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## Chris Gabriel

### Recent Posts

## [Making predictions in an unpredictable world](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/2017-tech-predictions)

[December 12, 2016](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*In the year of Brexit and Trump, Chris Gabriel, Chief Digital Officer for Logicalis Europe predicts that electronic digital crime will explode, data privacy breaches will claim scalps, automation...*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/2017-tech-predictions)

 Tags [Security](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/security), [Data Protection and Privacy](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/data-protection-and-privacy), [internet of things](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/internet-of-things), [IT Trends](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-trends-2), [IoT](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/iot), [data security](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/data-security), [Internet of Things](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/internet-of-things-2), [Open Source](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/open-source)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2016-10-21-at-09_59_53.png)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/security-blog-cisco-partner-summit-2016)

## [Security: Don’t just keep up, keep house - a blog from the Cisco Partner Summit 2016](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/security-blog-cisco-partner-summit-2016)

[November 2, 2016](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*Chris Gabriel explains why CIOs are worried about threats from Ransomware to Ghostware put Network Security Investment as their #1 Priority – and why Cisco research shows they also need to keep...*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/security-blog-cisco-partner-summit-2016)

 Tags [Security](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/security), [Cisco](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/cisco), [Cyber Security](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/cyber-security), [CIO Survey](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/cio-survey)

## [CDOs’ mission incomplete](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/cdo-mission-incomplete)

[October 24, 2016](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*Chris Gabriel, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at Logicalis Europe, takes a look at the role of the CDO and why, just possibly, the CDO may outlast the CTO and CIO.*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/cdo-mission-incomplete)

 Tags [Digital Transformation](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/digital-transformation), [Digital](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/digital), [CDO](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/cdo), [IT Transformation](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-transformation)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/robot-boss-300x300.jpg)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/dystopian-technology-predictions)

## [Rumours of a dystopian future are greatly exaggerated…](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/dystopian-technology-predictions)

[January 11, 2016](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

**Rumours of a dystopian future are greatly exaggerated…**

*Chris Gabriel, Chief Digital Officer Europe for Logicalis, considers some of the more challenging technology predictions for the next two years,...*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/dystopian-technology-predictions)

 Tags [Technology predictions](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/technology-predictions), [Smart Buildings](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/smart-buildings), [IT Trends](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-trends-2), [robo-boss](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/robo-boss), [Internet of Things](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/internet-of-things-2), [wearables](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/wearables)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/10363075_s-300x300.jpg)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/technology-christmas-gifts)

## [Christmas gifts and the tech leaders of the future](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/technology-christmas-gifts)

[December 7, 2015](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*Chris Gabriel takes a look at technology based Christmas gifts and how the IT leaders of the future may well be influenced by what they receive this year.*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/technology-christmas-gifts)

 Tags [IT Leadership](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-leadership), [technology innovation](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/technology-innovation), [IT leaders](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-leaders), [IT trends](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-trends), [IT Trends](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-trends-2), [IT executives](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-executives)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GoT_v_IoT.jpg)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/got-valuable-global-economy-iot)

## [Why the GoT is more valuable to the global economy than the IoT](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/got-valuable-global-economy-iot)

[April 27, 2015](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*A free gift, a smart 11 year-old and a lightbulb moment have Chris Gabriel asking if the Generation of Things (GoT) is of greater value to the world's economies than the Internet of Things (IoT).*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/got-valuable-global-economy-iot)

 Tags [Uncategorised](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/uncategorized)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-19_03_54-300x182-2.png)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/sdx-software-defined-city)

## [SDx and The Software Defined City](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/sdx-software-defined-city)

[April 20, 2015](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*Chris Gabriel looks at how a UK city is deploying SDN to create a technology-agnostic citywide network that will allow driverless car experiments, traffic and environmental sensor networks, and smart...*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/sdx-software-defined-city)

 Tags [SDx](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/sdx), [Software Defined Networking](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/software-defined-networking), [SDN](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/sdn)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2015-03-23-at-18_50_41-221x300.png)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/realtime-generation-2015)

## [The ‘Generation of Things’ Has Arrived](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/realtime-generation-2015)

[March 24, 2015](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

 Realtime Generation 2015

*Chris Gabriel looks at Logicalis UK's seventh Realtime Generation survey of UK teens. With smart cities, the IoT and wearables already upon us, it’s the most revealing...*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/realtime-generation-2015)

 Tags [Uncategorised](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/uncategorized)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/BYOD-1.jpg)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/byod)

## [Taking on the BYOD Influx](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/byod)

[February 23, 2015](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*Chris Gabriel argues that businesses will, sooner or later, be forced to embrace BYOD and offers a series of tips for anyone preparing the ground for a productive, collaborative, yet secure BYOD...*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/byod)

 Tags [BYOD](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/byod), [Strategy](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/strategy)

[![](https://insights.logicalis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/sdn_skills-1.gif)](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/the-new-skills-planning-for-a-service-orientated-future-sdx)

## [The new skills: Planning for a service orientated future](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/the-new-skills-planning-for-a-service-orientated-future-sdx)

[January 26, 2015](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/author/chrisgabriel)

*Chris Gabriel, CTO at Logicalis UK, assesses the extent to which CIOs’ medium term focus on software defined technologies (SDx) and desire to transform IT departments into internal service providers...*

[Continue Reading ››](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/the-new-skills-planning-for-a-service-orientated-future-sdx)

 Tags [SDx](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/sdx), [Service Defined Enterprise](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/service-defined-enterprise), [IT Trends](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/it-trends-2), [ITSM](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/itsm), [SDN](https://insights.logicalis.com/blog/topic/sdn)

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