Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 08 | Page 4

CONTENTS ISSUE 08 News 06 Latest regional news roundup from across Africa Latest Intelligence 14 NetApp: Hyper Converged Infra- structure Are You Ready For Next? Trending 16 Mozilla-backed research reveals main barriers to Internet access in Africa Project Latest 20 Latest updates from Angola, South Africa, Egypt and Uganda Tech Talk 70 Taking data analysis to the next level with AI Comment Editor’s Question 22 75 What is the current outlook of the public cloud market in Africa? 76 Keith Fenner, Vice President, Sage Enterprise Africa & Middle East 77 Ian Jansen Van Rensburg, Senior Manager Technical Presales, VMware sub-Saharan Africa Blockchain’s powers go way beyond Africa’s wheel of finance Talking Business 28 CA Technologies finds only 12% of organisations realising the full benefits of business agility Intelligent Cloud 49 Cloud scope grows but reluctance still dominates Intelligent Enterprise Security 54 MTN partners with Fenix International to launch off-grid solar in Zambia Intelligent Software for Business 63 Why we should let our walls down when it comes to security Intact launches MyCybercare Insurance to Africa and beyond Intelligent Green Technology 57 Final Word 79 AI is more important to IoT than big data insights, says GlobalData Managing Partner Richard Judd [email protected] Managing Partner Stuart Lynch [email protected] Editor, ICIO Africa Emily Freer [email protected] Group Sales Manager Luke Preece [email protected] Editor, ITC Pippa Sanderson [email protected] Consulting Editor Arun Shankar [email protected] Editor, ICIO Middle East Mark Bowen [email protected] Graphic Designer Pippa Sanderson [email protected] Marketing & Content Development Manager Nick Onyett [email protected] Intelligent CIO Africa is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT professionals with an interest in Africa. If you wish to subscribe for regular copies then please email [email protected] Lynchpin Media 2017 © Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 5 Burnside Court Leominster Enterprise Park Herefordshire, HR6 0LX 4 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com