Adrian Pickering, Area Vice President, MEA, and Mario Georgiou, Area Partner Director, MEA, from Juniper Networks discuss the company’s partner strategy and the way forward
Starlink partners with Venafi
Through the partnership, the distributor will deliver Venafi products and solutions for Middle East, Turkey and Africa customers through its channel partners.
Westcon wins ‘MEA Commercial Distributor Partner of the Year 2013’
Juniper Networks has awarded Westcon Group at its annual Middle East & Africa regional partner summit in Dubai, U.A.E. The award recognises partners who have made the most notable contribution to their customers and have expanded their business value with Juniper throughout 2013.
Senators call on FTC to investigate Target breach
A U.S. senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Target’s security practices after the large retailer reported a data breach affecting 40 million customer credit and debit cards.
IDC: Africa to attract more ICT investment in 2014
Investments in ICT are expect to increase in 2014 in Africa as both public and private spending rises and local content businesses partner with larger operators and tech companies, according to IDC.
Symantec appoints new CTO
Symantec has announced the appointment of Amit Mital as Chief Technology Officer, who will be responsible for technology strategy, focusing on innovation, product development and R&D.
Symantec releases updated Storage Foundation software
The new version enables data centres to adopt SSDs while leveraging existing storage investments.
A class of its own
All-in-one colour printers have been gaining popularity in the last few years. Reseller ME analyses why and how it impacts the channel.
Looking ahead
Condo Protego CEO Andrew Calthorpe puts the spotlight on some of the key trends likely to make a mark in 2014.
HM Treasury launches £255m framework for new “multi-sourced” IT model
HM Treasury is inviting suppliers to tender for a place on a new framework worth up to £255 million, which will help the department move away from a single-supplier outsourcing model for its IT and towards a “multi-sourced” supply chain.
Symantec appoints Amit Mital as CTO
He will be responsible for driving the company’s technology strategy with a focus on accelerating innovation, product development and R&D.
Comguard partners with Netsweeper
The new business unit will focus on internet content filtering and web threat management solutions in the enterprise, education, and government sectors.
Reuters report on NSA ‘secret’ payments to RSA fuels encryption controversy
The U.S. National Security Agency paid US$10 million to vendor RSA in a “secret” deal to incorporate a deliberately flawed encryption algorithm into widely used security software, according to a Reuters report that is reigniting controversy about the government’s involvement in setting security standards.
Symantec announces Storage Foundation update
Symantec today announced a new version of its Storage Foundation software, enabling data centres to leverage Solid State Drives “In ways that could allow customers to access mission critical data and applications 400 percent faster than traditional Storage Area Networks.”
EMC: EMEA Predictions for 2014
The following predictions from Havier Haddad, Channel and Alliances Director , Turkey, Emerging Africa & Middle East, EMC are highlighting the big trends, changes and issues affecting the EMEA technology channel in 2014 and covering what Haddad believes will happen in the industry over the next year.
SophosLabs’ trends to watch in 2014
Major technology developments over the last year—and a series of revelations about the National Security Agency that shook the international security community—made 2013 an interesting year. In highlighting the past year’s security events, we’ve considered some emerging trends we are likely to see in the coming year.
Kaspersky Lab: global internet threat up 6.9 percent in 2013
The overall global Internet threat level grew by 6.9 percentage points in 2013, with 41.6 percent of user computers being attacked at least once, according to Kaspersky Lab.
Banks must ‘significantly upgrade’ IT systems for risk compliance, says Basel Committee
Banks are unable to adequately assess financial risk due to delays in upgrading IT systems, according to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Oracle to buy marketing software vendor Responsys for $1.5 billion
Oracle is set to acquire business-to-consumer marketing software vendor Responsys for US$1.5 billion in a bid to flesh out its own capabilities as well as strike back at rivals such as Salesforce.com and Microsoft.
Intel to acquire wireless assets of Mindspeed Technologies
Intel is taking steps to acquire wireless assets in order to compete with chip rivals such as Qualcomm and Mellanox in the mobile device and data centre market.