Dynamic defence

After a long summer break, CNME kicked off its long-anticipated event season with the return of the fifth annual Enterprise Security 360 Roadshow. Reaching Riyadh, Dubai and Doha, the show covered a range of issues that are never far from the thoughts of Middle Eastern CIOs. CNME reports from the UAE leg of the show.

UAE GDP to grow 4.2 percent in 2014

The UAE’s strong logistics and infrastructures will be a driving factor in the country’s expected GDP growth of of 4.2% in 2014 and 4.5% in 2015; while the country’s exports are expected to grow 6% in 2014 from $379 billion in 2013.

BDL Group to distribute Acer in UAE

The Dubai-headquartered distributor will deliver the vendor’s consumer and commercial range of products to its channel partners across UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Avira partners with emt Distribution for MENA

Global antivirus security player, Avira has entered into a definitive distribution agreement with emt Distribution to expand its channel base across Middle East and North Africa. The vendor aims to grow its presence and visibility to increase its market share in the region, with the support of the distribution channel base of emt Distribution.

Retail therapy

The retail landscape has transformed dramatically in the region as malls become a way of life. Reseller ME finds out from Neelesh Bhatnagar, CEO, Emax Electronics on what is next for the eight-year-old retailer as it reaches its 100th store milestone by 2017.

Differentiate by services

Venkat Raghavan, General Manager, Al-Futtaim Technologies, enlightens on the evolving role of systems integration in the regional IT environment and the way forward.

From bullets to bits

In addition to dealing with cybercriminals and hacktivists, enterprise security managers must pay increasing attention to avoid becoming collateral to nation-state cyber-warfare. Do recent high profile attacks on the region indicate that Middle Eastern businesses are at greater risk of attack, and what damage can cyber warfare inflict?

Strengthening partnerships

Maya Zakhour, Channel Director, Middle East, Fortinet, elaborates on her key responsibilities in widening the security vendor’s regional channel through strategic partners to reach out to a larger market base.

A fine line

Arun Chawla, CEO, Trigon, takes Reseller Middle East through the company’s growth stages and discusses how partners can expand business without hurting their bottom line.

Netwrix signs up Bulwark as ME VAD

Netwrix Corporation, a global provider of change and configuration auditing software, has expanded its presence in the Middle East by partnering with Bulwark Technologies, a regional value-added distributor for IT security.

emt Distribution partners with Ipswitch

emt Distribution has been appointed as the authorised distributor for WhatsUp Gold suite of network, application and server monitoring software from Ipswitch in the Middle East region. The distributor will be responsible for working with resellers across Middle East to train and help them build their Ipswitch business.

A class apart

Youssef Fawaz, Managing Director, Middle East, Dimension Data, discusses how the company’s managed cloud platform enables it to stand out from competition.

To boldly go

Ahmed Yahya, Chief Information Officer, Sheikh Khalifa Medical Centre, takes time out to speak to CNME about his career journey which led him to the Abu Dhabi firm.

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