Ajay Sabhlok wears two critical hats at data security firm Rubrik. As the Chief Information Officer and Chief Data Officer, Ajay’s unique position supercharges his ability to help the company turn noise into insight and analytics. In this sponsored episode of Cloud Wars Live, Ajay and I talk about the importance of planning, his emphasis on “acceleration” as part of digital transformation, and how tools from Workday empower him to embrace the role of “the new CIO,” where technology is just a tool to achieve key business outcomes.
The Big Themes:
- Acceleration as key to digital transformation: Ajay says acceleration is about getting rid of constraints, hurdles, and manual processes within the business.
- Data democratization is nuanced: before pursuing “democratization,” companies must make sure they’re generating the proper transactional data, that it’s readily available for people to consume, and that there’s a shared language.
- The modern CIO role: it’s about so much more than technology. The new CIO has to drive strategic thinking, by being joined at the hip with the business.
The Big Quote: Workday Adaptive Insights “is how we stay proactive, right? This is how we are able to weather these marketplace storms, and the roller coaster ups and downs, and just make sure that we continue to stay ahead.”
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This episode is brought to you by Workday.
