Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 07 | Page 4

CONTENTS ISSUE 07 06 News Latest regional news roundup from across the Middle East Latest Intelligence 14 Axios Systems presents this whitepaper on Service Catelog 16 Trending CIOs express concerns about long-term viability of infrastructure and skills 50 Country Focus On-set of Oman’s drive for nextgeneration networking 82 Editor’s Question To what extent are regional CIOs investing in SDN to restructure networks? 87 88 Get to Know... Reducing privileged access The lighter side of things, we ask the industry-experts what makes them tick… Reporting and analysing the current privileged access can be a bit harder as there is no centralised location EDITOR’S NOTE Managing Partner Richard Judd richard@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7534 132 966 Celebrating excellence... The time is finally here...the inaugural Intelligent CIO Technology Excellence Awards are almost upon us. Spanning across 22 categories, the Intelligent CIO Technology Excellence Awards will recognise outstanding accomplishment across the Middle East’s enterprise IT domain, celebrating not only vendors, but also service providers and end users. Taking place in Dubai on May 11th, these awards are the pivotal platform for both you and your company to gather with industryleading peers and celebrate the ICT landscape. Not only will these awards help reinforce recognition, but will offer an ideal opportunity to network and gain increased visibility, with both fellow professionals and clients. However, before we skip straight to the Awards, we do have the Intelligent Data 4 INTELLIGENTCIO Centre events roadshow across the Gulf in the coming days - Riyadh will be the first port-ofcall on May 8th, Doha on May 9th and lastly, Dubai on May 11th. The data centre industry in the Middle East is growing at pace, increasing demand for space, power, investment and a skilled workforce. The explosion in big data means companies need to be able to scale-up quickly or get a new data centre up and running at very short notice – how well does your organisation cope? Intelligent Data Centres is designed to help guide CIOs through the complexities of their organisation’s data centre strategy in these rapidly changing times. All the information on these roadshows and how to attend can be found at: http:// intelligentdatacentres.com/ Managing Partner Stuart Lynch stuart@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7514 807 117 Editorial Director Michael Byrne mike@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 78 894 40457 +971 55 593 5955 Advertising Manager Alex Frith alex@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 1277 216 962 Regional Sales Director Ibrahim Parwaz ibrahim@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 50 475 5131 Intelligent CIO is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT professional’s with an interest in Middle East. If you wish to apply for regular free copies then please email info@lynchpinmedia.co.uk. © 2016 Lynchpin Media MARKETING | EVENTS | PUBLISHING ANALYTICS | PR | DESIGN | ARABISA Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 40 Regency Court Brentwood Essex CM14 4LU www.intelligentcio.com