CELEBRATING CHANGE MAKERS

CXO INSIGHT MIDDLE EAST HOSTED THE FIFTH EDITION OF CXO 50 AWARDS AND CONCLAVE AT SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, DUBAI, TO HONOUR IT LEADERS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE IN LEADING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE AND TECH INNOVATION.

Sponsored by Gold Partners: Cloudflare, Fortinet, Infor, Proven Solution, and silver partners: Nutanix, D-Link, Checkmarx, SolarWinds, Finesse, Teksalah, Redington, EMT, Cloudbox Technologies, Visiontech, Syscom Distribution, Real Secure, and MDS – the CXO 50 Awards rallied together some of the top CXOs in the region.

Sebastian Samuel, CIO of AW Rostamani, kicked off the conclave with a keynote address on the top strategic technology trends for the future. “Since the future is unclear, organisations must create secure foundations, maximize value from data, protect and grow your brand, attract and retain talent, grow revenue, and accelerate digital,” he said.

Following this, Arti Gupta, Bharat Raigangar, and Arun Tewary, shared insights into how to secure digital transformation. Supported by various real-life scenarios, the speakers enlightened the audience on working cohesively and holistically to deliver customer experiences on their secure digital transformation journey.

Next up was the insightful panel discussion, where panel members delved into the key technologies that are set to shape digital transformation in 2023. Moderated by Jeevan Thankappan,

Managing Editor at Insight Media and Publishing and CXO Insight Middle East, the panel featured Bashar Bashaireh, managing director of Cloudflare; Fadi Yehia, regional director of Fortinet; Khaled Alshami, VP of solution consulting at Infor; and Pavel Makarevich, emerging technologies expert at Proven Solution.