ISSUE # 7
60mins Day 4 – AM (2025)
What’s Inside
Security Operations Centres to face greater challenges in the coming year
0 25757SOCs to face greater challenges from cybercriminals targeting governments and media.
Ericsson focused on delivering differentiated connectivity in a more sustainable way
0 7Ante Mihovilovic, Vice President & Head of Networks - Europe, Middle East & Africa at Ericsson, spoke to CNME Editor Mark Forker during GITEX Global 2025. He outlined how the Swedish ICT vendor is pursuing its connectivity goals in a sustainable way, whilst he also highlighted the demand for ‘differentiated connectivity’ across the Middle East region.
Redington aligns with the UAE’s AI-First Vision
0 21Sukhil Nair, President – UAE, Redington, shared insights into the company’s GITEX showcase and how it is enabling partners and customers to embrace the next phase of digital transformation.
Seclore enhances data protection with intelligent capabilities
0 21On the sidelines of GITEX 2025, Vishal Gauri, Chief Executive Officer of Seclore, explained how the company’s mission is to secure information wherever it goes, ensuring true end-to-end data security in an increasingly borderless digital world.
BeyondTrust empowering security practitioners with the visibility to fight back against identity attacks
0 31John Hathaway, VP Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Asia Pacific, at BeyondTrust, spoke to CNME Editor Mark Forker to learn more about identity being the new ‘perimeter’ – and how BeyondTrust is mapping paths to privilege.
“The vision of BeyondTrust inspires me, and I’m so excited to help the company grow.” – Maya Zakhour, BeyondTrust
0 28CNME Editor Mark Forker sat down with Maya Zakhour, Director of Partner Ecosystem – MEA, at BeyondTrust, to learn more about her new role at the cybersecurity leader, why the vision of the company inspires her every day, and the importance of harnessing the channel community to help BeyondTrust grow across the Middle East region.
Pure Storage powers channel ecosystem and Dubai’s rise as a global tech hub
0 40Samer Semaan, Distribution & Alliances Director, META at Pure Storage, spoke to Sandhya D’Mello, Technology Editor, CPI Media Group, about the company’s commitment to partner development, Dubai’s evolving influence in the global tech landscape, and the growing adoption of subscription-based models that are transforming the future of data management.
Cloud Software Group GM reiterates the importance of building technology that puts humans front and centre
0 37Pierpaolo Taliento, General Manager at Cloud Software Group, told CNME Editor Mark Forker that one of the core principles of the company is to build technology that puts human dignity first, and serves business goals second, whilst he also stressed the importance of using AI ethically.
Seclore champions smarter data protection strategies amid UAE’s digital surge
0 29Justin Endres, Chief Revenue Officer at Seclore, shares his insights at GITEX Global 2025 on how the UAE’s bold digital vision is shaping the future of cybersecurity, the growing importance of intelligent data discovery, and why smart, scalable investments are key to achieving compliance and resilience in the AI era.
GBM Dubai Unveils Cloud X to Drive UAE’s AI-Powered Digital Transformation
0 32 Ossama El Samadoni, General Manager, GBM Dubai discusses the company’s latest innovation, Cloud X, launched at GITEX Global 2025. Built on IBM and Cisco technologies with GBM’s proprietary IP, Cloud X delivers automation, visibility, and intelligent infrastructure management. He also shares insights on the UAE’s national AI strategy, evolving data laws, and how Dubai’s leadership is shaping a more digital and efficient future.
Defence is everything – ExaGrid provides Airgapped & Immutable backups with full recovery
0 50At GITEX 2205, Mohamed Jaffrey, Director of Sales - ME, ExaGrid, speaks to Veronica Martin about the firm’s key launches and how they’re set to help customers reap incremental benefits in a landscape of resilience and trust.
Dataiku’s mission: Eliminate the risks of delivering Agentic AI at scale
0 41Veronica Martin spoke to Sid Bhatia, Area Vice President & General Manager, Dataiku, about how the Dataiku LLM Mesh is unique - and how it’s breaking new ground when it comes to compliance, accountability, and transparency.
Kaspersky puts the spotlight on Cyber Immunity and AI Capabilities
0 47On the sidelines of the show, Emad Haffar, Head of Technical Experts, Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa at Kaspersky, discussed the company’s focus areas at GITEX and how it is supporting the region’s growing AI ambitions.
“Our ability to continuously innovate has been key to our sustained market success.” – Sakkeer Hussain, D-Link Middle East & Africa
0 48Sakkeer Hussain, Director - Sales and Marketing at D-Link Middle East & Africa, tells CNME Editor Mark Forker, that its ability to be agile, adaptable and to innovate in new areas has been central to their 35-year career in the market.
Infor giving its customers the ‘velocity’ to scale and harness the capabilities of AI
0 47Phil Lewis, Senior Vice President, Solution Consulting International, EMEA & APJ, sat down for a candid conversation with CNME Editor Mark Forker during GITEX Global 2025. Lewis highlighted the impact its Velocity Suite is having in terms of making process innovation easy.
We need to have ‘Zero Trust Everywhere’ to help businesses scale securely
0 49Vinay, Polurouthu, Product Management Director at Zscaler, told CNME Editor Mark Forker that enterprises have to adopt a policy of Zero Trust Everywhere to ensure secure scalability and remove the complexity of IT operations.
Citrix SVP outlines how the company is much more than a VDI solution provider
0 48CNME Editor Mark Forker spoke to Den Sullivan, SVP of International Markets at Citrix, who outlined how the company is more than just a leader in VDI solutions, and outlined how they are leveraging AI to ensure they deliver secure collaboration for their customers.
SolarWinds stress the need to find the ‘right partner’ to drive new growth across the Middle East
0 48Laurent Delattre, VP Sales EMEA, at SolarWinds, highlighted the significance of the launch of its new product and the importance of finding the right channel partners in the Middle East
“With AI the hype is real, but I do think we need to lower expectations.” – Thomas Rizkallah, Cloud Software Group
0 45Thomas Rizkallah, Regional Director MENA, at Cloud Software Group, explains to CNME Editor Mark Forker how Citrix is repositioning itself in the market and said that investors need to lower expectations when it comes to AI.
Don’t miss the highlights from the exceptional Future Enterprise Awards 2025
0 112The Future Enterprise Awards 2025 is designed to celebrate both IT leaders and enterprises that have demonstrated excellence over the last 12 months in their respective fields.
A partner-first approach with global vendors sets VAD Technologies apart
0 54At GITEX 2025, Jithin Varghese, Head of the High-Performance Business Unit, Middle East and Emerging Africa, VAD Technologies, speaks about the importance of delivering data-driven solutions that fully empower customers’ ROI.
Deloitte expands Silicon-to-Service AI platform to Mideast with Dell, NVIDIA
0 61Yousef Barkawie, Partner in Engineering, AI & Data at Deloitte Middle East, shares insights on how the Silicon-to-Service (S2S) platform …
Sophos highlights AI-era threats and human resilience in cybersecurity
0 66Field CISO John Shier discusses Sophos’ new UAE Data Centre, emerging adversary tactics, and the growing need for a people-centric security culture that blends human resilience with advanced AI defences to ensure long-term cybersecurity sustainability.
Humans and AI must collaborate to shape new workforce, says top Citrix official
0 70François Van Deventer, Director & CTO - Emerging Markets - Eastern Europe, Turkey, MENA, Africa at Citrix, spoke during GITEX Global 2025 on how AI has moved from experimentation to execution, rising risk of agentic AI as an insider threat, and how Citrix is helping organisations build secure and intelligent workplaces.
Infor leads the next wave of Industry Cloud Innovation across the Middle East
0 88Speaking to Tahawul Tech, Khaled Al Shami, Vice President for Strategic Solution Consulting – EMEA at Infor, said he believes that technology should be both purposeful and deeply aligned with industry needs.
Logitech introduces new Zone Headsets to help workers
0 83Both headsets offer adaptive hybrid ANC that intelligently adjusts the noise cancellation level in real time to adapt to any environment.
Raqmiyat explains their core tenets of operate, compete and grow
0 75CNME Editor Mark Forker spoke to Bahaa Indary, General Manager of Raqmiyat, who outlined how the IT leader is empowering enterprises to not just adapt, but to lead, and stressed how they see AI not just as a layer, but as a transformative force.
Finesse and LinkShadow announce strategic partnership to strengthen Enterprise Cybersecurity
0 153Finesse, a leading AI Transformation and Cybersecurity company, and LinkShadow, a pioneer in unified cybersecurity, recently announced a strategic partnership to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions to enterprises.
Almoayyed Computers double-down on its commitment to the UAE, and highlight the role they will play in helping the nation achieve its AI infrastructure objectives
0 79CNME Editor Mark Forker spoke to K. Giridhar, General Manager - Sales at Almoayyed Computers, about their presence at GITEX Global 2025, their strategy to continue their expansion across the region - and what role they will play in helping to build the AI infrastructure needed to fuel the AI era.
ServiceNow Unveils Unified ‘AI Experience’ to Drive Enterprise Transformation
0 113William O’Neill, General Manager and Vice President, GCC, ServiceNow, spoke to Deepa V Narwani on the sidelines of GITEX 2025 …