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News
EDITOR’S COMMENT
14 End of passwords, arrival of intelligent access
Marwan Elnakat at Gemalto.
15 What technology does the employee want?
Ahmed Auda at VMware.
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
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Regional datacentres heading for revamp
Cloud-first, ageing datacentres, weak admin
practices and securing the edge are among a
host of challenges administrators face.
INTELLIGENT CABLING
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R&M rolls out 6,000 kms network at
Istanbul New Airport
Michel Riva at R&M.
Hanan Darwish, President Gulf Countries and Pakistan, Schneider Electric.
INTELLIGENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY
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INTELLIGENT CLOUD
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Building agile businesses using enterprise IT
Nidal C Azba at IBM Global Technology Services.
INTELLIGENT MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
44
INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES
36
Speed, SDN, API and hybrid, driving
datacentre transformation
The principle criteria for datacentre
transformation in 2018.
Why organisational policy and security training
go hand-in-hand
Morey Haber at BeyondTrust.
Secure network frameworks required to manage
5G, IoT roll outs
Kalle Bjorn is Director of Systems Engineering
at Fortinet.
INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE BUSINESS
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INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE SECURITY
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IoT can deliver energy savings in building systems
Hanan Darwish, President Gulf Countries and
Pakistan at Schneider Electric.
Software training does have returns
Results of an IDC Red Hat study.
EXPERT SPEAK
52 Six survival strategies for Chief Digital Officers
Valerie Logan, Research Director at Gartner.
53 Banking on flash storage
Christian Putz, Director EEMEA at Pure Storage.
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INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
MARKET MOVEMENT
Most Read Online
Social Following
FINAL WORD
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65 Machine learning and ITSM
Ashwin Ram R at ManageEngine.
66 Arrival of anonymous open source bazaar
Alastair Paterson is CEO and Co-Founder of
Digital Shadows.
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INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS