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Contents 8 News The Global Leaders of Training and Education for the Data Centre & Network Infrastructure Sectors EDITOR’S COMMENT 12 13 Faking IT: The real cost of counterfeit print supplies Mathew Thomas, Vice President and Managing Director of HP Middle East and Turkey. The Internet of Things: The best is yet to come Morten Illum, CP of EMEA, Aruba. The Global Data Centre and Network Infrastructure Education Framework By CNet Training ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY 15 Heads in the cloud Adoption of a cloud infrastructure can turn data from a burden into an asset. By Pippa Sanderson. FUTURE TECHNOLOGY 24 Reengineering the channel What is prompting the regional channel to rapidly adjust? By Arun Shankar. INTELLIGENT CABLING 30 Siemon continues environmental stewardship Prem Rodrigues, Sales and Marketing Director for the Middle East, India and SAARC at Siemon. INTELLIGENT CLOUD 33 Strengthening the channel’s customer engagements with SD-WAN Giovanni Di Filippo, VP EMEA Channels at Riverbed Technology. INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE SECURITY Hozefa Saylawala, Director of Sales – Middle East & Africa, Zebra Technologies. INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE BUSINESS 46 47 Could Fireball malware become the next Mirai? Mohammed Al-Moneer, Director, A10 Networks WannaCry might be the tip of the iceberg Rick Holland, Vice President, Strategy, at Digital Shadows. 38 Digital resilience: a better way to cybersecurity EXPERT SPEAK Ray Rothrock, Chairman & CEO, RedSeal. 52 Quantum computing: A thrilling leap into the unknown INTELLIGENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY Miguel Vega, Vice-President, IBM Systems 41 Middle East drives sustainability with real- Hardware, Middle East & Africa, time business applications 54 INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS Gergi Abboud, Managing Director of the Gulf, 56 MARKET MOVEMENT North Africa, Levant, and Pakistan at SAP. 59 Most Read Online 63 Social Following INTELLIGENT MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 44 4 Three steps to mobilising your workforce and business Hozefa Saylawala, Director of Sales – Middle East & Africa, Zebra Technologies. ► Multi award-winning international training and education provider ► Experienced and trusted – designing & delivering training since 1996 ► The only data centre education provider in the world to award both industry recognised qualifications & professional certifications ► Train in locations throughout the Middle East & Africa FINAL WORD 64 +44 (0)1284 767100 | info@cnet-training.com | www.cnet-training.com Close to three quarters of IoT projects failing Insights from Cisco. ssue 07 NTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS ► Originators of The Global Data Centre and Network Infrastructure Education Framework followed by multinational organisations across the world www.cnet-training.com