Alcon Honored with FutureEdge 50 Award
September 27 2021 - 10:58AM
Business Wire
- Award recognizes Alcon’s ForeSight enterprise data and
analytics platform
Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC), the global leader in eye care dedicated
to helping people see brilliantly, has been recognized as a
recipient of the FutureEdge 50 Award from International Data Group
(IDG). This prestigious award is bestowed upon organizations for
pushing the edge with innovative technologies to advance their
business for the future.
The FutureEdge 50 Award recognizes ForeSight – a proprietary,
world-class enterprise data and analytics platform developed by
Alcon. The platform, which was scalable and secure in just 12
months, included several essential benefits to Alcon, including
enabling the organization to separate its IT services from its
former parent company as Alcon transitioned into an independent
company.
“I am both thrilled and humbled to accept the FutureEdge 50
award on behalf of Alcon’s entire IT organization,” said Sue-Jean
Lin, Alcon Senior Vice President, Chief Information and
Transformation Officer. “In becoming an independent, standalone
company, ForeSight was critical to ensuring a complete and on-time
separation of our legacy global IT infrastructure. The platform
enabled Alcon to realize time and cost savings – while also
positioning the company as a data analytics industry leader.”
Alcon took an innovative approach with ForeSight by designing
and rapidly building the platform in increments, rather than taking
months to create a multi-year roadmap. This agile approach enabled
Alcon to design, build and implement the first iteration of the
fully functional data and analytics platform in only 67 days.
“This year’s class of FutureEdge winners demonstrated enormous
innovation, creativity and resilience as they grappled to advance
their businesses during a challenging 2020,” said Anne McCrory,
Group VP, Customer Experience & Operations, IDG Communications,
Inc. and the FutureEdge 50 Awards chair. “We are honored to
showcase their initiatives and recognize the teams that made them
happen as they create a future edge for their organizations through
technology.”
The FutureEdge 50 Award comes on the heels of an array of
acknowledgments Alcon received this year, including the CIO of the
Year ORBIE Award; Best Place to Work 2021 certification: Alcon U.S.
and Alcon Malaysia; Top Employer 2021 certification: Europe; and,
Top Employer 2021 certification: Alcon Brazil, Alcon France, Alcon
Poland, Alcon Russia, Alcon Spain and Alcon Switzerland, among
others.
Alcon accepted its award at the Future of Work Summit, which was
held virtually on September 22, 2021.
About Alcon
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye
care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the
broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve
people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the
lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each
year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal
diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 23,000 associates are
enhancing the quality of life through innovative products,
partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance
access to quality eye care. Learn more at www.alcon.com.
About the FutureEdge 50
Awards
The FutureEdge 50 Awards recognize organizations pushing the
edge with new technologies to advance their business for the
future. The successor to the Digital Edge 50 awards, the FutureEdge
50 will recognize not only established initiatives driving business
success but also early-stage projects pursued for their watershed
potential. These initiatives may be in R&D, proof of concept or
pilot phases. With this, the FutureEdge 50 awards aim to bring the
most cutting-edge trials and applications of emerging technologies
– and the innovative cultures enabling them — to our audience at
the Future of Work Summit.
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