Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 08 | Page 4

CONTENTS ISSUE 08 06 News Latest regional news roundup from across the Middle East Latest Intelligence 14 FireEye presents this whitepaper on ‘Regional Advanced Threat Rreport’ 16 Trending Can you afford $500 per minute of Internet downtime? 40 Country Focus We report on recent network upgrades by Kuwait’s Ministry of Education 82 Editor’s Question How best should regional CIOs approach the transition to the cloud? 85 86 Get to Know... Reducing privileged access The lighter side of things, we ask the industry-experts what makes them tick… How the traditional data centre will have to make the leap to the solid-state cloud EDITOR’S NOTE Managing Partner Richard Judd richard@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7534 132 966 Pioneering spirit... CIOs are increasingly required to demonstrate the business value of their projects and embrace the strategic benefits their businesses are striving to achieve. kind in the region, marked the beginning of celebrating industry experts and companies who work tirelessly to push the margins of excellence and implement best practices across the technology spectrum. Against this backdrop, there is also a growing need for IT plans to include strong business justifications alongside the well-worn IT metrics that typically examine application delivery in isolation. Intelligent CIO strives to bridge this gap between the traditional role of the CIO and the new-age demands weighing in on this pivotal business role. The award ceremony took place at the Westin Hotel in Al Habtoor City, Dubai, on May 11, 2016, and honoured companies and end-user individuals that have shown outstanding examples of IT implementation excellence and pioneering spirit in their chosen field of specialisation in the past year. Organisations playing a pivotal role in the development of the ICT sector in the Middle East came together to attend the iconic Intelligent CIO Technology Excellence Awards 2016, hosted by Lynchpin Media and sponsored by CNet Training, Fortinet, ITSec, Citrix and Equinix. This ceremony, being the first of its Stay tuned for more upcoming initiatives after the summer where Intelligent CIO MENA will be announcing its GITEX participation and the upcoming Intelligent Enterprise Security events in Q4, where we will be showcasing the best of what the industry has to say across Riyadh, Doha and Dubai. 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 4 INTELLIGENTCIO MARKETING | EVENTS | PUBLISHING ANALYTICS | PR | DESIGN | ARABISATION Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 40 Regency Court Brentwood Essex CM14 4LU www.intelligentcio.com