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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

CIO Business Intelligence

Why digital transformation matters The arrival of the commercial internet in the late 20th century followed by high-speed bandwidth and mobile technologies in the first decade of the 21st century drove earlier waves of digitalization, as people started to shift from in-person, analog interactions to online transactions.

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Expanding the Cloud – An AWS Region is coming to Hong Kong

All Things Distributed

Some of the largest, and most well respected, enterprises in Hong Kong are also using AWS to power their businesses, enabling them to be more agile and responsive to their customers. Then too, Internet service providers can shut down their services any time they feel threatened by the DDoS attacks.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Along with Amit Goenka, the president of Zee’s digital businesses and platforms, he will also work on enhancing customer experience across ZEE5, the company’s on-demand internet streaming platform. He has also held positions at Asian Paints, Infosys and Mindtree. Vivek Viswanathan joins PayNearby as CTO. April 2021.