Are we ready for Digital Indonesia 2020 ?

Are we ready for Indonesia’s Go Digital 2020 vision ?

This was the ambitious topic which we panellists joined at the Indonesia Cloud and Data centre convention organized by W Media.

The panellists consisted of

• H. Sukamta, DPR (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)
• Thomas Kyung Joo Suh (Epsilon)
• Alex Budiyanto (Indonesia Cloud Computing Association),
• Theo Nasser ( Right- Hand AI Cybersecurity),
• Nimisha Tailor (Keynote Women Speakers),
• Ajay Sunder (SC-Nex),
• Rudi Rusdiah (ABDI)

And was moderated by the Ted Hilbert (Cloudmatika)

It was amazing that we managed to cover a range of topics ranging from digital culture, regulations, connectivity, cybersecurity, talent  and more in the 45 minutes allotted.

Some key notes from the discussion:

Regulations

Indonesia is embracing itself for some transformation. This will happen at a regulation level as well. Although there will be a new Cabinet this October but the fundamentals of regulations regarding Indonesia’s digital economy ( OJK – 82 / OTHERS ) has been clarified .

A discussion point was the new tax law on foreign  tech companies which was announced a day before .

Cybersecurity

Indonesian enterprises are still not that concerned on Cybersecurity . It is important for CIOs to realise it is not a question of If but When . Indonesian enterprises need a back up plan and constant monitoring to ensure they are aware of the vulnerabilities and are constantly assessing and trying to bridge the gaps to the extent possible.

Connectivity

Indonesia given the geographical complexity is a challenge wrt Connectivity. The telcos are doing a reasonably good job but the enterprise grade connectivity is still a challenge beyond the major cities.

New solutions like SD-WAN may be important for the CIOs to start evaluating to accelerate the Digital transformation

Talent

Pak Alex highlighted some new initiatives wrt scholarships which have been announced to increase the number of females in the Tech industry.

Nimisha shared her perspective on what are some of the best practises from other countries and how Indonesia should be embracing a culture of inclusion, mentorship and constant training to ensure females are represented well in the new Digital economy.

All in all a great session and was well moderated by the ever cheerful and cogent Ted Hilbert .