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| Mung Ki Woo

Our Digital Banking Experience Report 2025 unveils a striking reality: most banking decision-makers now recognize AI as the next wave of banks’ digital transformation.

From the past to the future: Autogrill's journey towards the data revolution

Interview: Autogrill tackled the challenge of updating its data infrastructure with Sopra Steria and Google Cloud, transforming it into a modern, scalable platform.

| Christophe Galindo, Sabrina Younsi Yuth, Vincent Barat

SWP: A Powerful HR Tool for Corporate Strategy and Transformation

Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) empowers HR leaders with data-driven tools to anticipate skills gaps, align talent, and drive success

| Mung Ki Woo, Marine Lecomte

Sopra Steria at the heart of transformations in digital identity and payments
eIDAS2 and ID Wallets could revolutionize digital identity but integrating them represents a major challenge for banks 

| Mung Ki Woo, Marine Lecomte

How Quantum Computing Could Revolutionize Banks' Asset-Liability Management ?
Quantum computing could revolutionize ALM by optimizing risk management and liquidity. Learn more in this article. 

| Benjamin Chossat

Cloud transformation: how to maximize your success?
As companies have turned to the cloud, many struggle to realize its benefits. What is the solution? 

AI: Accelerating your Transformation
While companies are struggling to realize the benefits of AI, Sopra Steria next presents use-focused approach to AI deployment. 

| Marine Lecomte

New EBA recommendations: Strengthening ESG data management for banks
Banks need to prepare for the new EBA guidelines aimed at strengthening ESG risk management by integrating requirements on climate risk and sustainability. 

ESG reporting: putting a stamp of credibility on your sustainability claims
In order to be truly, quantifiably sustainable as a business, simply investing in corporate social responsibility and reporting about your CSR activities is no longer enough

| Marine Lecomte, Vincent Lefèvre

Will the AI Act kill innovation in European banks?
The AI Act regulates banking AI in Europe: strict regulation, responsible innovation, and compliance challenges. 

| Britt Eva Bjerkvik Haaland

Data Poisoning: The Phantom Menace
Data poisoning threatens AI's trustworthiness. Learn how corrupted data undermines critical systems and how we can fight back. 

| Marine Lecomte

Banks: How to use AI and Data to be the best partner of your corporate customers in their Energy Renovation projects?
Explore how banks can use AI and data to support corporate clients in energy renovation projects, enhancing sustainability and profitability

| Marine Lecomte

€100 Billion to Finance: Energy Renovation, a Booming Market for Banks
Energy renovation is a €100 billion market for banks, offering growth opportunities while contributing to the green transition.

| Carlos Canales

The vital role of data products in future generative ABI

Trusted, generative insights are in reach but require decentralised data architectures and data products to be in place. 

 

| Socheat Chhay

When AI Meets Computing Vision: A Revolution for Video Analysis

Sopra Steria Ventures invests in XXII, a French AI startup in computer vision

| Marine Lecomte

Sopra Steria x Thales : Post Quantum Cryptography for Banks
Post-quantum cryptography is critical for safeguarding banking systems. Learn how Thales and Sopra Steria are preparing solutions to counter quantum threats. 

| Socheat Chhay

What are the differences between VC and CVC?
Explore the distinctions between Venture Capital (VC) and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), highlighting their unique investment strategies, objectives, and impacts on startups and the broader market. 

| Alessia Marinon

GenAI: where will this revolution take us?
GenAI offers incredible potential for transformation but requires ethical use and human guidance and management as it evolves. 

| Kevin Macnish

Time to take responsibility: Why AI governance is critical
AI is changing how we work but brings governance challenges to ensure its use is compliant, fair and ethical 

| Andrew Grigg

Why AI poses a threat to Net Zero goals
AI is revolutionising industries, but brings environmental challenges and threatens Net Zero. Embracing sustainable AI is key. 

| Erik Lervaag

When security in the supply chain fails

The Lebanon pager attack shows how a lack of control of suppliers can make businesses vulnerable. The new NIS2 directive can help. 

 

| Helle Ronne, Vilde Nylund Johnsen

Are you still doing manual security management?
Manual security management can quickly lead to disaster for both the business and you as a leader. Find out how to go digital. 

| Kenneth Aastrøm

You don’t have to be a tech wizard to become a generative AI expert
AI might appear daunting but the range of tools available means anyone can become an AI innovator. 

| José Otero

How much does your data cost on the dark web?
The goal of cybercriminals is to make money, but do you know the price of your data on the dark web?  

| Marine Lecomte

What is Post-Quantum Cryptography?
Post-Quantum Cryptography is crucial as quantum computers threaten traditional encryption systems. Banks must prepare for a smooth transition. 

| Kennedy Torkura

Exploring the threat landscape for GenAI cloud workloads
With rising GenAI adoption the security challenges that can threaten GenAI cloud workloads are also on the increase.

| Adrian Rivas

How to apply sports principles to cybersecurity to win
The same principles of good sports management can be applied to cybersecurity to help you reach your goals. 

What Is the Actual Environmental Cost of AI?
AI's environmental cost spans energy, water, and rare earths. Discover how smarter design and innovation can cut its footprint and aid sustainability. 

| Kevin Macnish

Bias in AI Is Costing You More Than You Think
Bias in AI costs businesses trust, compliance, and growth. Tackling it ensures fairness, avoids fines, and unlocks long-term success. 

GenAI in cybersecurity: Adapting strategies to evolving threats
Generative AI reshapes cybersecurity, requiring AI-driven strategies and collaboration to counter evolving threats effectively. 

| Marius Sandbu

AI is not a one-size-fits-all solution

If you think it's enough to deal with just one generative AI model, then you need to think again. 

 

| Michael Buttkus

AI: Rapid market growth - but how to invest?
By aligning AI potential with their respective business models business leaders can make more informed investments decisions 

| Mung Ki Woo

Algoan : The fintech that is revolutionizing consumer credit

Discover how Algoan uses Open Banking and AI to transform credit scoring in the face of DCC2 challenges.

| Mohammed Sijelmassi

From Automation to Autonomy: How Agentic AI Empowers Businesses
Agentic AI reshape industries. Unlock potential with data-driven approach, talent investment and pilot programs. 

| Mohammed Sijelmassi

After the hype, where is generative AI heading?
Gen AI: A wave of skepticism is emerging. Success lies in balancing innovation with pragmatism and focusing on real-world applications. 

| Mung Ki Woo

Fable Data: a key player in the monetisation of anonymised banking data
Discover how Fable Data helps banks monetize data, ensuring compliance and meeting market needs for actionable insights. 

| Mohammed Sijelmassi

The digital metamorphosis: let AI reinvent company processes

The rush to adopt AI often overlooks the core challenge: reimagining work, not just automating tasks

| Axelle Lemaire

When digital hits, we dodge for now
Digital technologies are crucial for addressing today's challenges, but they also contribute to worsening the environmental debt.

| Mung Ki Woo

CCD2: An accelerator for Open Banking?
Find out how the CCD2 strengthens borrower protection and accelerates the adoption of Open Banking in Europe. 

| Tim Jelich

The phase 2 of DORA and its impact on the financial sector
Discover the changes in the second phase of DORA and their impact on financial institutions.

| Cyril Malargé

Living with disinformation
Disinformation is evolving. AI, education, and accountability are key to combating this systemic threat in the digital age

| Mung Ki Woo

Paylead, the fintech specialised in financial media networks
Discover Paylead, a pioneer in financial media networks in Europe, and its impact on the market and consumers. 

| Fabrice Asvazadourian

AI, a Puzzle for Decision-Makers?

Since the earthquake caused by GenAI, it is crucial to shift AI from a technological concern to an economic one.

| Paul Verhaar

How LLMs are unlocking new markets for business, but not alone
LLMs enable businesses to scale globally with fast, cost-effective translations, but human insight is key to ensuring meaningful connections. 

| Isabelle Pons

The knowledge access revolution: How LLMs are driving company value and employee growth
LLMs boost company value by enhancing efficiency and empowering employees to upskill, grow careers, and earn higher salaries

| Isabella Sacchi

DORA and AI Act: Boost your cybersecurity posture
Discover how DORA and the AI Act boost cybersecurity, improving ICT risk management and securing AI in finance. 

| Romane Vernhes

The EU’s AI Act: How companies turn compliance into competitive edge
Early compliance with the EU’s AI Act offers a competitive edge, fostering market trust, AI innovation, and enhanced reputation

| Paul Verhaar

How AI democratises customer support

AI democratises customer support, allowing SMEs to deliver personalised, efficient service, enhancing satisfaction and loyalty.

| Sumit Sharma

How AI is democratising education in software development

AI is recasting the world of work, transforming our roles and democratising education for software developers

| Robert Nordan

AI Act could lead to a rush of half-baked products

Noting the key dates for the new EU AI Act is essential but its deadlines could also see a rush of half-baked products.

Digital transformation: serving business unit needs
Digital transformation experts from Sopra Steria and Roquette explore how digital technology helps companies better serve the needs of each of their business units.  

| Caspar Lund

How to close the AI gap and steal a lead on your competitors

Laggards in AI adoption must take decisive steps to close the gap if they are to make the most of AI’s opportunities. 

| Frank Langva

Why it’s vital to define goals before getting carried away with AI

It’s easy to get carried away with AI but the basics of defining its goals and the problems to be solved must be defined first. 

| Vilde Myklebust, Marius Sandbu

Embrace AI’s potential by overcoming its barriers
With 80% of Norwegian businesses failing to adopt AI overcoming the barriers to entry is key to getting ahead.

| Shalini Misra

Navigating the Future: Upskilling in the age of AI

Efforts to close the digital skills gap are gaining ground but the future of work expects more from today’s employers. 

| Vilde Myklebust

Three tips help your business stay ahead in its AI journey

Staying ahead with AI is crucial to competitive advantage. These tips will help maximise its impact within your organisation. 

| Marine Lecomte

What is a financial media network?

Discover what a financial media network is and how banks can make the most of this new business opportunity, emerging from retail.

Information warfare: what tools are needed to deal with the threats of hybrid warfare
It is therefore essential to consider the relevance of methodological and technical tools that will enable these manipulations to be detected at an early stage, so that effective countermeasures can be taken.

| Yves Nicolas

GenAI – and what if it was mostly a question of impact?

To answer the environmental crisis, let’s direct our use of generative AI towards positive impact solutions.

| Patrick Meyer

Revolutionizing Conversational Assistance with IRIS
Quadrant Knowledges Solutions shares its insights about IRIS, world's first “signbot”, developed by IVèS, Sopra Steria and IBM.

| Erwan Brouder

Striking a balance between innovation and resilience in the banking sector

Balancing product development, security and compliance is a challenge for banks. Erwan Brouder, our Deputy Head of Cybersecurity, gives us his analysis.

| Bruno Courtois

Combatting disinformation The AI war
Spreading disinformation or detecting fake news, what AI can do in the information war?

New AI voice assistant answers questions about Andalusia beaches

A new voice assistant, jointly developed by Sopra Steria and Lekta, will answer visitor queries about the beaches of Andalusia.

| Felicia Ljungvall

The Digital Miracle: The Great AI Revolution

AI’s impact on the way we work is leading many to ask whether it will be behind the fourth industrial revolution in 200 years. 

Revolutionising Supply Chains with AI

Sopra Steria’s Thomas Ghyselen explores how companies can leverage AI to optimise their operations.

| Bruno Courtois

Cyberdefense: Information Warfare
The omnipresence of informational warfare, combined with the fight against information manipulation and cyber influence (L2I), has become a major challenge for our country.

As banks look to use generative AI, can they move quickly enough?

Banks must rapidly embrace generative artificial intelligence to stay competitive amid tech disruption 

AI on the inclusivity frontline

Artificial Intelligence’s has the power to combat inequalities, but only if we work to identify and address existing biases.

| David Maurange

The industrial metaverse, a real lever for transforming our industries

The first stages of the journey towards the industrial metaverse must begin now, to transform our industry into a smart industry.

| Bastian Klunde

Are you prepared for the new sustainability directive?
The new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will bring significant changes for businesses across Europe.

| María José Téllez

Strategic design as a driver of circularity
Strategic design plays a fundamental role in the circular economy as a catalyst towards more sustainable and efficient models. 

| Fabrice Asvazadourian

It is essential to think about the scaled-up deployment of POCs at an early stage

As part of their digital transformation, companies are increasingly producing POCs (Proofs of Concept). But to what end?

How can digital technology pave the way for decarbonised aviation?
The aviation industry has committed to achieving net zero emissions in aviation by 2050. Digital tools are proving to be highly effective accelerators in this process.

| Siva Niranjan

Best in Class: Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability – and tackling climate change in particular – is part of our DNA. We see it as a ‘Business as Usual’ activity, and are committed to supporting the transition to a Net Zero economy for all.

| Florent Brodziak, Håkon Eriksen Drange

Sustainable Digital: It is time for ICT to embrace environmental practices!
If sustainability falls under Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, Digital and IT organisations can actively contribute to the GHG emissions reduction tracked through the Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. 

| Ivana Butorac

Encryption (1/2) - The role of encryption under GDPR: solving the confusion
Since the adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, encryption can also be perceived as a multi-layered legal concept that leverages data protection and privacy. 

| Kevin Macnish

Putting Ethics at the Heart of AI in Cyber
The application of Artificial Intelligence to Cybersecurity has become the next frontier of technology and capability development.  AI in Cyber will provide decisive advantage. However, this does not come without risks or concerns. 

| Matthieu Lemoine

The Walking Debt
Shortcuts and rushed IT work lead to increased expenses, extended delivery times, and subpar services. Combat it with proper management, quality focus, clear communication, and employee training. Aim for zero technical debt!

Sopra Steria: a key company in innovative ecosystems
"In our open and connected world, no player can claim they have full control of the value chain including innovation. Innovations emerge every day from all digital players, whether they are large companies, start-ups, private and public research laboratories or competitive clusters.” Jean-Bernard Rampini, Executive Innovation & Corporate Venture at Sopra Steria

| Benoit Spolidor, Maxime Claisse

Supply Chain Management in Aerospace: maximising agility with AI-based risk monitoring
One of the main challenges of today’s Aerospace Supply Chain Practitioners is to manage their operations in such a complex and volatile environment. The Supply Chain purpose of fulfilling customer service promise while controlling costs within the overall industrial chain has become harder, in particular because Aerospace manufacturers are facing a lack of visibility in their supply and delivery processes.

| Benoit Spolidor, Maxime Claisse

How can Artificial Intelligence support the performances of Aerospace Supply Chain?
Artificial Intelligence is having a positive impact on almost every industry. It improves decision making processes, creating fast and consistent operations management. In the specific field of Aerospace, our conviction is that to be fully efficient, AI must be developed with dedicated characterics. Sopra Steria invests on these features for sustainable and large scale transformation by AI for Aerospace companies.

| Torbjørn Meland

Remote experts help technicians on-site

New technology helps maintain production and increase productivity at operating facilities by reducing the need to send technical experts between factories. By using HoloLens 2, Microsoft Teams, Intune and Dynamics 365 combined with a design-drive process, you can get a solution that gives on-site technicians support and help from remote experts.

| Jérôme Perdriaud, Satish Srivastava

AI lead Software Engineering: Sopra Steria Ecosystem Offerings
Apart from internally developed IP’s given in the previous edition we also have an ecosystem of mature market leading companies, start-ups as well as labs and universities to build competency in their offerings and use them to help our clients. Following are some of the offerings from the ecosystem.

| Jérôme Perdriaud, Satish Srivastava

AI led Software Engineering: Sopra Steria Offerings
Sopra Steria has been investing in AI led software engineering in order to help our clients not only reduce cost and gain efficiency but also empower their businesses by making the processes more responsive and scalable.

| Jérôme Perdriaud, Satish Srivastava

AI led Software Engineering Use cases: Application to Testing, Deployment & Operations
In the previous edition of the series, we have seen how AI transforms the software engineering lifecycle, specifically Management, Requirements, design and development phases. In this edition we will see how subsequent Testing, Deployment and Operations activities are affected by AI.

| Jérôme Perdriaud, Satish Srivastava

AI led Software Engineering Use Cases: Application to Development
In the previous edition of the series, we have seen how AI transforms the software engineering lifecycle, specifically Management, Requirements gathering, Design phases. In this edition we will see how software development activities are affected by AI.

| Jérôme Perdriaud, Satish Srivastava

AI led Software Engineering Use Cases: Application to Requirements & Design
In the previous edition of the series, we have seen how AI transforms the software engineering lifecycle, specifically Management phases. In this edition we will see how Requirement engineering is affected by AI.

| Avinash Lunj, Siva Niranjan

Innovating in Pursuit of Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability
From reducing carbon footprint to improving energy efficiency, the surge of sustainable business continues to increase in prominence. To attract new business, talent and investment, companies are required to demonstrate, that they are putting their climate change strategies into action.

| Simon Herd

Digital Innovation Factory (3/3): Which technical platform select and how operate it over the time?
As seen previously, digital experience and platform offerings call for a massive amount of software with frequent new services, and regularly updated and deleted new features. Long-established companies adopting an Enterprise Platform model must then own a new Digital Innovation Factory encompassing a Technical Platform.

| Neil Anderson

Digital Innovation Factory (2/3): How to reshape your software development activities at the era of cloud-native application?
60% of backend developers use containers in their work. Relying on cloud-native technologies, defining as modern applications packaged in containers, deployed as micro-services, running on elastic infrastructure, and managed through agile DevSecOps processes fits very well with large enterprise who very often encompass a wide variety of software technologies.

| Marlon Bromfield

Digital Innovation Factory (1/3): The Enterprise Platform and the CIO at the age of the new normal
Covid-19 pandemic has showed that the most digitalized companies, the digital-first companies, were the un-constable winner of this challenging period. Providing business activities through advanced digital experiences or platform offerings, these companies has kept their customers and partners engaged and happy in this challenging period.

| Jérôme Perdriaud, Satish Srivastava

AI led Software Engineering Use Cases: Application to Project Management activities
Using various AI techniques such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing (NLP), information visualization etc it is possible to guide the software engineering professionals with AI enabled decision making and automations. 

| Jérôme Perdriaud, Satish Srivastava

AI led Software Engineering
CIOs are expected to partner business, and at times leads, the delivery of digital transformation. The existing IT landscape of a company needs to be rationalized and modernized to be able to achieve the expected business velocity.

| Pierrick Conord

How to protect IT systems into the Cloud?
The World Economic Forum ranks cybersecurity threats as one of the major risks to our geopolitical organisation. As the risks increase year on year, it is becoming urgent to guarantee the protection of sensitive data, from proprietary network infrastructures to Cloud access providers.

| Patrick Meyer

Conversational Assistants: go to scale
74% of French companies consider chatbots as a lever for digital transformation and more than a third have already deployed one. By 2020, 80% of them could use a chat assistant. A massive deployment that echoes consumer habits: 69% prefer the bot to a human exchange.

| Andre Bakland, Simon Herd

How can you use your IT assets to achieve digital transformation?
According to Gartner, for every dollar invested in digitalisation in 2020, three dollars will have to be invested in the modernisation of IT assets. Therefore, opting for the right evolution strategy becomes a crucial issue. Read more.

| Marlon Cárdenas

How Data Science can help in a pandemic situation?
With the aim of covering current and future needs of society, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence are seeking to drive the creation of technological solutions that benefit users in their daily lives.

| Scott Leaman

How holographic technology is helping doctors deliver better care
Long gone are the days when holograms were the stuff of sci-fi movies and video games. Holographic technology is taking the medical world by storm, and by the looks of it, it’s here to stay. So how exactly is this technology helping doctors, and what are the major developments that we expect in the near future?

| Maxime Claisse, Alexis Girin, Benoit Spolidor

How will artificial intelligence transform industry?
Whilst there is no set definition of artificial intelligence as of yet, experts are in agreement that AI can simulate human cognitive capabilities such as perception, reasoning, action, and learning. AI now promises to completely transform the industrial sector – one of its primary applications.

| Youssoupha Diop

International Paris Air Show: 5 trends to transform aeronautic
The 53rd International Paris Air Show 2019 has confirmed the mounting fierce competition in the world of aeronautics. In this context, data, digital tools and artificial intelligence are now understood to be precious bargaining chips to accelerate transformation and turn these challenges into opportunities.

| Marlène Seif

Anticipate cloud migration with FinOps
Innovative and fast cloud services are crucial to digital transformation initiatives. Whilst there is no textbook model on how to adopt these services, it is nonetheless vital for companies to integrate them as fully optimised services in order to control their ROI.

| Philippe Armandon, Gaudérique Garrigue

From product to services: Flying the Aeronautics Industry into the Digital Future
With increasing travel demand and new competitors entering the market, aircraft manufacturers today are under considerable pressure.

| Didier Teixeira, Frédéric Janicot

How to control and optimise your cloud costs
Using public cloud services means rethinking your IT financial management. 

| Cyrille Greffe

ASD S5000F: taking Aircraft MRO to new heights?
In the 1990s, the combination of computer-aided design (CAD) and the concept of modular documentation gave rise to the first ASD standards (AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe).

| Benjamin Chossat

Application replatforming: the Cloud migration booster
Simple set-up, low cost and access to the horizontal elasticity of the Cloud: replatforming is often considered the best solution for porting a business application to the Cloud.

| Benjamin Chossat

7 key strategies to transform applications with the Cloud
How to modernise an application efficiently using the Cloud?

| Siva Niranjan

Innovating in pursuit of environmental sustainability
To attract new business, talent and investment, companies have had to demonstrate their environmental credentials more and more over the past years to wide range of stakeholders including institutional investors, regulators, clients, and employees.

| David Elmalem, Sébastien Lautier

Urban Air Mobility: will the future of mobility be in the air?
While the dream of the flying car has often been reserved for science fiction, a very practical and real future is gradually emerging for urban air mobility.

| Gauthier Deschamps

Guidance is the key for adapting DevOps to big business
DevOps is revolutionising agile transformation for big business. The method was initially focussed on software building but by automating production, it frees up resources so as to better resolve organisational and human malfunctions.

| Alexandre Eich Gozzi

How Blockchain technology can improve Industry 4.0’s cybersecurity
Earlier this year, the world’s largest container shipping company Maersk fell victim to a massive ransomware attack from the infamous NotPetya malware.