EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO APAC . This month we lead on Pacific Textiles – one of the world ’ s leading manufacturers of customized knitted fabric in the textile industry – choosing Rimini Street for coverage and care of its SAP S / 4HANA system .
Hubert Tsang , CIO , Pacific Textiles , says switching to Rimini Street enabled significant IT budget savings and improved uptime of mission-critical systems . already manage nurture the organisation and provide return on investment .
Qumulo has launched its ‘ game changing ’ cloud native storage solution for cold file data
ANQ Cold is already being pitched as a perfect fit for healthcare – among other operational advantages – with hospitals transforming and hybridizing their PACS infrastructure .
Pacific Textiles heavily relies on SAP software to run its business including sales order entry , production planning , material procurement and many other critical ERP functions .
Read on p56 how Rimini Street ’ s faster , more comprehensive software support proved to be a stitch in time .
CIOs need to get all their data out of their systems of intelligence and into their systems of record to ensure their business is not only data-rich but insights-driven , says Nigel Nisbett , Director of Professional Services for Asia-Pacific Japan , Boomi .
On p53 , Ryan Farris , VP of Product , Qumulo , talks through what ANQ Cold all about – and the difference it ’ s going to make .
In Get to Know on p79 James Campbell , CEO and Co- Founder , Cado Security , tells of what time in tech has taught him since playing his first computer game .
Enjoy the read .
Have an innovative month .
Make stuff happen .
On p36 , Nigel urges CIOs not to sit on the fence but steer through the change in being tasked to transform their technical workforce and invest in AI technologies – while running their respective businesses and ensuring the technologies they
Bill Tanner Editor
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