Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 36 | Page 45

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2. Automated: Manual processes are too slow to handle the Big Data explosion. As such, intelligence workflows and bots should push automation to extremes to ensure we can drive insights to action with efficiency and speed using closed- loop fundamentals. 3. Secure: With more of our lives online, customers must know they can trust their CSPs to handle their data. The new digital fabric must include security in its foundation to provide customers with www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: MOBILE MANAGEMENT the highest level of protection in the digital world. 4. Cloud-native: To respond with agility at a better cost point, software needs to be built for the cloud, from both the technological and consumption- model perspectives. 5. Open: It’s unlikely that CSPs will rely solely on one infrastructure vendor or partner, one revenue-sharing relationship or service. Applications must be multi- Folke Rosengard, Head of Business Development, Nokia Software INTELLIGENTCIO 45