On the sidelines of recently held Avaya Technology Forum, Jean Turgeon, Vice President & Chief Technologist, Software Defined Architecture(SDA/SDN), Worldwide Sales, Avaya, spoke to us about the evolution of digital enterprise and networking trends.
Safety first
Mid-March saw Huawei’s return to technology showpiece CeBit in Germany, with a booth that engulfed most of Hannover Exhibition Centre’s Hall 2. There, they put an emphasis on ‘Safe Cities’, making it clear that the Middle East is in their sights for a range of new solutions.
Riverbed enhances partner programme
The company is investing in incentives over the coming year to help partners expand across three key areas: building an embedded solution and services programme, driving joint engagement, and accelerating repeatable revenue in the smaller enterprise and mid-markets.
Ingram Micro attains Microsoft Silver Learning partnership
Attaining the Microsoft Learning competency exhibits partner expertise in Microsoft comprehensive training solutions.
Turning security inside out
Intel Security’s Raj Samani on his company’s commitment to help customers address the increasingly urgent need to shorten response time and simplified threat defence strategies.
Big data, big benefits
As organisations work to make Big Data broadly available in the form of easily consumable analytics, they should consider outsourcing functions to the cloud.
Help AG signs as Tenable Gold Partner
The agreement, which makes Help AG Tenable’s authorised gold partner for the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, will allow the systems integrator to offer the vendor’s suite of next-generation security solutions for continuous network monitoring and vulnerability management to enterprises in the region.
SUSE expands Middle East presence with Aptec partnership
SUSE has announced that Aptec, an Ingram Micro company, has recently joined its Partner Solution Provider Network as a value-added distributor.
Red Hat expands Red Hat Developer Programme
Red Hat has announced the availability of a no-cost Enterprise Linux subscription, available as part of the company’s Developer Programme.
Huawei inks IoT and Big Data alliance with SAP and Seidor MENA
Huawei has announced a regional joint innovation partnership with global enterprise software provider SAP and Seidor MENA, a systems integrator that provides ICT consulting services.
Bulwark reinforces security portfolio at GISEC
The company, represented by its team of local experts and key vendors, showcased an integrated range of security solutions and services for the IT Security industry including details of its track record of successful ventures across the Middle East region.
Security the Internet of Things
Gartner researchers predict that by 2020 we will have 25 billion connected devices. However, numerous devices still lack the fundamental security safeguards. How can you secure connected devices before it’s too late?
The Internet of secure things
Sebastien Pavie, Regional Director Identity and Data Protection, Gemalto, discusses their participation at this year’s GISEC and highlights the Internet of secure things.
Fortinet announces Network Security Academy
Fortinet has introduced the Fortinet Network Security Academy (FNSA), designed to develop and train action-oriented cybersecurity experts to manage new and advanced threats on the horizon.
Microsoft highlights security in IoT
At the Big Data Show taking place in Dubai World Trade Centre, alongside GISEC 2016, Microsoft is demonstrating the development in cloud technology. The company is showcasing live demos on Emotion Detection, IoT Remote Monitoring solutions and Social Analytics.
Changing times
Luke Brown, VP and GM, EMEA, Indian and LATAM, Digital Guardian, discusses the vast changes happening in the region’s threat landscape and how partners can take it as an opportunity to further their cybersecurity offerings.
Playing with fire
A10 Networks is flaunting its recently-launched Thunder Convergent Firewall, an “all-inclusive” security platform that consolidates data centre firewall (DCFW), Gi/SGi firewall, secure Web gateway and IPsec site-to-site VPN into one solution.
FireEye highlights threat detection and response solutions
FireEye plans to use the 2016 GISEC as a platform to educate customers on what they need to know when it comes to protecting themselves from cyberattacks.
Exclusive Networks debuts BigTec
Exclusive Networks is officially launching BigTec in the MEA, a value-added distributor for datacenter transformation, providing international market acceleration for a new breed of disruptive vendor technologies.
Kaspersky highlights critical infrastructure threats
Kaspersky Lab is showcasing its blended portfolio of enterprise security solutions and services at this year’s edition of GISEC.