Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 37 | Page 45

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). End-to-end programmability means organisations will be able to quickly adapt to changing business landscape and demand more from their applications and data. a significant role in helping employees work more productively. Applications will become more intelligent and customised In the coming period, the focus will increasingly shift to the true value of data, driving a renewed quest to embed telemetry, collect and enrich data. It is data that will form the core of true Digital Transformation and become the source of new revenue streams that will surpass traditional ones. This will lead to a change in information In the coming year, we’ll see applications gathering input from users and making changes to their own functionality to improve the user experience. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will play www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: CIO PRIORITIES The value of data will become the centre of the value universe Paul Potgieter, Managing Director – UAE, Dimension Data INTELLIGENTCIO 45