IDCEast AfricaCIO SummitAccelerating Your Journey to a Digital-First World
In-Person Event | Radisson Blu Upper Hill | June 9, 2022
As the definition of the New Normal continues to evolve, so does the shape of tomorrow’s digital enterprise. Organizations are digitally adapting as they encounter unprecedented challenges and a long road to recovery, with acceleration and resiliency emerging as key differentiators in a changing world.
From building resilient digital infrastructures to meeting the unique demands of managing distributed workforces, CIOs are rethinking their leadership practices. With the pace of digital adoption significantly increasing, today’s most successful CIOs are building organizations that not only leverage digital capabilities to adapt to evolving disruptions, but also capitalize on change to become future enterprises.
The IDC East Africa CIO Summit 2022 will explore the country's changing technology landscape and present strategies that will help organizations evolve into digitally resilient enterprises and secure their rightful place in the 'Next Normal'.
Agenda
The IDC East Africa CIO Summit 2022 features a tailored agenda filled with handpicked topics, discussions, panel sessions, and keynote presentations from regional and global technology experts that will explore all of today's hottest ICT issues.
The 2022 edition will be hosted as a physical event on June 9. Here's what you can expect:
Secureworks (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a global cybersecurity leader that protects customer progress with Secureworks® Taegis™, a cloud-native security analytics platform built on 20+ years of real-world threat intelligence and research, improving customers’ ability to detect advanced threats, streamline and collaborate on investigations, and automate the right actions.
VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global impact.
Platinum Partner
KnowBe4
KnowBe4 is the world’s largest integrated platform for new-school security awareness training and simulated phishing. KnowBe4 was created to help organisations manage the ongoing problem of social engineering through a comprehensive new-school awareness training approach. Tens of thousands of organisations worldwide use KnowBe4’s platform to mobilise their end-users as a last line of defence and enable them to make smarter security decisions.
Platinum Partner
Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to
digitally transform its business. It delivers enterprise-grade solutions that
leverage Google's cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the
industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google
Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical
business problems. Learn more at https://cloud.google.com/.
Platinum Partner
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is constantly pushing the
boundaries of Application Security Testing to make security seamless and simple
for the world’s developers while giving CISOs the confidence and control they
need. As the AppSec testing leader, we provide the industry’s most
comprehensive solutions, giving development and security teams unparalleled
accuracy, coverage, visibility, and guidance to reduce risk across all
components of modern software – including proprietary code, open source, APIs,
and Infrastructure as code. Over 1,675 customers, including 45% of the Fortune
50, trust our security technology, expert research, and global services to
securely optimize development at speed and scale.
Technology Focus Group Partner
Nozomi Networks
Nozomi Networks accelerates digital transformation by protecting the world’s industrial and government organizations and critical infrastructure installations from cyberthreats. The company's solution delivers exceptional network and asset visibility, threat detection, and deep operational insights for OT and IoT environments. Customers rely on Nozomi Networks to minimize risks while maximizing resilience
Exhibit Partner
Kaspersky
Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments, and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky technologies and the company helps 240,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.co.za.
Exhibit Partner
ManageEngine
ManageEngine crafts comprehensive IT management software with a focus on making jobs easier. The company’s 120+ award-winning products and free tools cover everything the IT function needs. From network and device management to security and service desk software, ManageEngine brings resources together for an integrated approach that optimizes IT.
Exhibit Partner
Salesforce
Salesforce is a world’s leading customer relationship management solution that brings companies and customers together. It's one integrated CRM platform that gives all your departments — including marketing, sales, commerce, and service — a single, shared view of every customer. Learn more at https://www.salesforce.com
MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform is the world’s leading integration platform for SOA, SaaS, and APIs. MuleSoft has been part of the Salesforce family since 2018. MuleSoft provides exceptional business agility to companies by connecting applications, data, and devices, both on-premises and in the cloud with an API-led approach. Learn more at https://www.mulesoft.com
When used together, MuleSoft, the #1 integration platform, and Salesforce, the #1 CRM, help organizations accelerate digital transformation.
Registration Fee Free of Charge : For End Users (not IT + Consultant companies)
Contact For more information, please contact: Ramaa Bhardi, Mobile: +91 99300 70107, Email: rbhardi@idc.com
Proceedings
Photo Gallery
Knowledge Hub
Analyst Spotlight
Building a Strong Data Culture for Innovation
Chris Weston
Principal, European Client Advisory Practice, IDC
Whilst working across many different industries and types of organizations in our advisory practice,
Analyst Spotlight
Enabling Digital Resiliency to Thrive Beyond the Crisis
Ranjit Rajan
VP, Research (META), IDC
As organizations battled to navigate the headwinds caused by the pandemic,
Analyst Spotlight
Three broad themes that will shape the tech investment decisions of the Region’s CIOs
Jonathan Tullett
Senior Research Manager, IT Services, Africa, IDC
As industries across East Africa bounce back from the economic turbulence of the last two years,
CXO Spotlight
The IDC East Africa CIO Summit: A Unique Platform for Influential Technology Leaders
Kenneth Ogwang
Head of Digital and Technology, Eastern and Southern Africa, Diageo
For the past 9 years, the IDC East Africa CIO Summit has been the platform of choice for technology leaders
Partner Spotlight
Solving Challenges for Kenya Innovation and Growth
Jonathan Davidson
Customer Engineer, Google Cloud
In the fast-moving and ever-changing digital economy, enterprises across all industries will need IT agility
CXO Spotlight
Solving Challenges for Kenya Innovation and Growth
Julius Orayo
Group CIO, Jubilee Holdings
As the digital journey is accelerating in East Africa, business resiliency and agility have become main factors determining companies’ continuity
Analyst Spotlight
Cyber Maturity and Policy-Driven Approaches Among the Key Growth Drivers for Africa’s Security Market
Mark Walker
Associate Vice President, Data & Analytics, IDC
Cybersecurity has undoubtedly taken on a more critical role
Partner Spotlight
Finding the Right Cybersecurity Partner in a Digitally Transforming World
Mayuresh Kothari
Security Solutions Architect, Secureworks
Now more than ever, cybersecurity is a front-and-center priority for boards of directors.
Partner Spotlight
Real-World Threats to OT and Effective Mitigation Strategies
Jayson Pieterse
Regional Sales Director, Nozomi Networks
Organizations across the world are continuing to digitally adapt
"Whilst working across many different industries and types of organizations in our advisory practice, there are some questions that come up regularly. Many companies are looking for ways to become more 'data driven', and by this they mean that they want good data to shape their decisions and their processes so they can provide more effective and profitable services to their customers.
This is an easy thing to say, but not so easy to do. At IDC, we have identified several components that combine to provide the conditions for this change. They can be grouped into six key areas — People, Attitudes, Values, Goals, Social, and Technology.
Whenever we see this change occurring in a sustainable way, these are the common factors that came together to make it happen. While technology is a key underpinning factor that cannot be ignored, the real change happens in the culture of the organization — employees learn to value the data they provide because it translates into the information they then use to make daily decisions.
The cultural change that must be apparent in any organization that aspires to this state is to embrace genuine transparency in the decision-making process. There must be a desire to learn from mistakes or unsatisfactory outcomes rather than to hide and/or forget them. This requires wise, mature leadership with an eye on strategic outcomes in the long term.
As organizations battled to navigate the headwinds caused by the pandemic, there was an increased focus on business resiliency. This is the ability of an organization to rapidly respond to business disruptions and restore business operations in a timely fashion. However, this alone is not sufficient - organizations need to be digitally resilient as well.
This is different from being simply resilient. Digital resiliency is the ability of an organization to rapidly adapt to business disruptions by leveraging digital capabilities to not only restore business operations, but also capitalize on the changed conditions. While business resiliency tends to focus on anticipating the crisis and preparing for it, digital resiliency is focused on rapidly adapting to any business disruption.
Being digitally resilient requires resiliency across many parts of the organization, all working together. Organizations need to develop digital resiliency across all dimensions of the business – leadership and organization, financials, workforce, operations, brand and reputation, and customers and ecosystems – as they look to thrive in the post-pandemic, digital-first world.
"As industries across East Africa bounce back from the economic turbulence of the last two years, IDC believes there are three broad themes that will shape the tech investment decisions of the region's CIOs and the organizations they represent through 2022 and beyond – the implementation of a digital-first strategy, the quest for digital resiliency, and the pursuit of hybridity.
The pandemic has led many organizations in East Africa to bring their digital road maps forward by up to two years and increasingly shift towards a digital-first strategy. Most organizations in East Africa have taken strategic efforts to create new revenue streams and digital revenue channels in line with Digital First Strategy.
In order to be successful in the future, organizations need to go beyond business resiliency and strive instead for digital resiliency. While business resiliency tends to focus on anticipating a crisis and preparing for it, digital resiliency is focused on rapidly adapting to any business disruption. It is not just about recovering and going back to business as usual but also about capitalizing on the newly changed conditions. To this end, being digitally resilient requires resiliency across many parts of the organization, all working together, including in areas such as leadership, finance, workforce, operations, brand, customers, and ecosystems.
Since the future of business is increasingly becoming hybrid, a trend of adopting a hybrid approach towards work, technology deployment options, and the choices of engagement with customers and supplier ecosystem (in person or virtual) are rising. The adoption will differ from industry to industry and country to country, however, Hybridity is here to stay at least in the near future."
"For the past 9 years, the IDC East Africa CIO Summit has been the platform of choice for technology leaders from both the public and private sectors. As we step into a new digital era, we look forward to the 9th edition of the Summit as the annual event has always supported the region’s digital journey by hosting in-depth discussions around cutting-edge tech solutions, emerging use cases, and proven strategies for driving success."
"In the fast-moving and ever-changing digital economy, enterprises across all industries will need IT agility, data driven insights, strong security, and digital skills to continue to thrive. Google Cloud is working with companies throughout the region to accelerate their digital transformation on the world's cleanest cloud, while also bringing employees together in today's era of hybrid work through a suite of collaboration and productivity tools. Our session during the Summit is going to provide a deeper dive into how Google Cloud helps businesses solve their biggest challenges"
"As the digital journey is accelerating in East Africa, business resiliency and agility have become main factors determining companies’ continuity. The IDC East Africa CIO Summit has always played a pivotal role in introducing industry best practices and helping organizations to adapt and build resilient economies. The region stands at the threshold of growth and transformation, and this highly anticipated event will provide a bird’s eye view of the region’s digital road map."
"Cybersecurity has undoubtedly taken on a more critical role when it comes to enhancing the response and resilience of key economic sectors across Africa. It's not surprising then that governments across the region are investing significantly in improving their national defenses. There is a clear drive to formalize market regulators and augment their role with supporting regulatory frameworks and policies. The approach to maintaining a robust security posture is becoming more centralized and concerted, which is driving new levels of security maturity within end-user organizations while also encouraging vendors and services providers to drive innovation around their capabilities and delivery models."
"Now more than ever, cybersecurity is a front-and-center priority for boards of directors. As businesses become more digitally empowered due to the shift to remote work and cloud migration, cybercriminals are finding more ways to breach defenses, increasing the risk to business operations and the bottom line. From loss of revenue and intellectual property to legal liability and reputational damage, as well as the cost to resolve, boards of directors bear the responsibility for appropriate oversight of the risks associated with a breach."
"Organizations across the world are continuing to digitally adapt as they encounter challenges, malicious actors, and unknown threats. Now more than ever, it is important to unify cybersecurity visibility and support accelerated digital transformation with innovation and research. Only by doing this, alongside raising awareness through notable channels such as IDC events, can we tackle escalating cyber risks."
Why Attend
Here are some reasons why you shouldn't miss this event.
Insights from leading CISOs & Security Executives
Discover in-depth, data-packed insights
Get hands on with the industry's latest innovations
Workshop-based technology discussions
Dedicated meetings
Take part in quality networking
Key Topics
Key Topics
The IDC CIO Summit gives you essential intelligence on a series of strategic & tactical topics:
From Secure to Trusted: A Journey to Digital Leadership
Next-Generation Security & Resilience
Cloud Computing: The Springboard for Digital Transformation
Key Topics
The IDC CIO Summit gives you essential intelligence on a series of strategic & tactical topics:
From Secure to Trusted: A Journey to Digital Leadership
Next-Generation Security & Resilience
Cloud Computing: The Springboard for Digital Transformation
Artificial Intelligence: A Slow-Motion Explosion
Building Hybrid Clouds for the Digital Era
The Future of Work and the Long-Term Implications of a Distributed Work Environment
Digitalizing Supply Chains and Operations to Improve Efficiency, Enhance Agility, and Reduce Risk
Reengineering Business Processes and Developing Long-Term Strategies for Automation and Increased Efficiency
The Transformation of Applications: Cloud-Native App Modernization
The Convergence of 5G, IoT, and Edge: Preparing for a Digital Quantum Leap
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