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CONTENTS // Issue 24 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, INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS AND INTELLIGENT CIO KUWAIT 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 3890 4085 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO AFRICA AND ITC CONTRIBUTOR Paul Rogers paul@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3890 4084 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO INDIA EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CISO, INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES AND ITC CONTRIBUTOR Partha Srinivasan partha@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 909 681 6957 Jess Phillips jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 203 890 4069 HEAD OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Pippa Sanderson pippa@lynchpinmedia.co.uk HEAD OF DIGITAL SERVICES Charles Brandreth charles@lynchpinmedia.co.uk WEB AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR SALES MANAGER Josh Peace josh@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Michal Zylinski michal@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +48 883 746 917 Amy Poole amy@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 52 883 0211 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 © 2019 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 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: What practices should organisations adopt in order to protect their data? 52 EXPERT SPEAK: Multi-cloud – the offerings are endless for channel partners 54 56 58 59 64 INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS MARKET MOVEMENT SOCIAL FOLLOWING CHANNEL CHIEFS FINAL WORD: F5 Networks champions ‘application capital’ in UAE 4