Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 23 | Page 30

COMMENT The business value of Automation Many enterprises in the Middle East have now reached a stage where managing the scale of their IT infrastructures is becoming a challenge second only to increasing the speed of provisioning. A broad spectrum of technologies, solutions, processes and skillsets is available to help manage a large scale environment. Among management technologies, automation is one of the most powerful, says Massimo Ferrari, Management Strategy Director at Red Hat. 30 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com