Cyberoam has announced the appointment of Genx as its Platinum Partner for UAE. The appointment is part of Cyberoam’s expansion plan in Middle East – a cybersecurity market growing at a CAGR of 13 per cent and which is expected to be worth USD 10 billion by 2020.
At the helm
Having gone private a year-and-a-half ago, Dell is pitching its end-to-end integrated solutions, and has chalked out a go-to-market strategy with partners playing a key role in it. We sat down with Driss Elougmani, the new GM for Dell’s recently formed Middle East Turkey and Africa business to understand the channel implications.
emt Distribution, DenyAll partners with Gateworx
emt Distribution announced the appointment of Egypt-based IT distributor Gateworx as the in-country distributor for the complete suite for DenyAll.
ManageEngine highlighted its latest solutions at GISEC 2015
ManageEngine, participated at GISEC 2015 which was held recently at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Help AG’s participation at GISEC 2015
Help AG, participated at the recently held GISEC 2015, where they took part together with six of their vendor partners.
Fortinet to share insights on cyber security at GISEC 2015
Fortinet is participating at the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC), the Middle East’s essential IT Security Knowledge Platform, …
Gemalto’s 2015 Data Security Confidence Index released
The report reveals a widening gap emerging between the perception and the reality of perimeter security effectiveness among global IT decision makers.
Winning the IoT tug of war
In the next few years, businesses may live or die by IoT. Handle it well and your company thrives. Mess …
Advanced Threat Protection at GISEC 2015
Fortinet a global leader in high-performance cyber security – today announced that it will be present at the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC), the Middle East’s essential IT Security Knowledge Platform, taking place from April 26 to 28, 2015 at the Dubai World Trade and Convention Center.
Arduous advance
Shortly after joining Qatari firm Petroserv as Head of IT in April 2013, Mubarik Hussain was tasked with a business-wide IT overhaul. Two years later, he has been thrust into a high-powered transformation role in which he has encountered fierce resistance, and anxiously awaits results of a project which could be game-changing for the company.
Dimension Data named as Microsoft Skype for Business Global Elite Launch Partner
This follows today’s announcement by Microsoft that the next version of its communications and collaboration tool, Microsoft Lync – now called Skype for Business – will be ready for sale in the first half of 2015.
Safety on the go
There is no question that the use of mobile devices, both personally and professionally, are now not only convinient, but necessary for productivity. As the mobile technology develops, mobile security best practices must also adapt.
ManageEngine boosts network solutions
ManageEngine has today announced the latest versions of NetFlow Analyser, its real-time bandwidth and security analysis software, and Network Configuration Manager, its network change and configuration management (NCCM) solution.
82% of UAE IT Heads ‘extremely vulnerable’
Leading UAE IT decision-makers have agreed that cybersecurity threats are growing in intensity and scale across the region.
Cyberoam introduces User Threat Quotient
The new capability will enable the vendor’s resellers to fulfil demanding requirements on actionable security for critical security installations, according to the company.
China increases censorship with VPN crackdown
China is clamping down on unrestricted access to the Internet by blocking services that allow users to get around government censorship.
Dell announces new SonicPoint AC series
Dell has introduced the new SonicPoint AC Series of wireless access points, which supports the high-performance IEEE 802.11ac wireless standard to deliver almost three times that of the last wireless standard (802.11n).
StarLink signs distribution deal with Palo Alto Networks
Under the terms of the agreement, it will sell and support the vendor’s enterprise security platform offering through its network of channel partners to enterprise and government customers in the GCC.
Lessons learned
2014 has already gone down in history as the year of the data breach. As we move into the new year, what have we learned from our past that will aid us in the futures.
‘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.