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LYNCHPIN MEDIA TEAM MANAGING PARTNER Richard Judd richard@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7534 132 966 MANAGING PARTNER Stuart Lynch stuart@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7514 807 117 MANAGING EDITOR, EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO ME AND INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Mark Bowen mark@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2225 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO EUROPE AND ITC CONTRIBUTOR Alix Pressley alix@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2225 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO AFRICA AND ITC CONTRIBUTOR Paul Rogers paul@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3890 4084 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO INDIA EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CISO AND ITC CONTRIBUTOR HEAD OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION WEB AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER JUNIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER SALES DIRECTOR COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR SALES MANAGER Partha Srinivasan partha@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 909 681 6957 Jess Phillips jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 203 890 4069 Pippa Sanderson pippa@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Josh Peace josh@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Lorna Murphy lorna@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Fred Dubery fred@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 55 974 3800 Michal Zylinski michal@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +48 883 746 917 Lara Karkouti lara@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 56 593 0006 SALES EXECUTIVE Carlos Moreira carlos@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 738 8933276 MARKETING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER Curtis Driscoll curtis@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2536 COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Rajesh Gandhi rajesh@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +965 6601 3056 COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Feroz Tapiya feroz@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +965 6616 6052 COUNTRY MANAGER – INDIA Partha Srinivasan partha@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 909 681 6957 Lynchpin Media © 2018 Intelligent Tech Channels is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT professionals with an interest in the Middle East and Africa. If you wish to apply for regular free copies then please email: info@lynchpinmedia.co.uk CONTENTS // Issue 19 Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 5 Burnside Court Leominster Enterprise Park Herefordshire HR6 0LX 36 SECURITY IN-DEPTH 39 INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES 49 EDITOR’S QUESTION: How will the continued adoption of multi-cloud shape the market over the next five years? 52 EXPERT SPEAK: FVC helps customers on their Digital Transformation journeys 54 56 58 59 64 INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS MARKET MOVEMENT SOCIAL FOLLOWING CHANNEL CHIEFS FINAL WORD: How channel partners can mitigate risk for SMB customers 4