Intelligent Tech Channels Issue 06 | Page 11
EDITOR’S COMMENT
Nothing changes and
nothing stays the same
W
elcome to Issue 06 of Intelligent Tech Channel, my first
issue as Editor. Gathering together and writing content for
the issue has, in many ways, changed since the last time I
edited a Middle East channel magazine and yet, in some ways, things
haven’t changed at all.
As the issue has taken shape, I’ve come across a few familiar faces
and names from the past which, in such a fluid industry, is rather
comforting, and I hope to meet you all again soon. The industry is just
as dynamic as it was; and there’s always something happening and
game-changing innovations to launch.
Managing Partner
Richard Judd
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Managing Partner
Stuart Lynch
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Editor, ITC
Pippa Sanderson
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Consulting Editor
Arun Shankar
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Editor, ICIO Africa
Emily Freer
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Editor, ICIO Middle East
Mark Bowen
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Group Sales Manager
Luke Preece
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Graphic Designer
Jordan Parry
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Marketing & Content Development
Manager
Nick Onyett
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Yet, it’s mind-boggling just how things have evolved. When I started off as a reporter
for Reseller World Middle East in Dubai in the late 1990s, only one of the computers
was linked to the Internet . . . via dial-up . . . which was located in a back room. It was
cripplingly slow and any research we wanted to undertake took an age. The company had
no website, although a first version was being worked on. In-trays were full of typed press
releases and photographs had to be scanned. At the end of the working day though, you
could go home and switch off.
Today, it’s a lot different; it’s a lot easier and quicker to access information, and news is
unceasingly available for consumption, whatever the time of day . . . or night. With the
advent of such things as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), if you’re not careful you can be
permanently available, 24/7/365, which may be good for business, but not so good for
your stress levels and work/life balance.
Technology, of course, has changed almost beyond recognition. In the late 1990s, we were
being blown away by MP3s, worried about Y2K and wondering why the Windows 2000
launch date was so vague. These days, we’re concerned with being agile and worried about
cybersecurity, cybersecurity and cybersecurity; with good reason.
In this issue, we take the lid off the Internet of Things (IoT) and explore how those in the
channel can maximise the opportunities while minimising the risks; we also look at Value
Added Distributors and their key role in the channel. We’ve got all the regulars: cloud,
cybersecurity, cabling, datacentres, green, mobile and software; and we get to know a
little more about Genius Wong, the President of Global Network Services, Cloud and Data
Centre Services at Tata Communications, who talks about driving innovation with her
global team and encouraging workplace diversity.
Do drop me an email to say hi if we haven’t already been in touch and I hope you enjoy
the read.
Pippa Sanderson
Editor
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