CIO Tech World

We recently had an informative conversation with Raúl Nogales, Founder and CEO of AVAP, where we discussed his lifelong passion for programming and the corporate and entrepreneurial journey that ultimately led to the founding of AVAP and the development and introduction of AI Systems – a new software architecture that is redefining how AI software is built by human–AI teams.

“I am still that kid at heart who, at the age of ten, was programming in BASIC and experimenting with assembly language on an 8-bit home computer,” says Raúl Nogales, Founder and CEO, AVAP. From working with 8-bit MSX HitBit 101P in the 80s to 64-bit mainframes in the early 2000s as a Fintech professional, Raúl retained his kid-like zeal for programming.

Modernize Your Manufacturing Facility Intro :A modern plant doesn’t need to look like a science-fiction set. In many cases, modernization starts with practical changes that remove friction from daily work, give teams better access to information, and help a facility use its space more effectively. The best upgrades also fit the operation instead of forcing the operation to adapt around new technology.

Sometimes, you need to transfer data externally out of a computer or local system and onto external storage. The last thing you want is for the physical media to fail or for important files to get lost along the way. When you need to transfer data externally, you have two things to think about: which type of external storage fits the job and how you’ll protect the data during the move. Here are the main options you can use and a few tips to keep the transfer on track.

After the AI Pilot intro: A green dashboard can hide a struggling workflow. After the AI Pilot The monthly AI review looks encouraging: more eligible staff are using the tool and prompt volumes are rising. The organization is preparing to expand it. Yet the dashboard cannot show whether the underlying service has improved. Then someone asks what happened to the work itself. In one illustrative service workflow, 200 completed cases tell a less comfortable story. Handling time is unchanged.

HR World Summit South Africa intro :As South Africa’s business landscape evolves in response to rapid technological advancement, changing workforce expectations, and increasing economic complexity, the role of Human Resources has become more strategic than ever before. Today, HR leaders are responsible for workforce planning, leadership development, employee experience, skills transformation, and building organisational capability while aligning people strategies with business priorities.

CFO Leadership Summit intro: As organisations across South Africa adopt digital technologies, accelerate digital initiatives, advance digital capabilities, navigate economic uncertainty, and adapt to an increasingly data-driven business environment, the role of the Chief Financial Officer has evolved far beyond traditional financial stewardship.

access behind AI agents intro:A finance team introduces an AI assistant to investigate invoices that do not match purchase orders. It can read supplier records, invoices, and an email account. To get the pilot moving, the team gives the whole workflow one service account. The pilot works. Its developer later moves to another role. Finance assumes Technology manages the account; Technology assumes Finance still owns it. Six months later, the same permissions support a much larger workflow.

Aircraft innovation attracts attention through visible advances in propulsion, avionics, and increasingly connected flight systems. Beneath those developments, engineers face a less visible challenge: finding materials capable of supporting technologies under demanding operating conditions.

AI-Supported Decisions intro: An AI fraud screen has stopped a supplier payment. The accounts-payable analyst reviewing the case can see a high-risk flag, but she cannot see which evidence produced it. She does not know whether the system misunderstood the invoice or whether other suppliers have been affected. The analyst can add a note. She cannot release the payment. Only a manager can do that, and the manager is unavailable until tomorrow.