ello and welcome to the April edition of Gigabit .

Our cover star this month is technology giant SAP . Speaking to Arlen Shenkman , Executive Vice President for Global Business Development and Ecosystems , Gigabit learns how the enterprise software company is gearing up for future growth with strategic acquisitions

and a winning portfolio .

“ Our objective was to do transformative acquisitions ,” said

Shenkman . “ With Ariba , Fieldglass

and Concur , SAP is the undisputed business network company .”

Next , we sit down with RagingWire Data Centers ’ Kevin Dalton and Joe Goldsmith , to learn how the firm has established itself as one of the largest wholesale data centre providers in the world .

Arlen Shenkman , Executive Vice President , SAP

Elsewhere , Darren Mowry , Director for Business Development at Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), explains how the company has established itself as a cloud computing titan . We also speak to Tien Zhou , one of the first business leaders to predict the rise of the subscription economy .

Now co-founder and CEO of Zuora , he forecasts how subscription services are set to disrupt almost every industry .

For our top 10 ranking this month , we discover the top 10 IoT trends you need to watch out for and we ’ ll also round up this month ’ s must attend events .

Don ’ t forget to also read our exclusive digital reports on ADP , Coupa Software , and more .

Enjoy the issue ! Laura Mullan .

laura . mullan @ bizclikmedia . com

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