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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO

In this conversation with Foundry, Kopal dives deep into her career progression, the challenges of marrying manufacturing with digitization and WABTEC’s commitment to sustainability. For instance, some software developers still use Windows 2007 servers, which are completely end-of-life, and don’t have the necessary security patches.

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CDOs’ biggest problem? Getting colleagues to understand their role

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It really drives sustainability and is a growth engine that helps develop a competitive advantage.” Many early CDOs appeared in the finance industry as lenders faced fines related to the 2007-08 housing credit crisis. Until organizations realize the value of their data, the CDO role will be misunderstood, she adds.

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Arbisoft co-founder Yasser Bashir on building trust with early-stage startups

TechCrunch

Co-founded in 2007 by Yasser Bashir, Arbisoft falls on the larger end of the spectrum of software development partners that our readers have recommended in our ongoing survey. What started with three people in 2007 is now one of the most successful software companies in our region. Arbisoft is a manifestation of many of those ideas.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

As well as traditional software engineering startups, Switzerland’s largest city boasts a startup culture that emphasizes life sciences, mechanical engineering and robotics. Also sustainability will hopefully be put back on the agenda. It grants up to CHF 130,000 per company. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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Back to the Financial Regulatory Future

Cloudera

It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years since the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. Risk management and governance: Regulators are increasingly focusing on risk governance, risk sustainability, and the detection, mitigation, tracking, and remediation of threat actors.

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What is COBIT? A framework for alignment and governance

CIO

It defines the “components to build and sustain a governance system: processes, policies and procedures, organizational structures, information flows, skills, infrastructure, and culture and behaviors,” according to the ISACA. COBIT 4 was released in 2005, followed by the refreshed COBIT 4.1

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Green Your Business: A Sustainable Vision or Money-Making Fad?

Strategy Driven

Your employees needs something to work towards – a mission if you will, and you need to take the lead in creating the right kind of company culture. Sustainable visions that hope to benefit more than just the company’s wallet tends to encourage innovation; by teaming up with similar companies, you drive the innovation further.