CONTENTS
ISSUE 11
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News
Latest regional news roundup from across the Middle East
Latest Intelligence
‘ How to Evaluate All-Flash Storage ’ presented by NetApp
Trending
Kodak Alaris targets gov . sector with electoral processing solutions
Country Focus
The UAE continues to break the boundaries with new implementations
Editor ’ s Question
Security analytics – Does your security operations need it ?
Get to Know ...
The lighter side of things , we ask the industry-experts what makes them tick …
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BIg banks losing the faith ?
DarkMatter examinescyber breaches across some of the financial industry ’ s big hitters
EDITOR ’ S NOTE
The time is near ...
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Managing Partner Stuart Lynch stuart @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk + 44 7514 807 117
After yet again a quiet and warm summer across the Gulf , the industry is gearing up for the onslaught of Q3 / Q4 , which has its agenda firmly rooted on GITEX , being held in Dubai from October 16th -20th at the Dubai World Trade Centre .
With IT spending in the Middle East projected to reach $ 212.9 billion in 2016 , a 3.7 % increase from 2015 , GITEX Technology Week as largest regional IT exhibition will play a more significant role in 2016 than ever before .
As well as defining the latest trends , presenting high caliber speakers and showcasing product innovations from across the world , this year , GITEX is bringing together the most innovative , exciting and ambitious tech startups to showcase their world changing ideas to an audience of hand-picked international investors . Intelligent CIO will be present at the show to bring you all the news , and emerging trends from the show , so please do keep an eye on our twitter account for those timely updates .
For this month ’ s Cover Story , Sohaib Mohamed Alabdi , Head of Information Networks Division , IT Centre , University of Bahrain , talks to Intelligent CIO about the university ’ s digital transformation with the integration of a new secure campus-wide Wi-Fi .
Although there are more than a million cyber security positions available worldwide , the global shortage of skilled cyber security professionals is set to continue to grow at rapid pace in 2016 , putting public and private sector organisations at risk - we look at the ins and outs .
Lastly , we also take a look at data centres - do you buy or build ? Beware the “ invisible ” costs of in-house data centres !
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