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How Sage software
is enabling Digital
Transformation
Managed Security
Service Providers
What CIOs should
be looking for when
selecting MSPs
Botnet
attack
How to avoid being
a victim of the next
global botnet attack
Prompt decision making
Agriculture company, Arabian Farms, uses ERP to improve its
business processes, make quicker decisions and utilise real-time
visibility of data.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
W
elcome to the latest edition of
Intelligent CIO magazine for
the Middle East. Our cover story
looks at how a major agricultural business
has used information technology to improve
its business processes and plan for further
growth in the future.
Arabian Farms has utilised Focus Softnet’s
intelligent ERP solution Focus I to get real
time information on its production and
inventory. The solution has also enabled it to
integrate information from all departments
and analyse it for faster decision making.
Dr Suheel Ahmed, CEO of Arabian Farms,
tells us that while the farming industry is
not considered tech-savvy, advancements
in technology have meant the company
can now integrate information from various
departments so it can analyse it to use it as a
basis for prompt decision making.
“We now have real-time visibility of our
stocks and can take decisions of increasing
or decreasing supply to some customer sites
based on this information,” he says.
In this edition’s Industry Watch, we feature
an interview with Sam Tayan, Managing
Director of Sage Middle East. He tells us
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how the company has been enabling Digital
Transformation in the region.
He says businesses turn to Sage because
they want to put software in place that
allows them to manage finance and HR, as
well as other functions. This enables them to
see what’s going on, what’s profitable and
what’s not.
The software also offers insight into
changes that need to be made. He
says: “It’s all part of a transformation
from a paper-based environment with
a high degree of intervention to a fully
transparent end-to-end process in terms of
improvement and profitability.”
In this issue we also look at how businesses
are moving towards using Managed Security
Service Providers (MSSPs). We ask what the
benefits are of using them and what CIOs
should be looking for when assessing which
provider to select. Industry experts from Help
AG, Sophos, Gartner and eHosting DataFort
give us their opinions.
Stephan Berner, CEO, Help AG Middle East,
says: “CIOs must have a clear picture of
what their MSSP’s resources are doing
and when.” But he adds: “The unfortunate
reality of cybersecurity today is that no
system can be 100% secure and security
breaches are inevitable.”
In Tech Talk we look at how enterprises can
prevent themselves being attacked
by botnets.
Not having enough network protection
may allow your organisation’s devices
to be damaged by the next botnet
cyberattack, says Harish Chib, Vice
President, Middle East and Africa, Sophos.
He warns enterprises need to take action to
avoid becoming a victim of the next global
botnet attack.
We also have all the regular features and
articles so enjoy the read!
Mark Bowen
Editor
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