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Wi-Fi
deployment
Pushing the
boundaries of
wireless technology
Threat
protection
Email security
problems
overcome
Saving
lives
How AI
is transforming
healthcare
Shaping the future
Mubarik Hussain, Director of IT, Bloom Holding,
discusses the key issues facing CIOs intent on
thriving in the face of upcoming challenges.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
W
elcome to the latest edition of
Intelligent CIO. I hope you are
experiencing a great start to
2019 and looking forward to what we can
expect to be another landmark year in the
world of IT.
We are starting the new year by presenting
Mubarik Hussain, Director of IT, of Abu
Dhabi-based Bloom Holding, as our first
cover star of the year. Mubarik is perhaps
uniquely placed to offer an astute insight
into the challenges faced by IT professionals.
He is a highly versatile, award-winning
IT leader and CIO who has successfully
positioned IT at the forefront of business
transformation. Mubarik is regularly
requested as a keynote presenter,
speaker and panellist at prestigious CIO
events, presenting on topics such as
Digital Transformation, business and IT
transformation, IT security, innovation and
technology entrepreneurial ecosystems.
No one needs reminding that today’s high-
level IT executives are facing more pressures
than ever before, and Mubarik offers his
valuable opinions on issues such as his own
managerial style and the need for versatility
in the role of CIO. He tells us that in an age
of great change, versatility is more important
than ever before.
He says: “Being able to use the latest
technologies and change business processes
and value propositions, will position
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businesses ahead of competitors and
enhance the experience for customers.”
Great advice for sure and you can turn to
page 55 to find out more about Mubarik’s
opinions, including what advice he
would give to aspiring CIOs and how the
technological landscape is set to change.
On p58 we look at how Mimecast is
protecting the Al Abbar Group from
malicious emails and targeted threats. With
the company struggling to cope with these,
it turned to Mimecast and implemented its
advanced email security services.
cancer. This is one area where the use of AI
can prove especially beneficial as it avoids
the laborious and time-consuming process of
manually classifying pap smears for cervical
cancer detection. Use of such technology
even has the potential to detect and avoid
an epidemic of disease across multiple
continents or even worldwide.
However we see it develop, the story of the
application of AI in the healthcare sector
is underway but we have surely only yet
witnessed the tip of the iceberg.
We have all the usual features and news
from across the region. Enjoy the read!
IT Director Manoj Gopalakrishnan told
us: “Since switching to Mimecast we’ve
effectively blocked ransomware, spear
phishing attacks and other malicious
content. The monthly threat reports we
receive from Mimecast provide complete
visibility into what’s happening on the
network, where the threats are coming from,
and where we might still be vulnerable.”
On p77 we chat to Pierre Brunswick, CEO,
NeuroMem, about how Artificial Intelligence
(AI) has the potential to save millions of lives
for our Industry Watch feature. He tells us
how technological advancements are being
utilised in the healthcare sector offering the
potential to save thousands, if not millions,
of lives.
Mark Bowen
Editor
Perhaps most significantly AI has been
utilised in the early detection of cervical
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