors, government and financial institutions to encourage start-ups in the country, Time has come for us to change the traditional mindset towards small and start-up business ventures.
John Bosco Arends- Emerging Threats Against Public Sectoritnewsafrica
John Bosco Arends, Chairperson of the Chartered CIO Council and Group Head Information, Networks and Technology Operations, delivered a presentation on Emerging Threats Against the Public Sector, at Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2023 on the 3rd of October 2023. #PublicSec2023 #Conference #Cybersecurity #PublicSector
JIMS Rohini Conclave 2016 "Digitalization of Businesses: Promises and Perils’JIMS Rohini Sector 5
We are pleased to invite you to the JIMS Conclave 2016 on the highly relevant theme of ‘Digitalization of Businesses: Promises and Perils’.
Date: Saturday, 10th December, 2016
Time: 9.30 am – 5.00 pm
Venue: Lakshmipat Singhania Auditorium, PHD House,
4/2, Siri Institutional Area, New Delhi
Session Topics:
• Digitalization-Stakeholders perspective : Inaugural
• Insights into Digital Markets : Session - I
• Digital Transformation at Workplace : Session - II
In case you wish to invite guests from the Corporate / Academia, kindly forward the invitation to them and confirm their particaption to us, in advance.
Visit Website
http://www.jimsindia.org/
Planning the Next Lap of ASEAN’s Digital Masterplan 2025 (Lim May-Ann)TRPC Pte Ltd
TRPC Managing Director Lim May-Ann's presentation at the Global Digital Development Forum 2020, for a panel on Planning the Next Lap of ASEAN’s Digital Masterplan 2025.
e-Government: Thoughts on Leveraging Technology for Organisational Excellence...Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu
Given the size and import of the public sector across Africa's economies, it is clear that market-driven transformation however desirable, will be constrained by public sector alienated from and distrustful of technology. As a consequence, our countries fail to leverage the exponential value of a wholesale embrace of technology as an enabler, multiplier and accelerator of national development.
By 2020 more than 7 billion people will be communicating and performing transactions over the web on over 35 billion devices. So how can companies effectively create a digital identity that promises security, ease and comfort for its customers? This study, sponsored by Oracle, assesses the role identity plays in the digital economy. Visit hub: http://bit.ly/1LKqXfN
The digital revolution will redefine every sector of the economy. The pace of the change, as we move to more smart digital solutions, is predicted to be comparable to the Industrial Revolution. Although we not know for sure where the Digital Revolution will take us, but it holds massive potential to transform everything we do. We must be prepared to embrace new technologies, new business models, and new possibilities as they emerge.In this paper we discuss the trends and insights that will help you make more informed decisions in the digital world in the upcoming years. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Uwakwe C. Chukwu | Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi | Sarhan M. Musa "Future of Digital" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50289.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/other/50289/future-of-digital/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an integral part of business management now-a-day. It is inevitable for the smooth running of business irrespective of size and complexity. Due to the rapid development of ICT and its huge use in all spheres of our lives, businesses are also substantially influenced by it. Now, the resources of the businesses are primarily managed by using ICT supports that helps perform tasks faster and more accurate than before. But the developing countries are still struggling to introduce ICT supports in all areas of business management processes as the effort is substantially hindered by a strong but ineffective work culture. Therefore, to use ICT in business management we need to know the issues and challenges of it.
By digitizing processes and making organizational changes, governments can
enhance services,
save money, and
improve citizens’ quality of life.
As companies have transformed themselves with digital technologies, people are calling on governments to follow suit.
By digitizing, governments can provide services that meet the evolving expectations of citizens and businesses, even in a period of tight budgets and increasingly complex challenges.
Estimates suggest that government digitization, using current technology, could generate over $1 trillion annually worldwide.
Digitizing a government requires attention to two major considerations:
the core capabilities for engaging citizens and businesses, and
the organizational enablers that support those capabilities (exhibit).
These make up a framework for setting digital priorities.
We look at the capabilities and enablers in this framework, along with guidelines and real-world examples to help governments seize the opportunities that digitization offers.
In partnership with RedHat, CIO Academy Asia hosted a special Executive Lunch Roundtable on the 18th of October. A select group of practitioners from various industries gathered to share their thoughts and questions and recommend best practices to Building an Agile Organisation.
Following the successes of our previous rethink CIO Forums in Singapore and Malaysia last year, CIO Academy Asia hosted the forum for tech and digital leaders on 20 March 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand
Presentation by Prof. Arcot Desai Narasimhalu, Adjunct Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU and Managing Innovator of Simha Innovations.
CIOAA partnered with NTT Communications to organise this exclusive CIO Workshop bringing together a select group of tech leaders to discuss game-changing strategies on how innovation can re-shape businesses today.
CIOAA partnered with NTT Communications to organise this exclusive CIO Workshop bringing together a select group of tech leaders to discuss game-changing strategies on how innovation can re-shape businesses today.
CIO Academy Asia (CIOAA), in association with IBM Singapore, organised a CIO Executive Briefing over lunch on 20 July 2017 at Marina Mandarin Singapore.
Connect with us on LinkedIn by clicking here. http://bit.ly/cioaa_linkedinV
The reThink Cybersecurity Israel is an experiential learning trip organised by CIO Academy Asia for CISOs, CIOs and Heads of info-Security in public and private sectors. The objective of the trip is for delegates to network with others on the trip, and connect with leading experts from government, corporations, incubators and universities in Israel. A total of 30 delegates from both private and public agencies from Singapore and the Philippines attended this first-of-its kind study trip.
CIO Care’s inaugural TechMavericks talk show gathered 80 participants from various tertiary educational institutions, technology practitioners and youth community leaders on the 8th of December at SMU Labs.
Marcus Tan (Co-founder & President, Carousell) shared about Carousell’s evolution and the growth potential of the global mobile e-commerce.
Event report from Cyber Security roundtable discussions held in 5 cities. Manila on 31August 2016, Jakarta 6 October 2016, Kuala Lumpur 21 October 2016, Singapore 27 October 2016 and Hong Kong 11 November 2016. Organised by CIO Academy Asia and its partner Fortinet.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
3. Overview
As part of the CIO Forum 2017, CIO Academy Asia (CIOAA) together with VMware, co-hosted the
Government Leadership Forum 2017 on 3 May 2017 at Sofitel Singapore Sentosa. The forum saw more than
25 Government CIOs and IT leaders taking part from all across ASEAN.
Over half a day of presentations, deliberations and roundtable discussions, the forum explored the theme of
leading the digital transformation journey for Government CIOs, especially in the context of Asian countries.
In his opening address, P. Ramakrishna, Deputy CEO, CIOAA, said that this was the maiden Government CIO
Forum organized by CIOAA. He enumerated 9 key factors that were shaping the initiatives of digitizing
government services: we are living in a VUCA (a US Army term which stands for ‘volatile, uncertain, complex
and ambiguous’) world and whether the governments are resilient enough since it has implications on
governance; digital natives are here to stay; business and tech life cycles are moving at a faster pace; social
media is the new norm; the rise of the disruptive platforms and their impact; use of data analytics to engage
citizens; the rise of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Robotics and
how they have upped the ante for governments; the constant threats of cyber-security; and the challenge
of regularly updating and renewing government policies depending on the fast-changing circumstances.
The first speaker at the forum was Natasha Beschorner, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, at the World Bank. In
her data-driven presentation, Beschorner discussed the policy approaches to growing the digital economy.
Citing studies done by the World Bank, she highlighted that digitization has to be ‘a whole of government
agenda’ and should not be done in siloes. The aim has to be: everything is connected and everything is
intelligent—building up the wave of ‘intelligentization’ of government services.
She also pointed out that digital tech can actually accelerate growth for countries as it enables organizations
to reach new markets, improves service delivery for citizens and strengthens institutions.
Among the policy challenges that governments face today are affordability of Internet, legal and regulatory
issues. Addressing the Asian CIOs, she also suggested some digital strategies for governments such as
broadband universal access and supporting IT offshoring and online freelancing to bolster the digitization
process in their countries.
4. Overview (cont’d)
He gave some examples of projects in Singapore, SingPass is a ubiquitous product with 3.3 million accounts.
It helps in extending digital identity of users for 220 services across 80 agencies. However, before SingPass
became this successful, user adoption was a big challenge.
Kendrick also talked about designing for privacy as people expected a different level of trust from
government. He said that they paid special attention to income, location and health data as they are very
sensitive data for citizens. While developing applications, they also researched on user journeys and piloted
them with real users. He mentioned one successful product, MyInfo, which is now being extended to
establish identity for users in opening bank accounts in a ‘fuss-free’ manner.
Kendrick’s talk was followed by a government panel discussion on ‘Innovative Ways to serve and engage
with digitally savvy citizens’. Participating in the discussion were Siew Yim Cheng, CIO, JTC Corporation,
Singapore; Ramachandran Narayan, Director, Technology & Innovation Group, NLB, Singapore; Rosina
Howe-Teo, Group Director, Innovation & InfoComm Technology, LTA, Singapore; and Iwan Djuniardi,
Director Transformation Technology, Communication and Information, Directorate of General Tax/Ministry
of Finance, Indonesia. Moderated by Glen Francis, the President of CIOAA, the panel discussed at length on
the challenges CIOs were facing in their respective jobs and how they were using innovative ways to serve
the citizens better.
Next, in a delightful fireside chat with Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware, Ramakrishna teased out of Gelsinger
nuggets of wisdom from his professional and personal life—a very memorable exchange for all those
present at the forum. In his inimitable style, Gelsinger made many salient points on government and
technology: how ‘tech is breaking out of tech’ and how e-government initiatives are enabling agencies to
better engage their citizens. Batting for adoption of new technologies, he advised government CIOs that
they should ‘drive innovation into their environment’ and that ‘legacy is their biggest enemy’!
Kendrick Lee, Deputy Director, Product Management, GovTech, gave a
scintillating presentation on ‘Delivering government digital services – the
Agile Way!’.
Kendrick made the point that the government has a customer—her
citizens. Government’s job is to respond to citizens’ demands and allow
them to transact in a ‘fuss-free’ way.
Based on this understanding, he underlined three key factors: data,
engagement and collaboration, which should be guiding principles of
Government CIOs. By meshing up these three principles/approaches,
governments can serve the citizens in a 360-degree way for authentication
and identity services, for profile data (for creation and registry services)
and (data) integration and orchestration (across platforms).
5. Overview (cont’d)
Gelsinger also agreed with Rama that IT has to be seen as a value center and not as a cost center. To
illustrate this, he gave the example of his own company’s IT department—how it has been helping him
immensely do his business as a CEO (through apps, business updates, online approval systems and systems
that let him be aware of the customer pipeline). The last part of the discussion was finding equilibrium in
work and life—something that arose out of Gelsinger’s own experiences as a busy CEO and a family man, as
described in his bestselling books.
The concluding discussion of the day was a
government panel discussion on the topic ‘Digitizing
the Government’. This panel showcased a range of
CIOs from various ASEAN countries: Setiaji, Head,
Jakarta Smart City; Dato’ Dr. Amirudin Abdul
Wahab, CEO Cybersecurity Malaysia; Kamrang
Eang, ICT Industry Department Director, Ministry of
Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia; Denis
Villorente, Undersecretary for Development &
Innovation, Philippines Department of ICT; Kendrick
Lee, Deputy Director, Product Management,
GovTech; and Natasha Beschorner, Senior ICT Policy
Specialist, at the World Bank.
Moderated by Rama, the discussion ranged from how good are governments in innovating to implementation
challenges in digitization, and the lessons learnt in the process. Some of the main ideas that emerged during
the discussion were that data is a catalyst for innovation and that security should not be seen as stumbling
block but as a catalyst to engage and learn. Big data, analytics and AI were the unanimous choices for
government CIOs as the technologies which will have the biggest game-changers for the next 1-2 years.
The Government Leadership Forum came to end with five roundtable discussions that enabled all
participants to explore topics of their choice more intimately. Some of the topics that were discussed were
developing the innovation mindset within the government sector, leveraging disruptive technologies to
engage digitally savvy citizens and collaboration and trust as key ingredients for the digital age. The session
concluded with each table lead sharing the main findings of their discussion with the rest of the participants.
6. Overview (cont’d)
Some of the salient points that resulted from the roundtable discussions are as follows:
Topic 1: Developing the innovation mindset within the government sector
• Digitization has to be a whole of government agenda, not for siloed adoption - where everything is connected
and everything is intelligent, leading to “intelligentization” of governments.
• Government has a customer: its citizens. Governments have to use IT to allow citizens to transact in a fuss free
manner.
• Government CIOs are not afraid of disruptive technologies and the forward thinking IT leaders are looking for
ways to include these innovative technologies to bolster their offerings to citizens.
• To engage innovative companies, Government CIOs should develop an SLA template.
Topic 2: Leveraging disruptive technologies to engage digitally savvy citizens
• Connectivity is still an issue for some Asian countries.
• Analytics is a big disrupter; other important disrupters are AI, ML, and IoT.
• Efforts should be made to make the Regulators' mindset digital.
Topic 3: Opportunities and challenges of public sector data-sharing initiatives
• Data sharing concerns both technical and mindset issues.
• Technical issues are easier to solve, mindset and cultural issues of hoarding data are more challenging and will
take a longer while to resolve.
• 'Whole of government' must be involved in deciding which data is relevant to be shared with the citizens and
businesses.
Topic 4: Hiring and retaining the right talents in today’s digital workspace
• There is a skills gap in Asia. Hiring and retaining talent are also one of the main challenges for Government
CIOs.
• For example, in Vietnam, salary for IT professionals is a bit low, so attracting millennials to IT jobs in the
Government sector is a problem.
• Government CIOs should look at training older works so that they get a second chance.
• The key new skill sets required in the digitalized works are social media readiness, agile, soft skills, ability to
communicate, partnerships and collaboration mentality.
Topic 5: Collaboration and trust as key ingredients for the digital age
• Culture affects collaboration and trust within an organization. This begins with top management demonstrating
a willingness to share and work well together. At the same time, organizations may adopt soft and hard
measures to encourage collaboration such as through performance appraisals.
• Healthy competition between departments can be achieved through building trust among all departments
which will result in more effective collaboration to stay ahead of the competition.
• A driving force in digital transformation, millennials use digital platforms such as social media extensively,
making such platforms the place for collaboration.
• Security should be seen as a culture, so there should be security by design.