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EDITOR’S COMMENT www.intelligenttechchannels.com ISSUE 10 PUBLICATION Intelligent briefings for Middle East and Africa channel partners PROCESS, COLLABORATION, TEAMWORK Savitha Bhaskar , Chief Operating Officer, Condo Protego. Three megatrends that will drive digital business Living it large with Big Data Best practices for Privileged Access Management MIKE J WALKER, DIRECTOR HICHEM MAYA, HEAD OF INDUSTRIES JOHN HATHAWAY, DIRECTOR GARTNER SAP MENA BEYONDTRUST EDITOR’S NOTE W elcome to Issue 10 of Intelligent Tech Channels. Our cover story this issue features Savitha Bhaskar, COO of Condo Protego, who not only contributes to our main feature, but we get to know a little more about her in our Channel Chiefs’ section. Gartner features in our Editor’s Comment section, in which it outlines three megatrends that will drive digital business into the next decade: artificial intelligence, transparently immersive experiences and digital platforms. Our big feature is all about Big Data and we have some great insights from leading experts about how partners can get involved and, at the same time, take advantage of lucrative opportunities. From a Regional Channels perspective, we focus on Oman and Seidor MENA, discovering how it’s building real time capabilities for regional hypermarkets. We also look at the product and solution portfolios of several of the leading distributors across the region. We bring you all your favourite intelligent features, covering cabling, cloud, datacentres, enterprise security, green technology, mobile technology and software business; and our Editor’s Question this issue asks for an overview of the market opportunities and regional channel partner programmes from Fortinet, Xerox and Epicor. In our Expert Speak section, BeyondTrust shares insights on where to start and how to proceed in achieving holistic enterprise password management. We have the usual industry appointments and market movement, and our channel chief this issue, alongside Savitha Bhaskar, is Sandeep Saihgal, the CEO and Co-founder of tchannl. In Final Word, Veritas warns us that worldwide, while GDPR-ready organisations believe they comply with the upcoming regulations, only two per cent actually are GDPR-compliant, revealing a distinct misunderstanding over regulation readiness. It’s been a great pleasure but, moving forward, I’m handing the magazine’s reins back to our Consulting Editor, Arun Shankar, while I concentrate on the design and production of our three magazines. We always enjoy hearing from you so if you would like to get in touch please send an email to arun@lynchpinmedia.co.uk. Enjoy the read! Pippa Sanderson Editor Managing Partner Richard Judd richard@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Managing Partner Stuart Lynch stuart@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Editor, ITC Pippa Sanderson pippa@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Consulting Editor Arun Shankar arun@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Editor, ICIO Africa Emily Freer emily@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Editor, ICIO Middle East Mark Bowen mark@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Group Sales Manager Luke Preece luke@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Graphic Designer Pippa Sanderson pippa@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Marketing & Content Development Manager Nick Onyett nick@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Lynchpin Media 2017 © Intelligent Tech Channels is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT professionals with an interest in the Middle East. If you wish to apply for regular free copies then please email info@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 5 Burnside Court Leominster Enterprise Park Herefordshire, HR6 0LX 7