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In this News Desk interview, Principal Analyst Aaron Back welcomes Sabina Zafar from Oracle for a discussion surrounding her role as the North American Head of Platform Modernization, and how her division at Oracle interfaces with the CIOs and CTOs of financial services partners.
Highlights
00:01 — Aaron introduces Sabina Zafar, leader of the technology transformation for Oracle’s strategic partners.
01:12 — Zafar discusses the challenge of modernization in industries still stuck on old infrastructures and processes, including highly-regulated sectors like financial services.
02:10 — Oracle helps its partners transition from legacy systems while their business continues to operate. Zafar reports that security and compliance are the top concerns for any financial institution onboarding cloud systems.
04:12 — With modern technology, systems can be self-patching and self-learning. Companies are still just starting to use cybersecurity as a business enabler.
05:30 — What does sustainability look like among Oracle financial service customers? Zafar emphasizes every business’ responsibility to measure and communicate sustainability progress.
08:51 — Zafar highlights Oracle Labs and the integral role a co-innovation ecosystem plays in developing financial service-specific solutions.
10:03 — Oracle helps meet CIO and CTO partner needs by first clearly understanding their vision for the future of their respective organization.
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