Fortinet has announced the winners of this year’s top partner awards. This year’s award ceremony was held at the company’s Global Partner Conference.

Cisco Annual Security Report reveals decline in defender confidence
The Cisco 2016 Annual Security Report reveals that only 45 percent of organisations worldwide are confident in their security posture as today’s attackers launch more sophisticated, bold and resilient campaigns.
Etisalat to offer 4G LTE Mi smart devices
Etisalat announced that it will exclusively introduce the latest 4G LTE Mi smart devices from the Xiaomi stable for its UAE customers.

Etisalat to offer 4G LTE Mi devices
Etisalat announced that it will exclusively introduce the latest 4G LTE Mi smart devices from the Xiaomi stable for its UAE customers.
Digital defence
Matt Gyde, Dimension Data’s Group Executive, Security Business Unit, outlines key IT cyber-security trends to look out for in this year.
Western Digital announces new surveillance storage provider programme
Western Digital announced the myWD Certified Surveillance Storage Provider Programme, designed to offer a variety of benefits for the security and surveillance channel network.

Polycom introduces new collaboration software solution
The RealPresence Clariti, according to the company, is a simple and cloud-ready collaboration infrastructure software that can support a broad selection of collaboration ecosystems and a streamlined licensing model.

EMC showcases video surveillance solutions
EMC is showcasing its open, flexible, edge-to-core video surveillance solutions for enterprises to store, manage and access high-resolution digital videos at the ongoing Intersec trade show.
Business buoyancy
Reseller ME explores the opportunities present in the Qatar market and how channel partners can look at expanding their business.

Tipping the scale
In 2014, Gartner coined the term ‘Web-scale IT’ and predicted that by 2017 it will be an architectural approach found functioning in 50 percent of enterprises globally. With the unprecedented rise of an inevitable data-driven world, this IT approach is expected to help businesses achieve the agility, scalability and business growth that meet rising industry demands.

‘MAD’ for mobile
Cathal McGloin, Vice President, Mobile Platforms, Red Hat, speaks about the challenges brought by the mobile age when it comes to securely linking applications to core systems of record.
Building profits
Vibhu Kapoor, Director, Channel Recruitment and Enablement, Middle East and India, Infor, advises how channel partners can stay relevant to optimise market opportunities.
Into the future
Industry experts examine the current market scenario and predicts what’s in store over the course of 2016.

The evolution of the CIO
The term ‘chief information officer’ was coined in 1981, even then CIOs were always meant to be strategists. Here are three new roles CIOs are undertaking.

Ease of exchange
Saxo Bank’s Group CFO Steen Blaafalk discusses the opportunities for foreign exchange trading in the Middle East and the power of technology platforms in the space.

Future focused
Jerry Kenelly, CEO, Riverbed Technology, sat down with CNME on his most recent visit to Dubai to discuss his futurist strategy and how going private has impacted the company.
Palo Alto ME releases 2016 cyber security trends
Saeed Agha, General Manager, Palo Alto Networks Middle East, recently revealed a few cybersecurity trends that the company foresees this year.
CriticalArc to take part at Intersec 2016
CriticalArc announces its participation at Intersec in Dubai where it will demonstrate its pioneering SafeZone safety solution.
Exclusive Networks ME announces new management
Nathan Clements and Frederic Denoyel take over the management of the business as Fari Boustanchi adopts Exclusive Group ambassadorial role

Careem to highlight innovation at Ericsson Change-Makers Forum
Ericsson has announced that Magnus Olsson, Co-founder and CEO, Careem, will deliver a keynote speech about the ideas that changed the world at the Ericsson Change-Makers Forum.