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EDITOR’S COMMENT
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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
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Editor, ITC
Pippa Sanderson
pippa@lynchpinmedia.co.uk
Consulting Editor
Arun Shankar
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Editor, ICIO Africa
Emily Freer
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Editor, ICIO Middle East
Mark Bowen
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Group Sales Manager
Luke Preece
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Graphic Designer
Pippa Sanderson
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Marketing & Content
Development Manager
Nick Onyett
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