Intelligent CIO LATAM Issue 37 | Page 7

EDITOR ’ S NOTE

Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO LATAM . This month we lead on an exclusive interview with Fabio Correa

Xavier , Technical Director of the Department of Information Technology with Brazil ’ s Court of Accounts , citing his example of how organizations can ensure they remain at the forefront of the digital landscape and position themselves as digital leaders .
The wide-ranging interview with Fabio on p49 runs from cultivating leadership within an IT team and fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation to sharing his vision for Digital Transformation within his own organisation .
On p42 we break down a new report that says Mexico is a global leader in the widespread adoption of AI in physical operations .
Half of the 150 Mexican industry leaders and companies surveyed by Samsara Research say the use of AI is widespread within their organization – the highest figure out of all the countries taking part in the survey .
Maria makes the case for governments ‘ urgently ’ needing to modernize the infrastructure serving as the basis of its services for new technological applications .
Get to Know on p67 has Alexander Garcia-Tobar , CEO and co-founder , Valimail , telling us what time in tech so far has taught him .
Just a sample , then , of what ’ s inside – enjoy the read .
Have an innovative month .
Make stuff happen .
The report pitches Mexico ’ s high level of AI maturity as indicative of the country ’ s focus on road safety and property security – areas where AI technology , such as dash cams , is already generating a significant return on investment .
Maria Teresa Lima , Executive Director , Embratel for Government , tells us on p39 that within the next two years 75 % of governments will operate more than half of their workloads using cloud service providers .
Bill Tanner Editor
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