EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Welcome to the latest Edition of Intelligent CIO LATAM . We lead this month on Dakhia ’ s implementation of Blockbit ’ s Next-Generation Firewall – a strategic partnership that reinforces cybersecurity and raises the standard of excellence in the engineering plastics industry .
See who had their say on p32 .
Bárbara Fraga , Consultant and AI Strategist at A3Data , takes Talking Business into the realm of Generative AI .
Dakhia is a Brazilian leader in producing engineering plastics compounds .
CEO Rinaldo Sumi talks us through the ‘ new cycle ’ the company started on cybersecurity – to which Blockbit has been crucial .
It ’ s a partnership that implemented a Next-Generation Firewall ( NGFW ) in all Dakhia units focused on plastic extrusion and resin sales .
Read on p56 how Dakhia is committed to investing in cutting-edge technologies and raising awareness regarding cybersecurity .
Editor ’ s Question asks how to leverage the cloud to overcome data silos and generate more value .
The increasing adoption of SaaS and other cloud offerings means silos are again becoming a problem resulting in process and data fragmentation .
On p36 she highlights the key impacts of Generative AI in the world of business , considering that this technology has permanently changed corporate activities .
And back to Blockbit where CEO Eduardo Bouças talks about the Commodore VIC-20 – remember the 20 KB of ROM memory and 5 KB of RAM – that first sparked his interest in tech at just five years old .
In Get to Know on page 79 he tells of where tech has taken him since .
That ’ s just a sample – so enjoy the read .
This time , though , those silos are not on-premises but in the cloud .
Have an innovative month . Make stuff happen .
Three experts in the field tell us how the cloud can help dissolve data silos and generate competitive advantages with shared information .
Bill Tanner Editor
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