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2024 CIO50 Saudi Arabia Awards: Nominations are now open

CIO

CIO is proud to launch the third edition of CIO50 Awards in Saudi Arabia, recognising the top 50 senior technology executives driving innovation, strengthening resiliency and influencing rapid change. The Awards will take place at the Hotel Fairmont Riyadh on 19th September.

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How Palladium targets tech to better serve the business

CIO

The result was what is now the Palladium Hotel Group, a hotel chain with 10 different brands spread across Spain, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. But the company’s history and growth wouldn’t have been possible without a clear commitment to innovation.

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CIOs set their agendas to achieve IT’s ultimate balancing act

CIO

Achieving operational excellence while deploying innovative technologies is not an either/or proposition as far as Christian Mate is concerned. Both are critical for meeting the responsibilities of the job of CIO, which requires the staid mantra of “keep the lights on” while concentrating on the more exciting innovating for growth, he says.

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Changing the Status Quo: How to Create a Culture of Accountability in your Org

OverOps

Every part of our life includes software, from the way we watch movies, to the way we rideshare, reserve hotels, communicate, shop, etc. Shifting to a software-driven mentality has caused a lot of challenges as net new competition and pace of innovation creates pressure and stress on leadership, line of business, and IT organizations.

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Innovation – Between Chaos and Standardization

Modus Create

Innovation is such a beautiful thing. Without a doubt, innovation has made a lot of headlines in the past few years. “Innovation is our response to the market challenges, it’s the way we’ll overcome our competitors and create new revenue streams.” Is innovation the way? What is Innovation? Or like both.

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FSI Member Spotlight Episode #10: Digital Currency, Culture, and the Future of Banking

Praxent

For our final FSI Member Spotlight in 2020, Praxent Senior Director of Innovation, Lance Vaughn, had the chance to catch up with Patrick Sells. In his view, banks should work together to innovate and scale up — and face the big tech threat head-on. In sum, the biggest threat to banks innovating and thriving is culture.

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Backed by Accel, Minoan Experience is creating a new category of e-commerce called ‘native retail’

TechCrunch

I think the large push for flexible/remote work will result in a culture where ‘personal travel’ and ‘work’ aren’t oil and water anymore, and that’s where an experience like Minoan fits nicely between consumer and business.”. The way people traveled changed but people started traveling again,” said Hostovsky. “I

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