EDITOR ’ S COMMENT
Welcome to Issue 37 of
Intelligent Tech Channels . On the front cover of this month ’ s edition , we feature John Andrews , who has joined the leadership team at Invicti Security as Vice President of Global Channel for Acunetix and Netsparker . Invicti Security is a leader in Dynamic Application Security Testing ( DAST ) and Interactive Application Security Testing ( IAST ) and Andrews explains his new role and how he will be investing in and supporting the company ’ s partner community to improve the ease of doing business with Invicti . He said he is excited to bring his skills and experience to Invicti and he wants to achieve the next level of channel evolution together .
This month ’ s Expert Speak comes from Hasan Darwish , Regional Sales Manager for Gulf at A10 Networks , who explains how the changes brought on by the pandemic will have a lasting impact on how service providers will build out their networks .
While around 40 % of women make up the global workforce , the number of women working in technology is much lower . In the Future Tech section , we speak to three women who work in the channel about their experience in the technology industry and how they discovered their role .
The Editor ’ s Comment on the following pages finds out how companies are making sure that organisations are tailoring Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and automation to their business in meaningful ways . We hear from Samantha Humphries , Head of Security Strategy EMEA , Exabeam and Sid Bhatia , Regional Director – Middle East , Dataiku .
And don ’ t forget to find out about two more channel chiefs on pages 61 to 65 . This month ’ s interviewees are John Tavares , Vice President , Global Channel and Alliances at Commvault and Amir Akhtar , Manager of Channels Middle East at Veeam Software .
Manda Banda returns with his regular column . This month he speaks about how channel partners focusing on the SoHo and SMB market can increase their visibility with potential customers by providing end-to-end networking , security solutions and services .
And , as usual , we have all of your favourite features and news from around the regions – check our website for daily updates . I hope you enjoy this edition and do not hesitate to get in touch if you have anything you would like to share with regards to the channel . You can email me at rebecca @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk
Rebecca Miles Editor
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