Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 87 | Page 3

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence ISSUE 87

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NEWS : Latest news round-up from across the Middle East
LATEST INTELLIGENCE : The latest whitepapers from UpGrad and Zscaler
TRENDING : Four macro trends that will shape Digital Transformation in 2023
INFOGRAPHIC : FortiGuard Labs predicts the convergence of advanced persistent threat methods with cybercrime
PROJECT LATEST : Updates from Oman , Egypt , Jordan and KSA
EDITOR ’ S QUESTION : What should CIOs pay attention to when migrating their on-premises IT infrastructure to the cloud ?
TALKING BUSINESS : Women in tech : time to close the gender bias gap

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FEATURE : How organisations can be more agile with cloud solutions
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CIO OPINION : Welcome to the Supercloud – built for scale and performance
COUNTRY FOCUS : Jordan ’ s ICT sector set to grow owing to strong human capital and infrastructure
FEATURE : The need for transformation
CASE STUDY : Kuwait Gulf Oil Company implements Oracle Cloud applications to drive business growth
CASE STUDY : GPSSA innovates with pioneering virtual customer centric experience
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY WATCH : Saudi Arabia ’ s Al-Khaldi Holding Co . Harmonizes Global Operations with Infor
TECH TALK : How Digital Twins can galvanize the Middle East ’ s industrial sector
GET TO KNOW : Bahaa Hudairi , Regional Sales Director – META , Lookout
FINAL WORD : C-Suite network connections : The enterprise network and the CEO
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