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CIO Leadership: World-Class Technology Leaders to Discuss the Challenges of Returning to the Workplace at HMG Strategy’s Inaugural 2020 HMG Live! Portland CIO Executive Leadership Summit
WESTPORT, Conn., Nov. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HMG Strategy, the world’s #1 digital platform for connecting technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, will draw on its peer-focused, research driven content at its first-ever 2020 HMG Live! Portland CIO Executive Leadership Summit on November 13. HMG Strategy has produced more than 80 digital events since March, bringing together distinguished technology leaders to discuss the most pressing leadership, strategic, cultural, technological and career challenges technology executives face today.
Critical issues that technology leaders will be discussing at the event include successful approaches to strengthening employee engagement in an extended remote work environment, as well as the challenges and opportunities for driving innovation and business transformation in uncertain times.
“CIOs, CISOs and technology executives continue to share with us the security and cultural challenges associated with enabling remote workers to begin returning to traditional offices,” said Hunter Muller, President and CEO at HMG Strategy. “CEOs and Boards are looking to CIOs, CISOs and other technology leaders to play a more strategic role in enabling the business, to identify new business opportunities in core, parallel and new markets, and shape a winning culture both today and into the future.”
Notable technology leaders speaking at the 2020 HMG Live! Portland CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:
- Tony Alferez, VP of Technology, Gear Up Sports, Inc.
- Richard Appleyard, PhD, President, Portland SIM, CIO, Oregon State Police
- Ben Berry, Executive VP, Information Technology & CIO, Bonneville Power Administration
- Megan Douglas, CIO, Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
- Michel Feaster, Co-Founder, CEO, Usermind
- Michelle Garvey, CIO, J. Crew
- Nikhil Gupta, Co-Founder, CEO, ArmorCode Inc.
- Dutt Kalluri, SVP Office of CIO/SVP Global Technology, Broadridge
- Sharath Keshava Narayana, Co-Founder, CRO, Observe.AI
- Jordan Masanga, CIO, Oregon Public Employees Retirement System
- Trevor Schulze, SVP, CIO, RingCentral
- Muddu Sudhakar, Investor, Entrepreneur
- AJ Sunder, Co-Founder, Chief Information & Product Officer, RFPIO
- Saby Waraich, Director of Marketing, Portland SIM, CIO, Clackamas Community College
- Nancee Winslow, Field CIO, Equinix
Strategic Partners for the 2020 HMG Live! Portland CIO Executive Leadership Summit on November 13 include Aisera, ArmorCode Inc., RingCentral and SIM Portland.
To learn more about the 2020 HMG Live! Portland CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy will be hosting its 2020 HMG Live! St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit on November 17. Prominent technology executives speaking at this event include:
- Paul Dabbar, Principal Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy
- Arun DeSouza, Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer, Nexteer Automotive Corporation
- Peter Hogan, CTO, Post Holdings
- Mark Jackson, Scientific Lead, Cambridge Quantum Computing
- Tim Kessler, COO, MTM
- Monti Knode, Director of Customer Success, Horizon3.ai
- Dana Lorberg, EVP, Technology Advisor, Operations and Technology, MasterCard
- George Maddaloni, CTO, Operations, MasterCard
- Jeff Miller, Chief Security Officer, Honeywell Quantum Solutions
- Lisa Nichols, CEO, Technology Partners
- Dr. Nalini Polavarapu, Head of Data Science, Customer Centricity, Bayer Crop Science
- Scott Richert, CIO, Mercy
- Michael Seals, SVP, Business Strategy and Chief Information Officer, Hussmann Corporation
- Aarti Sharma, Vice President, Tech Operations Service Delivery, MasterCard
- Rebecca Wynn, Global CISO, Chief Privacy Officer, [24]7.ai
Strategic Partners for the 2020 HMG Live! St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit on November 17 include Appian, Darktrace, Forescout Technologies, NPower and Obsidian Security.
To learn more about the 2020 HMG Live! St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley CIO Executive Leadership Summit on November 19. World-class technology executives and industry experts speaking at this event include:
- John Abel, SVP, CIO, Veritas Technologies, LLC
- Snehal Antani, Co-Founder, CEO, Horizon3.ai
- Jason Beard, Sr. Director, Data Strategy & Governance, Informatica
- Glenn Chisholm, Co-Founder, CEO, Obsidian Security
- Julie Cullivan, Chief Technology & People Officer, Forescout Technologies, Inc.
- Wolfgang Goerlich, Advisory CISO, Duo Security
- Nikhil Gupta, Co-Founder, CEO, ArmorCode Inc.
- Lakshmi Hanspal, Global CISO, Box
- Jonah Kowall, CTO, Logz.io
- Tony Leng, Managing Director, Digital Transformation and CIO Practice Lead, Diversified Search
- Ralph Loura, SVP IT, CIO, Lumentum
- Deb Muro, CIO, RN, CHCIO, El Camino Health
- Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, Technology Officers Practice, Korn Ferry
- David Politis, Founder, CEO, BetterCloud
- Phil Richards, CSO, Ivanti
- Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO, Zoom
- Scott Strickland, EVP, CIO, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
- J.R. Tietsort, CISO, Darktrace
- Rahul Tripathi, CTO Customer Success & VP/GM Worldwide Professional Services, Nutanix
- Kathryn Ullrich, Technology Partner, Head of U.S. Diversity Practice, Odgers Berndtson
Strategic Partners for the 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley CIO Executive Leadership Summit on November 19 include BetterCloud, Darktrace, Duo Security, Informatica, Ivanti, Logz.io, Nutanix, SIM San Francisco Bay Area, Zoom, and Zylo.
To learn more about the 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy has also received exceptional interest in its webinars through the strength of the 400,000+ technology executives in its community and the quality of the content it delivers. HMG Strategy has scheduled multiple 30-to-60-minute webinars over the next few months with an arsenal of innovative technology companies such as Citrix, Darktrace, HCL Technologies, Ivanti, Moveworks, Nutanix, Okta, OutSystems, PagerDuty, RangeForce, RingCentral, UiPath, Zoom, Zscaler, and Zylo.
HMG Strategy will be hosting its next webinar on December 8 – The HMG Security Innovation Accelerator Panel. HMG Strategy hosted its first Security Innovation Accelerator Panel on Nov. 11 with enormous success, drawing CISOs and security leaders from around the world to hear from the CEOs and founders of emerging enterprise cybersecurity technology companies on how their companies are differentiated in the market and the cybersecurity challenges they solve for their customers.
In the December webinar, featured speakers will include George Avetisov, Co-Founder and CEO, HYPR; Glenn Chisholm, Co-Founder and CEO, Obsidian Security; Nikhil Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO, ArmorCode Inc.; and Ali Golshan, Co-Founder and CTO, StackRox.
To learn more about this webinar and to register for the event, click here.
On December 9th, HMG Strategy will host a digital roundtable powered by Moveworks entitled ‘Supporting the Work-From-Home Enterprise: 3 Secrets of the Successful Service Desk.’ In this interactive digital roundtable where participants can ask questions and share insights, Bhavin Shah, CEO of Moveworks, will share examples of enterprise companies are using artificial intelligence to provide real-time tech support to remote employees, autonomously resolve IT tickets via deep integrations and dramatically reduce the mean time to resolution of IT issues.
To learn more about this digital roundtable and to register for the event, click here.
Click here to view HMG Strategy’s complete calendar of upcoming and on-demand webinars.
Connecting Enterprise Technology Buyers with the Right Vendors
In the absence of large, national conferences or trade shows, CIOs and technology executives are seeking new ways to connect with their peers and find new business partners to help them drive innovation that can enable their companies to survive and grow.
Meanwhile, sales and marketing professionals at enterprise technology companies are looking for successful ways to engage with senior technology leaders and target accounts. HMG Strategy has harmonized these interests by creating the HMG Marketplace.
HMG Strategy’s high-powered Marketplace transforms the time-consuming request-for-information (RFI) process for CIOs and other technology buyers. Now, technology buyers can indicate the types of technologies and services they’re currently interested in and be matched with a prospective provider to make the connection.
“The HMG Marketplace essentially serves as a reference center to connect the right technology buyers with the right technology providers at the right time,” said Hunter Muller, President and CEO of HMG Strategy. “By filling out a short needs assessment survey, CIO, CTOs and other technology executives are connected with executive leaders and subject matter experts from technology companies to have focused, relevant discussions.”
Charter members that are actively participating in the HMG Marketplace include Appian, Aryaka, Darktrace, Forescout Technologies, Globant, Ivanti, Obsidian Security, PagerDuty, Slack, Sonatype, Tanium and Tessian.
“It’s challenging for all of us that we can’t all be together at these events,” says Nicole Eagan, Chief Strategy & AI Officer at Darktrace. “But the next best thing is being able to connect through the Marketplace. We’re committed that you won’t be meeting with a salesperson – you’ll be meeting with myself and the Darktrace executive team. You’ve got CIOs and CISOs who will attend these meetings and we would love the opportunity to catch up and strategize together.”
How it Works
After attending an HMG Strategy Executive Leadership Summit, an attendee is redirected to the HMG Marketplace, where they are prompted to fill out a short needs analysis survey to indicate their current technology needs. From there, an HMG Strategy customer relationship specialist evaluates the survey information and schedules a meeting between the technology buyer and the most suitable technology partner in the Marketplace based on the buyer’s interests.
While in the Marketplace, the technology buyer is presented with a menu of options to choose from, including an option to view customer testimonials for that vendor and the business problem that was addressed. Sponsor partners receive highly qualified leads because of the strength of relationships inherent in the HMG network combined with the specific technology or service interest indicated by the buyer.
The HMG Marketplace offers multiple benefits to both technology buyers and vendors:
- Precision matching of buyer needs with vendor capabilities — Enterprise buyers can fill out a short needs analysis survey that is used by HMG Strategy’s Customer Relationship Management team to identify the vendor that’s best suited to address their requirements.
- Accelerates the sales process for both buyers and sellers – Buyers and sellers quickly identify one another through the needs analysis process and associated reference materials
- Ensures Quality Discussions – CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other technology buyers are qualified based on their true interest and by a set of characteristics (size, industry, types of technology/service interests, spend parameters, etc.). Buyers are paired with technology suppliers based on their domains and areas of expertise to avoid wasting time
- Drives Higher Conversion and Close Rates for Providers –The HMG Marketplace accelerates high-quality deal flow in challenging times and enables technology providers to lower their customer acquisition costs
To learn more about the HMG Marketplace and explore the digital assets that are available there, click here.
About HMG Strategy
HMG Strategy is the world’s leading digital platform for connecting technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. Our regional and virtual CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, authored books and Digital Resource Center deliver unique, peer-driven research from CIOs, CISOs, CTOs and technology executives on leadership, innovation, transformation and career ascent.
The HMG Strategy global network consists of over 400,000 senior IT executives, industry experts and world-class thought leaders.
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Northern Data Group platform, Peak Mining, announces purchase of a second 300MW data center location in Corpus Christi, Texas
The location expands on an adjacent 300MW site, purchased in December 2023 The site comes with an ERCOT-approved interconnect of 300MWConstruction already underway, with long-lead time items secured and energization scheduled for early 2025FRANKFURT, Germany, May 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Peak Mining, part of the Northern Data Group , announces the purchase of a second 300MW ERCOT-approved site in Corpus Christi, Texas. The location is adjacent to the 300MW mining facility that is already under construction. The site also provides energy in the attractive low-cost power zone of Load Zone South of the ERCOT grid, known for its abundance of renewable (wind) energy.
The investment represents a significant step forward in Northern Data Group’s investment strategy, cementing expansion plans well beyond the current 2024 financial year.
The new site enables Peak Mining to accelerate its expansion plans to become one of the largest bitcoin miners globally. The company will be deploying indoor, custom-designed, fully-integrated and liquid-cooled HPC data center systems to drastically improve deployment time and infrastructure cost, bringing Peak Mining to a leading position in the industry and preparing it for the future of HPC compute.
Saxet Infrastructure Group (“Saxet”) will act as construction manager for the design, build and energization of the substation. The Saxet team brings a strong track record of project management and deep expertise with the construction of HPC infrastructure.
Niek Beudeker, Managing Director of Northern Data Group Platform, Peak Mining, commented:
“The purchase of this second large site will significantly shorten our time to hashing and kick off one of the fastest mining expansions globally. We now have almost 700MW of sites in active development, that when fully fitted with our latest-generation hardware, could potentially provide up to 40EH of hash rate.”
Aroosh Thillainathan, Northern Data Group’s Chief Executive Officer, commented:
“This second data center location demonstrates how Northern Data Group is able to harness the power and opportunity of HPC. Sustainability has been at the core of this further expansion into the US and thanks to the center’s ERCOT approved status, we will be able to scale our operations at speed, as the demand for digital assets continues to grow.”
Steven Quisenberry, Chief Executive Officer at Saxet Infrastructure Group, commented:
We are excited to support Northern Data Group’s expansion in the ERCOT market and specifically to welcome them to the Corpus Christi area. The combination of base load industrial demand and significant renewable resources creates a unique opportunity for their portfolio. This is a terrific example of one of the largest, most advanced liquid cooled data centers in North America and we are proud to partner with Northern Data Group to bring their data center online.
Northern Data Group was advised on the transaction by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (Legal Counsel) and BitOoda Technologies LLC.
About Peak Mining
Peak Mining, part of the Northern Data Group, is powering the future of the blockchain network. We deliver industry-leading operating and energy efficiency in bitcoin mining through the latest hardware alongside innovative technology and infrastructure. With our mining heritage dating back to 2013, we’ve been innovating for over a decade and have been at the forefront of the industry ever since. Our high-quality infrastructure is purpose-built to power the mining network, and we’re driven to continuously find new efficiencies driving value for our investors. We’re delivering long term value in more responsible ways.
About Northern Data Group
Northern Data Group (ETR: NB2) is a leading provider of High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions to businesses and research institutions, utilizing GPU- and ASIC-based solutions. Our flexible compute power fuels innovation in our three core business platforms: Taiga Cloud, Ardent Data Centers, and Peak Mining. Through our HPC solutions, we pioneer ambitious computing innovation that drives progress in the AI, ML and Generative AI industries. Our close collaboration with industry-leading manufacturers including Gigabyte, AMD, and NVIDIA is fundamental to the acceleration of innovation across sectors including life sciences, financial services, and energy.
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Omnicom Media Group Expands Its Partnership with Lumen, Further Advancing Attention-Based Planning Capabilities Across Its Regions
LONDON, May 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Omnicom Media Group (OMG) the media services division of leading global marketing and corporate communications holding company Omnicom Group Inc (NYSE: OMC) is expanding its market intelligence relationship with leading attention research company Lumen to now include data integration.
Under the terms of the agreement, attention data from the Lumen’s Attention Measurement Platform – which includes expected average viewing time and attentive seconds per thousand impressions – will be integrated into channel planning tools and processes within Omni, the open operating system that supports all Omnicom agencies. The addition of the Lumen attention benchmarks further advances OMG’s industry-leading attention-based planning capabilities, adding additional depth and breadth of insights to the existing attention datasets within Omni that enable attention to be leveraged as a KPI for media decisioning and creative optimization across OMG agencies OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science.
Over the past eight years, OMG has partnered with Lumen and other leading experts in attention measurement on hundreds of studies involving over 640,000 individuals worldwide, collecting nuanced attention benchmarks that offer invaluable insight into how content is consumed across various devices, channels, platforms, and formats. Activated within Omni, these datasets have enabled more precise channel selection tailored to the attention needs of individual campaigns.
“With the addition of the Lumen data, planning teams across OMG will have greater visibility into the attention value that each channel and format generates for their clients, ensuring optimal delivery of the right level of attention based on brand, brief and budget,” says OMG EMEA CEO Dan Clays.
Adds Mike Follett, CEO of Lumen, “The combination of Lumen’s attention data with OMG’s best-in-class Omni channel planning capabilities translates to a significant leap forward in leveraging attention to drive better outcomes for marketers.”
About Omnicom Media Group Omnicom Media Group (OMG), the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients, and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences; more productive and proactive client experiences; and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences for the more than 24,000 people serving the world’s leading brands in OMG agencies around the globe.
About Lumen ResearchLumen is the world’s leading attention technology company, with large-scale biometric datasets based on real-world and predictive eye-tracking technology that helps brands and agencies plan, buy and optimise media campaigns on the basis of human attention with creative, programmatic, and measurement solutions. Founded in 2013, Lumen is headquartered in London with offices in New York and LA.
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Picus Security Launches Security Validation for Kubernetes
Teams can eliminate container security exposures with the new enhancements in Picus’ platform for multi-cloud
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Picus Security, the Security Validation company, today announced security validation for Kubernetes. This new capability allows Security and DevOps teams to realize the benefits of containers securely by proactively measuring and optimizing the resilience of clusters. It is the latest innovative addition to the Picus Security Validation Platform, which empowers users to consistently validate their security posture and measure risk across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
For organizations that want an agile way to deploy, run and scale applications, Kubernetes offers considerable benefits. However, security is often the biggest barrier to its adoption. The dynamic and complex nature of Kubernetes means that containers are often misconfigured due to human error. Without a hands-on approach to governance, security gaps can easily emerge over time, increasing the risk of incidents. This situation is exacerbated by the high level of expertise required to secure Kubernetes and the use of default settings which are inherently insecure. According to The State of Kubernetes Report, more than two-thirds of Kubernetes users (67%) have delayed deployments due to security concerns.*
The addition of Kubernetes validation extends the Picus platform’s existing validation capabilities, which are powered by attack simulation and GenAI. It enables organizations to proactively identify and mitigate security misconfigurations, such as weak policies and settings that could allow containers to run with insecure privileges and facilitate lateral movement. Now security teams can automatically assess the security of their workloads wherever they are located – on-premises, in containers, and also in cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.
“Cloud security is perhaps the biggest barrier of entry for organizations that want to take advantage of container orchestration,” said Volkan Erturk, Picus CTO and Co-Founder. “Kubernetes offers incredible opportunities for DevOps teams to deploy and scale new applications, but Security teams can struggle to keep pace.
“With the Picus Security Validation Platform, security concerns won’t slow down an organization’s digital transformation journey. This new offering will allow our users to consistently measure the security of their workloads and vastly reduce the effort needed to address exposures across growing IT environments.”
Additional Information
Read the Kubernetes validation announcement blog.Register for the upcoming webinar on July 11th 2024 at 10.00 EST/ 15.00 BST: Beyond Cloud Security Posture Management: Validating Cloud Effectiveness with Attack Simulation About Picus Security
Picus Security helps security teams consistently and accurately validate their security posture. Our Security Validation Platform simulates real-world threats to evaluate the effectiveness of security controls, identify high-risk attack paths to critical assets, and optimize threat prevention and detection capabilities.
As the pioneer of Breach and Attack Simulation, we specialize in delivering the actionable insights our customers need to be threat-centric and proactive.
Picus is a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for 2024 in the BAS tools category†. The company is recognized as a leader by Frost & Sullivan^.
† Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Breach and Attack Simulation Tools, Peer Contributors, 30 January 2024 ^ Frost and Sullivan, 2022 Frost Radar™ report for the Global Breach and Attack Simulation Market
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