Tim Armandpour, VP, Engineering, PagerDuty, gives his take on how IT leaders can negotiate good service level agreements with vendors.
Responding to non-human customers
Billions of things – buildings, machines, devices and other materials embedded with sensors — will begin to request support on behalf of human customers during the next two years, so how should businesses respond?
Micro management
Marshall Choy, Oracle’s VP of systems solutions engineering, tells James Dartnell about the firm’s incorporation of security and analytics into its latest microprocessor.
Open prospects
Frank Basinski, Director, Partner Programs and Enablement, Red Hat EMEA, explains how open source can be an enabler in the digital era.
Can we trust smart technology?
Automation is convenient and seemingly brilliant, but does that mean we should be handing over all responsibility to the machines?
Building safe cities
Mohammad Allataifeh, Director, Public Safety and Safe City, Huawei Enterprise, Middle East, discusses how today’s ICT solutions can further enable public safety and security.
Reap the benefits
Whilst launching Epicor’s new cloud-first strategy in the region, Sabby Gill, EVP, gave CNME an insight into how enterprises can hope to see the benefits of ERP applications moving from on premise to the cloud.
Building safe cities
As cities and populations grow, added strain is placed on infrastructure, while opportunities for criminals are also more abundant. This is why governments are narrowing their focus on public safety and security, and setting aside more funds to help keep citizens safe.
All set for IoT
Drue Reeves, Managing Vice President and distinguished analyst, Gartner, shares his insights on how enterprises can prepare for the inevitable Internet of Things.
5 things you should know about blockchain
Blockchain technology backs up Bitcoin to this day. In line with this, there’s been an increased interest from a variety of industries looking to optimise it. But how much do we really know about this technology?
Are we running out of wifi?
As the use of wireless connectivity increases across the globe – and increases at such a startling rate – bandwidth is being squeezed. Bart Saelets, Solution Architect, F5, investigates whether we really are heading towards a ‘capacity crunch.’
Keeping up with the trends
Marco Landi, president, EMEA, Polycom, discusses the changing purchasing trends in the IT industry and shares insights on how Middle East vendors can keep up with the shift.
Tech responsibility
Laurent Marini, Managing Director, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain, Orange Business Services, gives his take on why the corrosive effects of climate change need to be reversed through smart technology.
Algorithms: redefining business architecture
Steve Prentice, vice president and Gartner fellow, explores the opportunities and challenges brought by an algorithm-defined enterprise.