𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 In the cover story of this edition of CXO DX, Hesham Tantawi, VP-MEA at ASBIS, shares how ASBIS has emerged as a powerhouse in IT distribution across the MEA region. Turn to pg 18 for the cover story ASBIS Middle East 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐞 Managing a complex multicloud landscape requires a sharp focus on governance, cost control, and business alignment. With insights from industry leaders, we look at the complexities of avoiding vendor lock-in, ensuring compliance across geographies, and building scalable, cost-efficient cloud ecosystems. Dive into the details on pg 14 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐶𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 Ramprakash Ramamoorthy from Zoho & ManageEngine talks about foundational AI models and the rise of AI agents. Flip to pg 22 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐩 & 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Michael C. from Synology on storage trends and meeting demand with next-gen backup appliances. More on pg 25 Also get to read thought leadership columns on several interesting topics: Retail, Reloaded! by 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧, AVP at Confluent, AI’s Ministry of Truth by 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥, SVP and Head of Strategy, Veeam Software The Road to Industry 5.0 by 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧, Chief Product Officer, IFS Zero Trust & DNS by 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚, Head of Solutions Architects, Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Infoblox and Bitcoin and the Scammer Threat by 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐡, VP Middle East, Türkiye & North Africa at Cloudflare 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 at https://lnkd.in/dUtvhB6k
