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EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO Middle East . A new Accenture report has revealed that Middle East companies registered a significant surge in their innovation strategy scores on Accenture ’ s Innovation Maturity Index , as businesses reviewed their strategies due to COVID-19 . The report , Accenture Middle East Innovation Maturity Index 2021 , surveyed C-level executives from 200 large companies in the UAE and Saudi Arabia between August and October 2020 to understand the extent of the region ’ s innovation maturity at present . professional-looking and most importantly , the easiest to use by far . Having an effective LMS in place has also helped us simplify tasks outside of learning such as disseminating announcements , conducting surveys , filing and exporting reports , monitoring student activity and attendance .”
You can read more by turning to page 58 .
Elsewhere in the magazine , we look at Big Data and how organisations in the Middle East are reaping business value from gleaning information from Big Data systems .
In this regard , we continue to cover articles in this edition of the magazine addressing the issue of technology innovation and how CIOs across the Middle East are innovating and driving and achieving business goals with the technology .
Gracing the cover of this month ’ s edition is Mohammed Sultan , General Manager , Delta School , who tells us how the Saudi Arabia-based private school has moved to online teaching and learning after it implemented Blackboard Learn Ultra solution .
“ We didn ’ t really feel the need for or the importance of online learning before the pandemic ,” says Sultan .
You will find this feature on page 40 .
As usual , we have all your favourite features , opinion , insight pieces and analysis articles from the Middle East region . You can also read daily news updates on our website at www . intelligentcio . com / me /.
And kindly , don ’ t forget if you would like to get in touch please email me at manda @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk .
Once again , I would also like to wish you a great month ahead . Enjoy the read !
Among the many insights , Sultan shares that : “ Compared to the other versions we were considering back then , Blackboard ’ s solution was the most advanced , most
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