EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO magazine for the APAC region . This month we lead on a top Australian children ’ s charity turning to SugarCRM to sweeten its Digital Transformation . Barnardos Australia has been around since 1921 providing support for vulnerable children and families with evidence-informed and research-based programs and services to break the cycle of disadvantage and create safe and stable homes . When the time came to take that approach into the future , Barnardos Australia selected the AIdriven SugarCRM platform to improve organizational impact reporting , compliance and productivity . On p56 both Barnardos Australia and SugarCRM get a say on what that transformation means to those the platform serves .
Mark Verbloot , Senior Director , Product , Solutions and Systems Engineering for APJ , HPE Aruba Networking , makes the case for CIOs modernizing workspaces in the age of agility . On p53 Mark outlines network strategies as now needing to evolve around hybrid working .
And in Get to Know on p79 Glen Maloney , ANZ Country Lead , Cequence Security , speaks of getting his tech start in a Sydney pizza shop .
That ’ s just a sample of something for everyone .
Enjoy the edition , keep innovating and let us know when you do .
Editor ’ s Question asks what more needs to be done to recruit and retain the talent needed to take the tech sector into the future . We had quite a response to this and its an issue we will come back to . Meantime , turn to p32 for starters from who had their say .
Country Focus on p48 recognizes Malaysia on the rise as a strategic regional hub for digital interconnection between businesses . Spurred by strong cloud growth and e-commerce adoption , as well continued investment in 5G , Malaysia ’ s marked as one of the fastest growing ASEAN data center markets . We frame this success story within in the context of Equinix preparing to open its first data center in Kuala Lumpur .
Bill Tanner Editor
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