As cybersecurity risk management has ascended to become a top strategic priority, where the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) sits within the leadership team has become a major question.
Why CFOs should drive digital transformation
Artificial intelligence giant hosted a roundtable discussion in partnership with CNME that focused on the ways that chief financial officers …
Oracle: Finance and HR leaders to shape digital disruption
The study, ‘Finance and HR: The Cloud’s New Power Partnership’, outlines how a holistic view into finance and HR information, delivered via cloud technology, empowers organisations to better manage continuous change.
Tile tech
Keeping track of the finances of any business is no easy job. As Chief Financial Officer of RAK Ceramics, Pramod Kumar Chand, however, is tasked with this key function in an organisation that spans 160 countries, with a large product portfolio. He told CNME how his strong relationship with IT ensures things run smoothly.
Healthy foundations
In any 21st Century industry, technology provides the foundations for operational efficiency, business agility and increased bottom line. However, in no sector are lives impacted more than in healthcare. Michele Rosso, Chief Financial Officer, Mediclinic Middle East, told CNME about the company’s partnership between IT and finance.
First class finance
From New York to Nairobi, Paris to Perth and Beijing to Buenos Aires, Emirates is internationally acclaimed as one of the world’s elite airlines – and one of its most powerful brands. James Dartnell sat down with the company’s Senior Vice President of Group Finance, Michael Doersam, to discuss the powerful bond between the firm’s Finance and IT divisions.
CFOs ‘frustrated’ about IT costs and lack of insight into their business
CFOs are frustrated with “excessive IT costs” and limited insights into their business despite IT investments, acccording to joint research from Oxford Economics and consulting firm AlixPartners.
CFO panel: relationship with CIOs often ‘confrontational’
CIOs need to get their house in order before they get a seat at the top table, a panel of financial executives said at a briefing by the Financial Times in England.
Microsoft predicts another cruel quarter for PCs
Microsoft last week prepped Wall Street for a 2 percent slip in Windows revenue for the third quarter, but warned that PC shipments will continue their double-digit tumble.
CIOs in privileged position to become the CEO
BT Global Services CEO Luis Alvarez said that CIOs are in a privileged position to become chief executives because of the opportunity that comes from “understanding the technology and understanding the business processes”.