Reseller ME examines the importance of systems integration in today’s business and how SIs can evolve to meet customer expectations.

Powering up
With reports of around 2.5 quintillion bytes of data being created every day, organisations are now seeking ways to analyse, manage and store it. Software-defined storage (SDS) enables businesses to control storage infrastructures and offers flexibility to platforms among other aspects. Reseller ME explores how SDS can be more of a channel play.

Digital diagnosis
With medicine set to be administered after barcode scans, and all clinical devices hooked to the network, Qatar’s Sidra Medical and Research Centre is going purely digital. Chief Technology Officer, Michael LeRoy, was tasked with guiding the facility into the digital age.
Gearing the channel
Amanulla Khan, Managing Director, META, Linksys, urges resellers to evolve to solution providers to optimise business opportunities.

5 things you need to know about 5G
While it may still be years away, understanding how 5G will impact the enterprise now will help you plan accordingly. We bring you five points on how industry players can tap into the benefits of the technology.
The total offering
The newly-appointed General Manager of value-added distributor, Mindware, Gilbert Lacroix, shares plans for transforming the company into a true solutions player.

Jeroen Wisse’s passion for guest satisfaction at Accor Hotels
With hotel experience across Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, hospitality is Jeroen Wisse’s passion. The Accor Hotels Middle East IT Director draws on experience from a series of regional management roles, and tells CNME about his love of blending technical expertise and hotel know-how to drive guest satisfaction.

City-as-a-service
Habtoor City is almost live. The Business Bay complex features a trio of five-star hotels, a showstopping aqua-theatre and tennis academy. Mahmoud Kamal, Chief Information Officer, Habtoor Hotels, was tasked with delivering a fresh and powerful infrastructure that could satisfy the needs of an expected 20,000 daily visitors.

A blueprint for transformation
On the sidelines of recently held Avaya Technology Forum, Jean Turgeon, Vice President & Chief Technologist, Software Defined Architecture(SDA/SDN), Worldwide Sales, Avaya, spoke to us about the evolution of digital enterprise and networking trends.

The Ex factor
With 775 branches worldwide, UAE Exchange is a cornerstone in the remittance market. Determined to deliver an enhanced customer experience and improved back-end operations, CFO Pradeep Kumar opted for fresh budgeting and accounting solutions to keep track of the $25 billion in salaries that is transferred annually through its channels.

Future perfect
John McCarthy, who coined the term, defined Artificial Intelligence as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.’ Recently, intelligent machines – their creators, specifically – have taken leaps and bounds when it comes to meeting humans as equals in terms of processing power and the ability to make informed decisions.

Turning security inside out
Intel Security’s Raj Samani on his company’s commitment to help customers address the increasingly urgent need to shorten response time and simplified threat defence strategies.
Combatting cyber threats
Regional organisations need to have robust cybersecurity solutions in place to be prepared to face threats that are increasingly growing according to recent reports. Reseller ME investigates how channel partners can maximise opportunities present here.
Walk in the path of legends
Huawei Enterprise Business Group Middle East recently hosted its inaugural three-day CxO Council event organised in Abu Dhabi, offering an ideal platform for its partners to come together and acquaint themselves with the company’s strategies and ambitions for the year ahead.