Episode 14: How to successfully transform an enterprise into a digital native enterprise.This episode is recorded at #Insights2025, the yearly analyst event of Orange Business. Our guests are Hriday Ravindranath, CDIO at Orange Business and Emma Buckland, Principal Analyst at STL partnersIn this episode we discuss what it takes to transform an enterprise from legacy to a digital company. Hriday describes how building a completely new IT stack will help organizations provide next-generation-products to their customers.
Emma explains what she see happening in the market and how this transformation not only is technical but also has a large impact on how people need to be educated and that it requires a fundamental change in the way we look at work.
Guests:
Hriday Ravindranath, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Orange Business
Emma Buckland, Principal Analyst - Telco Cloud & Networks at STL Partners
About the hosts:
Frank de Jong
Frank has over 30 years of experience in the world of telecommunications and IT. Having held several roles at several different telecom operators and technology companies, he now works as Program Director and Tech Evangelist at Orange Business. In his spare time, Frank flies planes, does nerdy stuff and even recently started learning woodworking and furniture restoration.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fjdejong/
Email: frank.dejong@orange.com
Kerem Arsal
Kerem has spent nearly 20 years in telecoms and IT as an analyst, consultant, and strategist at multiple companies, including several years at British Telecom most recently.Now, he covers networks and edge computing at Omdia, a part of Informa plc. Kerem holds a PhD in Information Systems from Boston University, but he is also a failed rock singer, an ex-music journalist, and a defunct live sportscommentator.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerem-arsal-phd/
Email: kerem.arsal@omdia.com
Disclaimer:
This podcast is provided as-is and for informational purposes only. The opinions voiced by the hosts and their guests do not necessarily represent the opinions and beliefs of their respective employers or Orange Business, the sponsor of this podcast.Being passionately curious also means that the hosts will sometimes ask provocative questions to get “a peek behind the curtains”. Whilst we do the utmost to thoroughly research the topics we are discussing, we may be working with incomplete information at times. If you feel we have been making false statements, feel free to reach out to us, so we can all learn from it.
