Contents
8 News
EDITOR’S COMMENT
12 Five stages in an organisation’s
cybersecurity maturity
Lushen Padayachi at BT.
13 Blockchain can improve safety in aviation
Bas de Vos at IFS.
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
15
Channel security opportunities
What are the key security trends of which the
channel needs to be aware and why?
Raj Samani is Head of Strategic Intelligence at McAfee.
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
23
Digital transformation, smart cities, keynotes
to dominate Gitex 2017
INTELLIGENT CABLING
30
Wired network still remains important
Tarek Helmy of Nexans Cabling Solutions.
INTELLIGENT CLOUD
33
Integrating the enterprise around digital
experience management
Elie Dib at Riverbed Technology.
INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES
36
Intuitive networks critical for tomorrow’s
digital business
Osama Al-Zoubi at Cisco Middle East.
INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE SECURITY
38
Blending machine learning with
security practices
Raj Samani at McAfee.
INTELLIGENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY
41
Managing building systems with
Honeywell’s cloud OBS
Honeywell’s Outcome Based Service.
INTELLIGENT MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
44
How embedded SIMs are enabling
IoT rollouts
Sherry Zameer at Gemalto.
INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE BUSINESS
46 Enterprises can solve complexity
by automation
Massimo Ferrari at Red Hat.
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63 INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
MARKET MOVEMENT
Most Read Online
Social Following
FINAL WORD
65 Multi-function ID cards the way forward
Christophe Malgorn, Director of Secure
Issuance EMEA at HID Global.
66 Four hot survival tips for channel partners
Osama AlHaj-Issa at Aruba HPE.
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INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS