EDITOR’S NOTE
Welcome to the latest edition of
Intelligent CIO Middle East and
my last as Editor. After more than
three enjoyable years I am moving on to edit
two new magazines for the North America
and APAC regions, which are being launched
as part of the ever-expanding Lynchpin
Media stable.
I will be extremely sorry to leave the region
and I would like to thank everybody who
sent me messages of support when the
news was announced. I have gotten to know
many of you extremely well and I’d like to
thank you for your support during this time.
It’s been heartening to see the magazine
progress especially as we have got to know
more and more of you over the years.
The good news is we have a great
replacement coming in. Manda Banda will
be a familiar face to many of you. He has
extensive experience in the sector and will
be delighted to hear from you at
manda@lynchpinmedia.co.uk.
Please feel free to email him and either
renew acquaintances or introduce yourself.
I’ve every confidence that Manda will take
the magazine to ever greater heights –
even in these challenging times when the
world is (hopefully) making progress in the
battle against Coronavirus. It’s safe to say
that life looks very different to the way it
did three years ago when I started on the
magazine. Then no-one was talking about
wearing face masks and remote working.
But if there has been one silver lining to the
current crisis it is that it has aptly illustrated
how technology can lead the way through
unchartered waters.
With many people unable to physically go
into their place of work, remote working
has taken the world by storm. We have all
had to adapt our working practices over this
period. The amazing thing is we have all
found better ways of working thanks to the
technology that can all too easily be taken
for granted. One thing is for certain – as we
ease our way out of the pandemic, we will
retain many of these new practices.
As usual, we have all your favourite features
and a comprehensive news round-up from
across the region. You can also read daily
news updates on our website at
www.intelligentcio.com/me/.
For the last time, I’d like to wish you a good
month ahead and please enjoy the read!
Mark Bowen
Editor
www.intelligentcio.com
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