Alain Sanchez, CISO and Senior Evangelist, Fortinet Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), discusses the changing role of the CIO in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Digital Transformation initiatives and why ideal CIOs are leaders as much as technologists. CIOs have been under exceptional pressure in 2020 due to the combined effects of on-going […]

Patrick Lastennet, Director of Marketing and Business at Interxion, A Digital Realty Company, examines the roadblocks facing the acceleration of AI innovation. He says it is important to develop a strong infrastructure strategy for AI deployments from the start. The hunger for Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing. Companies in every industry are exploring ways that […]

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the current climate, targeting remote workers via email in a bid to obtain the ‘keys to the kingdom’. Dan Fein, Director of Email Security Products, Darktrace, tells us why organisations must take a new approach to email security to tilt the scales in favour of the defenders. It is by […]

One of the challenges that modern CISOs face is knowing where to channel investment. And given that there are many vendors, often offering similar services, choosing a provider or product can be difficult. A good vendor-end-user relationship based on trust and long-term partnerships is crucial. We asked three industry experts how vendors and end-users can […]

Opinion piece by Craig Nel, Mobile & Cognitive Experience (MCX) Leader at Oracle Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Ensuring ethical sourcing is a major focus area for many companies as they start to understand just how important it is to their buyers. Increasingly, brands are understanding they must show they’re thinking about the wider impact […]

Threat actors are relentlessly targeting end users for their credentials to penetrate corporate networks and businesses must be proactive in their cybersecurity hygiene measures. That is according to Kamel Heus, Regional Director, Northern, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Centrify. The recent Intersec 2019 held in Dubai had an interesting participant – an American company […]

Ian Jansen van Rensburg, VMware EMEA Senior Systems Engineer, looks at the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the birth of the next generation data centre. Artificial Intelligence has rapidly become a leading driver of innovation, creating competitive advantages and new business opportunities. The proliferation of data is enabling breakthroughs across disparate industries, from transportation and […]

Anna Mazzone, MD and GM of UK and Ireland at MetricStream, discusses the role of cybersecurity in enterprise risk management. The importance of cybersecurity has never been so acute with data breaches and cyberincidents regularly making headlines. The fallout from cyberattacks can be far-reaching and long-lasting, and no organisation is safe. The impact can include […]

On the lighter side of things, we caught up with Red Hat’s Mike Kelly, to find out what makes him tick. What first made you think of a career in technology? I started my career in accounting. After I experienced the systems I had to use to do my job, I knew that my work […]

On the lighter side of things, we caught up with Scale Computing’s Jeff Ready, to find out what makes him tick. What first made you think of a career in technology? I’ve been in and around IT technology my entire life. My father ran information systems for an industrial construction company and as a kid, […]

Article by: Kyle Shamorian, Content Marketing Manager, Cleverbridge The fervent push from enterprise to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) within the last decade has enabled end-users to sidestep some of the key hurdles associated with software maintenance and implementation. Chief among them include ease of installation and upgrades, streamlined testing and training, and minimising an otherwise large upfront cost. As […]

Article by: Chris Lewis 5G is a special generation for mobile. In fact, it’s much more than mobile. The framework of technology must embrace fixed as well as cellular, licensed as well as unlicensed. It is so important to the future of society that a fresh look at spectrum, shared investment and the positioning of […]