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Ep. 48 - From Surviving to Thriving: How a Major Cyberattack Sparked a Full IT Transformation - with Thomas Klithav Hansen

ITOps, DevOps, AIOps - All Things Ops

Show Notes

A major cyberattack led Blue Water Shipping to completely transform its IT infrastructure—and now, they're stronger than ever.

In this episode, host Elias Voelker sits down with Thomas Klithav Hansen, Head of IT Operations at Blue Water Shipping, to discuss how the attack became the catalyst for a transformative IT journey.

You’ll learn:

1. The role of enterprise architecture in driving IT success 2. Why product-based IT organizations foster agility and clarity 3. How cost and value transparency empowers business decisions 4. The importance of aligning user experience with operational metrics

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Get in touch with Thomas Klithav Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaskh/

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Details about Blue Water Shipping: Website: https://www.bws.net/ Industry: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees Founded: 1972

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About the host Elias Voelker: Elias is the VP for North America at Checkmk. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.

Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email [email protected].

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Podcast Music:

Music by Ströme, used by permission ‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer (c)+p 2022, Compost Medien GmbH & Co KG https://stroeme.com/ https://compost-rec.com/

Thanks to our friends at SAWOO for producing this episode with us!

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