INTERVIEW
WINNING WITH DATA DR CHRIS COOPER, DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER, LENOVO DATA CENTRE GROUP MEA, ON HOW TO USE DATA TO TRANSFORM BUSINESSES.
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hat is data centered? ‘The Data Centered’ are the leaders who seek to understand more about the power of their data, and that empower their people to use their data - they are the visionaries and tech optimists who understand the value of data, and see data’s potential to dramatically accelerate their organisations, improve their Industries, and solve humanity’s greatest challenges. The pandemic has served as a catalyst for digital transformation. Technology has the power to overcome the noise about volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) and help businesses stay connected with their customers, to innovate and to thrive. Data, supported by cutting-edge technologies such as AI, 5G, edge computing, IoT and blockchain, can be the source of innovation, and although we are generating seemingly endless amounts of it, if people know how to harness it, learn from it and then springboard from it, their organisations can stay ahead of the curve. How can CIOs measure the success of their digital transformation efforts? Every organisation will have different metrics and measurements for the success of their transformation projects. What Lenovo believes is that for digital transformation to become an ongoing process of successful outcomes, organisations need to understand data, and empower humans to use that data. In the new economy all businesses are data businesses, and every employee works in a data ecosystem. A data strategy, focusing on skills, literacy and
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CXO INSIGHT ME
APRIL 2021
