Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 07 | Page 4

CONTENTS ISSUE 07 News 06 Latest regional news roundup from across Africa Latest Intelligence 14 Citrix: EMEA CIO Insights Survey #2: Results Trending 16 Hacking is at an all-time high, it’s time to up the security game Project Latest 20 Latest updates from Angola, South Africa, Egypt and Madagascar Comment 22 Data and network protection should be your first priority Tech Talk 70 Editor’s Question 76 Jose Vasco, Regional Director MEMA at Aruba 77 Brian Timperley, Managing Director and co-founder of Turrito Networks 78 Raymond Macharia, Head of R&D and Planning, Internet Solutions Kenya Talking Business 28 Why practical skills training should be a strategic imperative for SA’s IT leaders Intelligent Cloud 49 Local cloud services: Read the fine print Intelligent Enterprise Security 54 Death to passwords: identity management in the modern age Intelligent Green Technology 57 Loeriesfontein Wind Farm connects mobile transformer Intelligent Software Business 63 Software will save the network Why does new technology fill CIOs with anxiety and uncertainty? Final Word 79 Nine priorities to get you on the road to digital transformation Managing Partner Richard Judd [email protected] Managing Partner Stuart Lynch [email protected] Editor, ICIO Africa Emily Freer [email protected] Group Sales Manager Luke Preece [email protected] Editor, ITC Pippa Sanderson [email protected] Consulting Editor Arun Shankar [email protected] Editor, ICIO Middle East Mark Bowen [email protected] Graphic Designer Pippa Sanderson [email protected] Marketing & Content Development Manager Nick Onyett [email protected] Intelligent CIO Africa is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT professionals with an interest in Africa. If you wish to subscribe for regular copies then please email [email protected] Lynchpin Media 2017 © Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 5 Burnside Court Leominster Enterprise Park Herefordshire, HR6 0LX 4 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com