Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 89 | Page 3

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence ISSUE 89

CONTENTS

9 NEWS : Latest news round-up from across the Middle East
20 LATEST INTELLIGENCE : The latest whitepapers from UpGrad and Zscaler
25 TRENDING : upGrad : Upskilling the leaders of tomorrow
28 INFOGRAPHIC : C-suite vision for UAE in 2023
30 PROJECT LATEST : Updates from Saudi Arabia , UAE , Qatar , Oman and Bahrain
32 EDITOR ’ S QUESTION : Describe the approach CIOs and IT decision-makers need to adopt to begin their journey in the automation of processes and operations across the enterprise .
36 TALKING BUSINESS : Controlling emission levels with digital tools

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40 FEATURE : Is the edge now a mainstream solution
44 CIO OPINION : CFOs need to relook at network purchases
48 COUNTRY FOCUS : Digital transformation drives Saudi to lead in government services
51 FEATURE : Cloud boosting end user expectations from ERP
55 CASE STUDY : Turkey ’ s Halkbank eliminates network bottlenecks using Riverbed ’ s NPM
58 CASE STUDY : Moving to the cloud
63 INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
72 INDUSTRY WATCH : Open banking is here to stay in GCC
75 TECH TALK : Building a smart , connected , protected datacentre
79 GET TO KNOW : Ranjith Kaippada , Managing Director , Cloud Box Technologies
82 FINAL WORD : CEO leads C-suite , C-suite drives business
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