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SAUDI
TRANSFORMATION
How Saudi Arabia has become
the centre for Trend Micro’s
Middle East operations
SIGNIFICANT
ANNIVERSARY
Red Hat is celebrating 25
years at the forefront of
Open Source software
SECURITY
SPOTLIGHT
Lynchpin Media launches its
own specialist cybersecurity
magazine, dedicated to the CISO
FLYING HIGH
Ramco Systems is providing national software
support to the Saudi Rotorcraft Support Company
to digitise and streamline its aircraft management
processes across Saudi Arabia for one of the largest
combined helicopter fleets in the Middle East.
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS | LATEST INTELLIGENCE | REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS
EDITOR’S NOTE
W
elcome to the latest edition
of Intelligent CIO. This month
we bring you the exciting news
that Lynchpin Media, the company behind
this publication, is launching a brand-new
magazine: Intelligent CISO.
As we all know, the cybersecurity industry
is more important than ever with the
sophistication of cybercriminals ever
expanding and the number of breaches
consistently increasing. That’s why we
have decided to launch our own specialist
cybersecurity magazine, dedicated to the
Chief Information Security Officer.
The magazine will take an in-depth look into
the latest developments in cybersecurity
trends across Africa, Europe, the Middle East
and North America.
We will endeavour to guide CISOs through
the cybersecurity maze, offering thought
leadership articles, industry expertise,
knowledge sharing and practical advice so
readers can better understand the industry
latest. You can find out more about what’s in
store by turning to page 57.
Our cover story this month looks at how
Ramco Systems is providing national
software support to the Saudi Rotorcraft
Support Company (SRSC).
The company has deployed Ramco’s
Aviation Suite V5.8, which is already trusted
by 21,000 users globally and accessible on
www.intelligentcio.com
cloud and mobile, to digitise and streamline
its aircraft management processes across
Saudi Arabia.
Ramco’s integrated ERP system’s intuitive
features enable SRSC to efficiently manage
all maintenance, repair and overhaul
operations for one of the largest combined
helicopter fleets in the Middle East.
In addition to aviation maintenance, SRSC
will also be implementing Ramco’s complete
finance, HR and payroll offering to get an
integrated view of business operations.
In Trending, we look at how Saudi Arabia
has become the place in the Middle East to
invest with the country starting out on the
path to transformation. The pace and scale
of change inside Saudi Arabia has seen
security vendor Trend Micro announce it as
the new centre of MENA operations.
This month’s Talking Business sees us
take an in-depth look at Red Hat’s 25th
anniversary. With a business model radically
different to your typical software vendor,
we spoke to Adrian Pickering, Regional
General Manager for the Middle East and
North Africa for Red Hat, to discuss how the
company has operated successfully in such a
competitive market for so long.
We discover how Red Hat has built up its
stellar reputation utilising a community-
powered approach to provide reliable and
high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware,
storage and virtualisation technologies.
We also have all the usual features and news
from around the region.
As usual enjoy the read and contact me
at [email protected] if you wish
to contribute.
Dr Moataz Bin Ali, Vice President and
Managing Director of Trend Micro, Middle
East and Africa, tells us how investment in
the country requires a commitment to its
growth while also offering great rewards. He
tells us how economies of scale available in
Saudi are vastly superior to the rest of the
Middle East region with the exception of
Egypt. “If you are not investing heavily in
Saudi, if you are not growing Saudi talent, if
you are not supporting Saudi individuals, and
if you are not knowledge sharing with the
Saudi economy, then the government has no
use for you as a company,” he says.
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