Harish Chib, Vice President Middle East and Africa, Sophos, explains how channel partners can play a critical role in easing security pains for CSOs and help achieve synchronised security.

7 ways to take back control of your cloud strategy
Gaining visibility and control over cloud apps is the first step in putting IT professionals firmly in the driver’s seat with respect to cloud IT planning. Here are seven actions that will empower IT professionals in the cloud generation –

Why trust matters in the digital era
Megha Kumar, Senior Research Manager, Software and Enterprise Solutions, IDC Middle East, Turkey and Africa, explores the value of building a culture of confidence throughout the public and private sectors in the era of IoT and Blockchain.

The importance of IT and HR collaboration
IT and HR are both fundamental departments in every business and a lot of what they do directly impacts bottom line. We take a look at how collaboration between these two crucial business arms can further a business’ success.

Is your OS ready for the fourth Industrial Revolution?
Hozefa Saylawala, director, Middle East, Zebra Technologies, explores how a change in mobile operating system could make the difference in enabling the workforce of the future.

Turning ‘data chaos’ into value through digital transformation
Enterprises today have to be aware that they have ‘data chaos’ within their businesses, and they need to embrace this as part of their digital transformation.

Banking on digital natives
National Bank of Kuwait CDO Tariq Al Osaimi takes a look at the history books, and explains why the GCC’s exploding youth population demands a rethinking of the relationship between branches and technology in the region.

Cloud security’s today and tomorrow
Prof. Yale Li, Chief Cyber Security Evaluation Expert of Huawei Internal Cyber Security Lab and Chairman of Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Greater China Region, gives his take on increased collaboration for cloud security.

UAE hosts meeting of global IT security standards body
DarkMatter, together with ESMA and UAE NESA, is hosting the meeting of the global Information Technology (IT) security standards body in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Fast-paced facts
Andreas Simon, Regional Channel Director, EMEA and Markus Brinsa, Vice President, International Business Development and Alliances, Jedox, discuss the numerous business advantages analytics can bring, and shares how the technology has evolved over the years.

Go mobile
Mohsin Shah, Channel Sales Manager at Aruba, discusses how adopting mobile technologies can hugely benefit SMBs in staying connected everywhere.

Why opt for converged infrastructure?
EMC’s senior director of converged infrastructure, Brad Maltz, explains why enterprises are opting for converged infrastructure solutions.

The brains of digital banking
National Bank of Fujairah’s head of IT, Dr. Joseph George, relates effective digital banking strategy to the effects of the human body and brain.

The digital dissidents
How can organisations cope when a digitally empowered employee carries out activities that can negatively disrupt their businesses?