Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 116 | Page 3

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence ISSUE 116

CONTENTS

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NEWS: Latest news round-up from across the Middle East
LATEST INTELLIGENCE: The latest whitepapers from Qlik and Cisco
TRENDING: Building AI servers in-country INFOGRAPHIC: UAE customer interactions with AI chatbots have not met expectations
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PROJECT LATEST: Updates the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait and Oman
EDITOR’ S QUESTION: How can regional enterprises leverage growing number of managed service providers?

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Which IT services should be outsourced to managed
service providers, and which should be kept inhouse? How
can enterprises ensure that managed service providers
are compliant with data and security standards?

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TALKING BUSINESS: Managing carbon footprint of your data centre

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FEATURE: Impact of network and security convergence on IT efficiency
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CIO OPINION: Enterprise performance dependent on latency and visibility
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INDUSTRY WATCH: Can AI and robotics accelerate airport throughput?
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CASE STUDY: Arab Open University enhances security with GBM’ s COR. platform
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CASE STUDY: Scaling mobile fan engagement with Wi-Fi 7
COVER STORY

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INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
DISRUPTIVE TECH: Big Data still challenging for regional enterprises
TECH TALK: Building and managing an AI data centre
GET TO KNOW: Prasanna Rajendran, Vice President EMEA, Kissflow and Zane Ulhaq, Deputy General Manager

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Saudi Arabia, Endava
FINAL WORD: Are you ready for a reality check on data resilience?
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