Listen to this podcast as Ecosystm CEO, Ullrich Loeffler, speaks with Chetna Ganjoo, the Practice & Consulting Lead for Application, Data & AI in ASEAN at Kyndryl Singapore. Chetna shares insights on:

• The importance of setting up a solid data foundation for your organisation
• The power of a strong data governance model
• The need to engage key stakeholders to drive successful Data & AI projects

Today, Asia is home to nearly 60% of the world’s population and accounts for 39% of the global GDP. As the region’s importance continues to grow (7 out of the top 10 economies is expected to be from the region, contributing to 47% of the global GDP by 2030), investment in Asia is a key priority for governments and large corporates around the world.

With the region taking centre-stage, there is a growing optimism as opportunities open up for local economies. It remains a unique market – differentiated by a strong spirit of innovation, vibrant startup ecosystem, and propensity to leverage technology to transform.

Last year Ecosystm worked closely with Kyndryl during their ASEAN launch. One year on – where is Kyndryl Philippines headed? Sash Mukherjee, VP Content & Industry Research, Ecosystm speaks to Wilson Go, Managing Director about the evolution of the team in terms of culture and how they are developing resources and skills to serve their customers better. 

Wilson and Sash also discuss Philippines market trends, including:  

• Wilson and Sash also discuss Philippines market trends, including:  
• The evolving cloud first strategy and hybrid cloud adoption by businesses
• The increased focus on data and innovation in a highly customer-focused market

Data & AI initiatives are firmly at the core of any organisation’s tech-led transformation efforts. Businesses today realise the value of real-time data insights to deliver the agility that is required to succeed in today’s competitive, and often volatile, market.

But organisations continue to struggle with their data & AI initiatives for a variety of reasons. Organisations in ASEAN report some common challenges in implementing successful data & AI initiatives.

Here are 5 insights to build scalable AI.

1. Data Access a Key Stumbling Block. Many organisations find that they no longer need to rely on centralised data repositories.
2. Organisations Need Data Creativity. A true data-first organisation derives value from their data & AI investments across the entire organisation, cross-leveraging data.
3. Governance Not Built into Organisational Psyche. A data-first organisation needs all employees to have a data-driven mindset. This can only be driven by clear guidelines that are laid out early on and adhered to by data generators, managers, and consumers.
4. Lack of End-to-End Data Lifecycle Management. It is critical to have observability, intelligence, and automation built into the entire data lifecycle.
5. Democratisation of Data & AI Should Be the Goal. The true value of data & AI solutions will be fully realised when the people who benefit from the solutions are the ones managing the solutions and running the queries that will help them deliver better value to the business.

Read below to find out more.

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Ecosystm CEO Ullrich Loeffler recently caught up with Richard Howe, Chief Technology Officer, Kyndryl Singapore for an enjoyable and broad conversation on the trends he is seeing affect Singapore’s technology landscape.

The discussion covered:

• The technical innovation, uniqueness, and rapid state of progress that attracted Richard to Singapore
• Why sustainability initiatives are of high intent for organisations – and the challenges they face in implementation
• The main technology programs that are driving innovation initiatives
• The ongoing challenges with attracting and retaining talent
• How Kyndryl is helping organisations with their data journey

Enjoy the podcast, and stay tuned for more podcasts from Ecosystm

Digital transformation has been a key company objective over the last two years – and more than a third of enterprises in ASEAN have it as their key business priority in 2022-23. They are aiming to be agile and digital organisations – with access to real-time data insights at their core. 

Businesses have learned that their technology systems need to be scalable, accessible, easy to manage, fast to deploy and cost effective. Cloud infrastructure, platforms and software has become key enablers of business agility and innovation.

But the expansion of cloud applications has also seen an infrastructure and applications sprawl – which makes it essential for organisation to re-evaluate their cloud strategy. 

Here are 5 insights that will help you shape your Cloud Strategy.

• Technology Change Management. Your cloud strategy must define the infrastructure and data architecture, security and resiliency measures, the technology environment management model, and IT operations.   
• Building Scalable Enterprises. Focus on seamless access to all organisational data, irrespective of where they are generated (enterprise systems, IoT devices or AI solutions) and where they are stored (public cloud, on-premises, Edge, or co-location facilities).
• A Hybrid Multicloud Environment. For a successful hybrid multi cloud environment, keep a firm eye on hybrid cloud management, a suitable FinOps framework that balances performance and cost, and integration.
• A Technology-Neutral Approach. Partnering with a technology-neutral cloud services provider that leverages the entire tech ecosystem, will be critical.
• “Hybrid Cloud” Can Mean Many Things. Work with a cloud services partner, that has broad and deep capabilities across multiple hyperscalers and is able to address the unique requirements of your organisation.

Read on for more insights

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