According to a recent study by Gartner, CIOs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are ideally positioned to become global leaders in digital transformation and innovation.

According to a recent study by Gartner, CIOs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are ideally positioned to become global leaders in digital transformation and innovation.
With over 20,000 employees on its books and an increasingly international sales team to support, CIO Marco van de Sandt has built the foundations of technological change at alfanar, which is now reaping the benefits.
In partnership with TransSys Solutions, CNME hosted a roundtable discussion centred around how organisations can maximise business value by incorporating customer experience into their digital initiatives.
Wael El Kabbany, Vice President for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean at BT Global Services, discusses how digitalisation is rapidly transforming businesses and the CIO’s role.
Nominations deadline for CNME’s third annual CIO 100 Awards has been extended to 22nd January 2017.
According eSecurityDen, making the right decision is becoming increasing complex and demanding for the CIO’s of regional organisations.
Driven to develop its diversified business, transport and logistics provider Al Sahraa Group has developed in-house software to provide better accountability of its processes, which has enabled the firm to build a duo of sleek customer-facing apps.
Overcoming fierce opposition from the world’s most patriarchal government, dismissive colleagues and Saudi Arabia’s formidable religious police, Dr Arwa Yousuf Al-Aama now sits as a King Abdulaziz University computer science professor, CIO for Jeddah Municipality and a shining example for defying expectation.
Aligning with the business’s digital transformation vision, Gulftainer’s IT department has recently rolled out SAP S4/HANA to provide ‘real-time’ insights into key business decisions. As one of the first Middle East customers to go live with the solution in September, Group IT Head Vinay Sharma reflects on the benefits that are expected to come.
Aruba has announced that it will be launching its ‘Aruba Mobile-First Platform’ during its participation at GITEX Technology Week.
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