MScISM Luncheon Talk on 2 Dec (Sat) - Blackberry
The MScISM program office has invited Mr Mike Ding, Senior Director, North Asia of BlackBerry to share with MScISM students on 2 Dec (Sat) how Blackberry managed this strategic change to transform from a hardware to a software company, and also the trend of mobile software business today and coming years.
Details of the talk are as follows:
| Topic: | A View of the Security vs. Productivity Dilemma |
| Speaker: | Mr. Mike Ding Senior Director, North Asia Blackberry |
| Date: | 2 Dec 2017 (Sat) |
| Time: | 12:30 - 12:45pm, Registration 12:45 - 2:00pm, Talk (Light refreshments will be provided) |
| Venue: | Rm 1001, Lee Shau Kee Building, HKUST |
| Format: | Talk + Q&A (bring your questions to the talk!) |
| Language: | English |
| Registration: | Register HERE by 29 Nov 2017 (Wed) (Once you have registered the event, please be fully committed.) |
Abstract:
BlackBerry – a notorious brand for its once-famous secure handsets followed by a sudden fall from grace, has strong come back to be a cyber security software and services company dedicated to securing the Enterprise of Things (EoT). BlackBerry has unique positioning in the EoT market and with security credentials that have never been in doubt – with many of the world’s most security-conscious industries and organizations relying on BlackBerry every day, including all G7 governments, top 10 largest banks, over 60 million cars on the road are running BlackBerry software.
We will discuss about the constant tug-of-war between securing systems and protecting the company from risk, or empowering employees to be as productive as possible and drive growth. In 2018, organization stakeholders - from the C-Suite to individual contributors - are demanding more and not less from its IT organization. IT teams and lines of business are required to initiate, strategize and support the growing demands of the competitive workplace while protecting the core intellectual property, i.e., your data, files and more.
Most organizations constantly debate whether to secure the systems and process to protect the data from reaching wrong hands or whether to empower their employees and business partners who conduct the day-to-day operations and drive growth. This battle between data security vs. personal productivity never ends, but let's come to terms with how we can utilize the strengths each has to offer to meet the needs of the next generation of digital workplace transformation.
Bio-sketch of speaker:
Mr. Mike Ding has over 25 years of executive experience in the technology industry. As the Senior Sales Director, North Asia at BlackBerry, Mike is responsible for the company’s strategic growth and key business development in the North Asia Region.
Prior to joining BlackBerry, Mike served as Regional Director of Greater China at SAP Concur Technologies, where he spearheaded the sales business in Greater China and drove market share in the region. Mike also held various key regional management positions in multinational companies including Siemens Enterprise Communication, Aspect Software, Enterasys Networks, HP (Arcsight), Cabletron System, and Digital Equipment Corp, amongst others.
Mike graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, major in Applied Math. He was listed in Marquis’ annual “Who is Who in the World” in 1994 and 2013. He is currently a member of IEEE Computer Society and a member of Mathematical Association of America.