Contents
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News
The Global Leaders of Training and Education for the
Data Centre & Network Infrastructure Sectors
EDITOR’S COMMENT
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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
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Heads in the cloud
Adoption of a cloud infrastructure can turn data
from a burden into an asset. By Pippa Sanderson.
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
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Reengineering the channel
What is prompting the regional channel to
rapidly adjust? By Arun Shankar.
INTELLIGENT CABLING
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Siemon continues environmental stewardship
Prem Rodrigues, Sales and Marketing Director
for the Middle East, India and SAARC at Siemon.
INTELLIGENT CLOUD
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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
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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.
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Digital resilience: a better way to cybersecurity EXPERT SPEAK
Ray Rothrock, Chairman & CEO, RedSeal.
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Quantum computing: A thrilling leap into
the unknown
INTELLIGENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY
Miguel Vega, Vice-President, IBM Systems
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Middle East drives sustainability with real-
Hardware, Middle East & Africa,
time business applications 54
INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Gergi Abboud, Managing Director of the Gulf,
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MARKET MOVEMENT
North Africa, Levant, and Pakistan at SAP.
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Most Read Online
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Social Following
INTELLIGENT MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
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Three steps to mobilising your workforce
and business
Hozefa Saylawala, Director of Sales – Middle
East & Africa, Zebra Technologies.
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FINAL WORD
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