Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 09 | Page 4
CONTENTS
ISSUE 09
06 News
Latest regional news roundup from
across the Middle East
Latest Intelligence
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Riverbed presents this whitepaper
‘Optimising The Hybrid Cloud
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Trending
Manufacturing & transportation to
dominate MEA IoT investments
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Country Focus
We report on ICT spending by the
commercial sector in Qatar
80 Editor’s Question
What measures can regional companies
take to maximise data centre cooling
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Get to Know... Policy management to reinforce security platform
The lighter side of things, we ask the
industry-experts what makes them tick… Policy management platforms: visibility into who and
what is connecting to your networks
EDITOR’S NOTE
Managing Partner
Richard Judd
[email protected]
+44 7534 132 966
Pionnering spirit...
CIOs are increasingly required to demonstrate
the business value of their projects and embrace
the strategic benefits their businesses are
striving to achieve.
kind in the region, marked the beginning of
celebrating industry experts and companies
who work tirelessly to push the margins of
excellence and implement best practices across
the technology spectrum.
Against this backdrop, there is also a growing
need for IT plans to include strong business
justifications alongside the well-worn IT metrics
that typically examine application delivery in
isolation. Intelligent CIO strives to bridge this
gap between the traditional role of the CIO
and the new-age demands weighing in on this
pivotal business role. The award ceremony took place at the Westin
Hotel in Al Habtoor City, Dubai, on May 11,
2016, and honoured companies and end-user
individuals that have shown outstanding
examples of IT implementation excellence
and pioneering spirit in their chosen field of
specialisation in the past year.
Organisations playing a pivotal role in the
development of the ICT sector in the Middle
East came together to attend the iconic
Intelligent CIO Technology Excellence Awards
2016, hosted by Lynchpin Media and sponsored
by CNet Training, Fortinet, ITSec, Citrix and
Equinix. This ceremony, being the first of its Stay tuned for more upcoming initiatives after
the summer where Intelligent CIO MENA will
be announcing its GITEX participation and the
upcoming Intelligent Enterprise Security events
in Q4, where we will be showcasing the best
of what the industry has to say across Riyadh,
Doha and Dubai.
Managing Partner
Stuart Lynch
[email protected]
+44 7514 807 117
Editorial Director
Michael Byrne
[email protected]
+44 78 894 40457
+971 55 593 5955
Advertising Manager
Alex Frith
[email protected]
+44 1277 216 962
Regional Sales Director
Ibrahim Parwaz
[email protected]
+971 50 475 5131
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