Cisco is participating at GISEC 2015, which has opened today at the Dubai World Trade Centre and will run until April 28, 2015.
Cyberoam to showcase Layer 8 technology during GISEC
The security company intends to leverage the event to educate regional businesses and CXOs on its patented Layer 8 technology and shall showcase how IT and security teams in the region can benefit from Cyberoam’s network security innovations.

FVC sets up infrastructure and security division
FVC has formed a new IT Infrastructure & Security division to focus on expanding its portfolio to include technologies such …

Zain and Ericsson to implement Radio Dot System in Bahrain
Ericsson and Zain have recently announced a partnership which will see Ericsson’s Radio Dot System deployed in Bahrain.

Resilient Systems partners with Shifra
The Indicent Response Platform provider Resilient Systems (formerly known as Co3 Systems) has announced its partnership with information security value added …

Grand designs
With design projects including the award-winning film Avatar and Freedom Tower in New York City under its belt, software firm Autodesk’s aim is to make creativity and planning simple. Louay Dahmash, Head of Middle East, Autodesk, talks to CNME about the company’s direction and its cloud offerings.

Huawei launches solution quartet
Huawei today launched four new networking, storage and security solutions at Hannover’s CeBIT 2015 trade show.

IBM cloud chief keen on speed
IBM’s new man in charge of the cloud business is moving fast. “What I’m focusing on is speed,” said Robert LeBlanc, the new senior vice president for IBM Cloud. “Because the market continues to change, we have to get things to market quickly and then iterate.”
Riding the ‘seventh wave’
Reseller ME sits down with Fayez Ibbini, Founder and Managing Director, Alpha Data, to learn about market trends and what the company has in store for 2015.

Chambers vows VMware triumph as revenue climbs
Cisco Systems posted quarterly revenue and profit gains that included growth for its software-defined networking products, and Chairman and CEO John Chambers used the news to lay down the gauntlet to SDN rival VMware.

Dubious cause, dubious outcome
As Chief Information Security Officer of automated threat response firm CSG Invotas, Peter Clay always has his hands full. He tells CNME about his pain points, processes that can ease the burden on IT security, and the shortcomings that the industry faces.

Dubai gov summit: Smart Cities about human needs
A personal dashboard that plans the day ahead for you by evaluating preferences with real-time recommendations could soon be a reality, according to experts addressing the third Dubai Government Summit.

Deloitte: Mixed outlook for CIOs
Deloitte’s second global CIO Survey reveals a disparity between the excitement over, and proposed investment in, technology – and the role the CIO is playing in this transformation.
Paladion to host Saudi SOC conference
Information risk management firm Paladion Networks will hold its SOC Conference at InterContinental Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 9th February 2015 in association with HP Enterprise Security.

CIO 100 Award winners announced
CNME’s inaugural CIO 100 Awards ceremony took place yesterday, honouring the top 100 C-level IT talent from across the region.

Intersec 2015 draws to a close
Security and Safety tradeshow Intersec 2015 is in its third and final day at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

NSA ‘monitored North Korean networks’ since 2010
The U.S. National Security Agency has had a secret foothold for years in North Korea’s networks and saw signs of the Sony Pictures Entertainment attack but only in retrospect grasped its reach and depth, The New York Times has reported.

Fuelling up
It takes more than just full tanks to keep the UAE up and running. Ali Abdul Aziz Al Ali, Vice President, Information Technology Division, ADNOC Distribution, lets us in on the company’s many projects, and what filling up will look like in the future.

‘Fire drills’ essential in IT security
IT security ‘fire drills’ should be conducted regularly in organisations, in order to understand the appropriate course of action in advance of a breach, says Neil Campbell Group General Manager, Security Business Unit, Dimension Data.
‘Fire drills’ essential in IT security
IT security ‘fire drills’ should be conducted regularly in organisations, in order to understand the appropriate course of action in advance of a breach, says Neil Campbell Group General Manager, Security Business Unit, Dimension Data.


