Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 23 | Page 4
CONTENTS
ISSUE 23
News
06 Latest regional news roundup from
across the Middle East
Latest Intelligence
14
Citrix: EMEA CIO Insights
Survey #2: Results
Trending
24
Institutions need to adopt solutions to address
tech trends in Higher Education
Project Latest Intelligent Vertical
28 88 Ensuring ‘Availability’ for energy sector in the
Middle East – Risks and rewards
92 Data Lakes define the future of healthcare
Latest updates from Egypt, Bahrain, UAE
and Kuwait
Comment
30
The business value of Automation
Talking Business
36
Autonomous networks of the future
set to be ‘self driving’
Intelligent Cloud
60 Red Hat boosts application portability across
Hybrid Cloud with .NET Core 2.0
Intelligent Green Technology
70
Ingeteam wins contract to supply 1.17 GWp of
inverters for the world’s largest photovoltaic plant
Intelligent Mobile
74
5 ITSM takeaways from Mary Meeker’s 2017
Internet Trends report
Intelligent Software for Business
76
ServiceNow launches industry’s first software
asset management solution
Industry Watch
78
Pure Storage research shows Middle East
businesses committed to the information age
Editor’s Question
84
What is the best way to protect against security
threats from the Dark Web?
Tech Talk
94
(Com)mission accomplished: Streamlining Data
Centre operations with commissioning
Get To Know
99
John Hathaway, Regional Sales
Director, BeyondTrust
Final Word
109 Why BYOD doesn’t have to be your
biggest headache
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