Third Round Table of International Post-CIOs

IT-Managers of the Postal Organisations from Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria meet in Budapest

Since the first and second Post CIO Roundtable were very successful, the third international „Postal CIO Roundtable“ (PCR) will take place in Budapest on 24 May. The Post CIO Roundtable is an initiative launched by the Austrian post office (Österreichische Post AG), hosted by the Hungarian post office (Magyar Posta Zrt.) and is aimed at promoting information exchanges between the IT functions of postal organisations.

Although postal organisations are more than ever in competition with one another in largely liberalized markets, at this meeting of experts cooperation on the technical challenges is the focus. It is seen as a means of promoting the development of new postal IT solutions, leading to the marketing of member companies proprietary technologies. The Round Table is also viewed as a platform for establishing internationally applicable standard key performance indicators and initiating regular benchmarking processes.

Major topics to be raised at the third Round Table meeting will include: IT KPIs for postal organisations, challenges of a deregulated market, managing software development related contracts, optimizing IT Development through CMMI certification, and the integration of systems by building a unified master database. Apart from Österreichische Post AG’s CIO Ewald Baumann, the following CIOs and representatives will give presentations: Dominic Wilson (Royal Mail), Alessandro Amici (Poste Italiane), Bernt Römer (Post Danmark A/S), and Kornél Csajtai (Magyar Posta).

The PCR is the most important network for IT-managers of postal organisations and was established 2005 by the Austrian Post AG. CIOs and IT-Managers of the postal organisations from more than 15 countries participate in this network.