This month ’ s cover features Jeff Richardson , CDO at Bentley Systems , on the state of the art cloud infrastructure which benefits internal and external stakeholders . “ Living in a cloud-focused world , security is huge for us ,” he tells us . “ Our CIO , Claire Rutkowski , came on board in October 2016 and has been heavily focused on integrating a robust and industry-leading cloud security platform . Along with instituting a security office , we have beefed up our security staff and infrastructure by around 800 % in the past five years .”

Other leaders we speak with in this issue include Sankar Krishnan , EVP and Industry Head , Banking and Capital Markets at Capgemini , who discusses the investor management landscape prior to and post COVID-19 , “ Since World War II , I would say we have never had a situation like this where it has

been very difficult to predict outcomes in terms of where the world is going . These are unprecedented times and investor management is front and centre .”

Elsewhere , we explore the HR technology trends of 2020 and look more closely at the benefits they can provide an organisation that is looking to digitally transform its HR operations .

In addition , we speak to Max Cheprasov , Chief Automation Officer at Dentsu Aegis Network on why developing an AI and automation strategy is essential to modern enterprises ’ future , and our Top 10 ranks the region ’ s most valuable digital technology brands .

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