Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 12 | Page 4

CONTENTS ISSUE 12 06 News Latest regional news roundup from across the Middle East Latest Intelligence 14 ‘Detecting Malware and Viruses in a Dynamic Threat Environment’ 16 Trending Manufacturing& banking to drive big data & business analytics Country Focus 42 Growing networking & security demands within the Kuwaiti ICT 85 Editor’s Question What trends do you see dominating discussions at GITEX 2016? 91 92 Get to Know... GITEX 2016 Special The lighter side of things, we ask the industry-experts what makes them tick… A sample of who is doing what at this years’s regional ICT conference EDITOR’S NOTE Managing Partner Richard Judd [email protected] [phone] The wait is over ... It has finally arrived - the next installment of GITEX Technology Week and with it the spiral of activity that grips the regional ICT community and all those industries it touches upon. For this month’s Industry Watch, George Eapen, CISO for GE (MENAT), talks to Intelligent CIO about the cyber security landscape and GE’s holistic approach to enabling resilience across its IT ecosystems. There is a growing interest from public safety government organisations in the Middle East region to combine traditional voice communication with video and data abilities so they can move from just reacting to intelligent prediction in any disaster. We bring you the analysis on this from Nokia. Assessing the cost of Brexit from a cyber security standpoint - what will it mean for the 4 INTELLIGENTCIO broader international community? The UAE’s very own DarkMatter gives us some valuable insight into this talking point. In addition, we have given you a sneak peak sample of the what some of the top vendors will be bringing with them to this year’s show and what they see as the major trends leading into 2017. Intelligent CIO has been bestowed the honour of being the ‘Official CIO Publication’ for this year’s GITEX conference and we’re delighted to be bringing you non-stop updates, reviews and analysis from the ground during the fiveday action-packed show. You can keep abreast of all this by simply logging onto www.intelligentcio.com/me/ gitex2016 where you will find exclusive news updates and multi-media video interviews. Managing Partner Stuart Lynch [email protected] [phone] Editorial Director Michael Byrne [email protected] [phone] Regional Sales Director Ibrahim Parwaz [email protected] [phone] Country Sales Manager, India Bhrigu Dutta [email protected] [phone] Intelligent CIO is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT professional’s with an interest in Middle East. If you wish to apply for regular free copies then .please email [email protected] Lynchpin Media 2016 © MARKETING | EVENTS | PUBLISHING ANALYTICS | PR | DESIGN | ARABISATION Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 Regency Court 40 Brentwood Essex CM14 4LU www.intelligentcio.com