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IT to thank for most of Radisson Hotel Group’s business initiatives

CIO

With stints at Procter & Gamble, HPE and DHL, Jaime González-Peralta landed at Radisson Hotel Group four years ago as CIO for EMEA and then became global CIO in April 2020 — a particularly complex moment due to the paralysis that the pandemic inflicted on the world of travel.

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

CIO

Kirkland, a founding member of SustainabilityIT.org, an organization to drive global sustainability through technology leadership, says Choice was the first hospitality company to make a strategic commitment to developing a cloud-native and sustainable platform on AWS. I am in the business of hospitality.

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Global SMEs Adopt New Business Intelligence Initiatives During COVID-19 Crisis

Smart Data Collective

In response to the global Coronavirus pandemic, businesses are adopting a series of new, innovative digital technologies. Business intelligence is emerging as a new point of differentiation to help them stand out amongst their competitors. Business intelligence has changed the nature of company engagement in countless ways.

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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud

CIO

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. Moreover, IHG’s cloud backbone enables it to take advantage of emerging SaaS offerings, such as Speakeasy AI conversational chatbots, and deliver its own IHG Voice Cloud AI service to help guests and reception desk clerks at hundreds of hotels.

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Mapping the progress of Air New Zealand’s digital rebuild

CIO

So meeting challenges to compete is nothing new, but business all but came to a halt during the pandemic in 2020. We’re looking for partners who have IP and know-how they’ve built with a global perspective, so we want to have that balance of local investment but global IP,” he says. It’s hard to get that mix right.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO

Most CIOs recognize the advantages of cloud, the global reach it provides, and the ease with which services can be scaled up and back down again. It enables us to free our people so they can innovate and create lasting competitive advantage.” But recognizing cloud advantages doesn’t always mean a smooth transition from on-prem.

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The CIO as chief integration (and influence) officer

CIO

CIO Steve Zerby not only has a seat at the table, but he’s driving business strategy at the manufacturing company thanks to his panoptic view of the centralized yet global organization. Otherwise, tech will again be siloed and the business doesn’t know who to turn to first, Kark says. The CIO role has become much more strategic.

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