Having joined Juniper Networks as Director Partner Sales, Middle East and Africa, earlier this year, Claire Jones shares company updates and the way forward for channel partners.
Veeam puts spotlight on availability in the digital era
During the recently held VeeamOn Forum that took place at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, industry experts discussed how digital transformation is impacting businesses in the Middle East and the growing importance of availability for the ‘Always-on’ business.
Forrester ranks Palo Alto as leader for malware analysis
Palo Alto Networks has recently announced that its WildFire offering was recognised by Forrester Research as a leader among automated malware analysis providers.
Fortinet unveils new FortiGate 6040E enterprise firewall
Fortinet has announced the expansion of its Security Fabric with introduction of the FortiGate 6040E enterprise firewall.
Doubling profits
Sachin Bhardwaj, eHosting DataFort, Director, Marketing and Business Development, explains how managed hosting services can help SMBs stand out from competition.
Kodak Alaris appoints new president
Kodak Alaris has appointed Rick Costanzo as the new President and General Manager of the company’s Information Management (IM) division.
IBM expands flash storage portfolio
IBM has announced an expansion of its flash storage portfolio to help clients more quickly extract value from data so it can be turned into a competitive advantage.
Commvault to support AWS Snowball
Commvault has announced support of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Snowball, a secure petabyte-scale data transport solution to migrate large amounts of data into and out of the AWS Cloud.
Interactive Intelligence deploys Red Hat OpenStack and Ceph
Red Hat has announced that Interactive Intelligence has moved its all-in-one omnichannel customer engagement cloud service, Communications as a Service (CaaS), to an OpenStack and Ceph-based private cloud from Red Hat.
IDC ranks Dell as leader in delivering secure thin client solutions
Dell has announced that the latest IDC figures recognised them as the leading supplier of zero clients and ThinOS solutions in 2015.
Qualys highlights new technologies at annual conference
Qualys has showcased the latest technologies at the Qualys Security Conference (QSC) that recently took place at the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai.
‘Dell Technologies’ to emerge from Dell-EMC merger
Michael Dell today announced at EMC World 2016 that once its $67 billion merger with EMC has closed, the new company will be called ‘Dell Technologies’.
Huawei solidifies commitment to partner ecosystem
Huawei has announced the latest channel developments in its ‘Transforming Together 2.0’ strategy for the Middle East during its Partner Summit 2016.
StorIT, Commvault ink distribution deal
According to the agreement, StorIT will promote and distribute Commvault’s range of solutions for data protection, backup and recovery; cloud and infrastructure management; and retention and compliance through its extensive channel network of value-added resellers and systems integrators across the region.
Gartner research puts spotlight on global IoT security spending
According to the latest research by Gartner, worldwide spending on Internet of Things (IoT) security will reach $348 million in 2016, a 23.7 percent increase from 2015 spending of $281.5 million.
STME to increase cybersecurity offerings
STME has announced that it will be focusing on improving and increasing the number of its products and services to combat increasing cyber security threats and challenges.
Juniper Networks announces additions to its virtual security portfolio
Juniper Networks has announced several additions to its cloud and virtualised service offerings as part of its Software-Defined Secure Networks (SDSN) framework.
Fortinet unveils Security Fabric
Fortinet has unveiled its Security Fabric, an integrated, collaborative, and adaptive architecture designed to deliver distributed security for global enterprises providing protections against threats from IoT and remote devices, through the infrastructure core, and into the cloud.
The evolution of the workspace
Marco Landi, Polycom President, EMEA, discusses how today’s workspace is evolving in terms of the adoption of unified communications and consumer solutions.
Veeam reports double digit growth in Q1 2016
Veeam Software has announced a 24 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in total bookings revenue for Q1 2016.