Contents
8 News
EDITOR’S COMMENT
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10 things you need to know about
digital transformation
Sabby Gill, Executive Vice President,
International, Epicor Software.
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
15
Saving the day: backup and recovery
Protecting critical data has never been more
important. By Pippa Sanderson.
INTELLIGENT CABLING
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R&M simplifies Fibre-to-the-Home rollouts
for Middle East telecos with new Polaris-
box solution
Shibu Vahid, Head of Technical Operations,
R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa.
Excel develops Environ range with
Co-Lo Racks
Ross McLetchie, Excel’s Director of Sales
for the Middle East.
INTELLIGENT CLOUD
33
Legacy ITSM systems ill-equipped to
empower enterprises in digital economy
Mark Ackerman, Sales Director,
Middle East, ServiceNow.
Michael Brown, Systems Engineering Manager, F5 Networks.
INTELLIGENT MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
44
INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE BUSINESS
46 Compliance in Office 365
Siva Chelladurai, Marketing Analyst,
ManageEngine.
INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES
36
The importance of addressing people risk
Sarah Parks, Director of Marketing,
CNet Training.
INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE SECURITY
38
Surveillance, safety and security . . .
and support for the channel
Firas Jadalla, Regional Director – Middle East
and Africa, Genetec.
INTELLIGENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY
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The Application Love Affair: Delivering what
the business wants, when it wants it
Ossama Eldeeb, Senior Manager, MENA
Partner Organization, VMware.
EXPERT SPEAK
52 Securing IoT: Know your network,
protect your network
Jose Vasco, Regional Director,
MEMA at Aruba.
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63 INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
MARKET MOVEMENT
Most Read Online
Social Following
FINAL WORD
Curbing the carbon 64
Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting
DataFort (eHDF).
Optimistic outlook for the superhuman app
Michael Brown, Systems Engineering
Manager, F5 Networks.
Issue 09
INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS