EC News DeskOn September 1, Global CIO Forum in association with Riverbed and StarLink, successfully hosted the Qatar edition of the Network Transformation and Cloud Readiness WebSummit. The websummit discussed the upcoming wave in network transformation in Qatar. With government measures to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic still in effect in Qatar, organisations have had to prioritise IT investments that enable their employees to work from home.
The transition of employees to remote working arrangements has also meant that organisations must now ensure seamless and secure access to applications and data across the Internet and home networks.
Websummit topics
- How organisations can maximise network efficiency and expand network capacity with market-leading WAN optimisation technology
- How a unified performance monitoring solution provides deep and broad visibility and analytics
- How organisations can ensure the fastest, most reliable delivery of SaaS, cloud and on-premises applications
- How organisations can modernise their network with a software-defined architecture that delivers cloud-ready agility and cost savings
The speakers
The keynote speakers for the Qatar edition of the Network Transformation and Cloud ReadinessWebSummit were Salman Ali, Regional Technical Channel Manager, Middle East at Riverbed and Shahzad Hussain, Senior Presales Consultant at StarLink. The presentations were followed by a Q&A session.
About GCF Unite WebSummit
Global CIO Forum’s GCF Unite WebSummit is an online webinar that is aimed towards creating a global technology leaders’ community whose ultimate goal is to Integrate, Influence, Impact CIOs and tech leaders. The GCF Unite WebSummit will host a series of events in multiple chapters and 30+ countries featuring successful local tech leaders, CIOs, IT directors, innovators, educators and investors who share business leadership best practices, and lessons learned on the road to building great future with help of technocrats and technology.
About Global CIO Forum
The role of a CIO is one of the most critical one in today’s business and industry. Today, CIOs hold the future of innovation, productivity and competitiveness in their hands. At the Global CIO Forum, we not only provide our members with an exchange forum for best IT leadership strategies and practices to enhance business results, but we are also developing a strong voice to ensure that CIOs are represented at key industry and government decision tables. In other words: Integrate. Influence. Impact.
