Reseller Middle East has announced the panel of judges for its upcoming Partner Excellence Awards, which will be held on 25th May 2016 at Jumeirah Emirates Towers. Now in its seventh edition, the awards programme has, over the years, been one of the most anticipated event in the regional channel community.

‘Dell Technologies’ to emerge from Dell-EMC merger
Michael Dell today announced at EMC World 2016 that once its $67 billion merger with EMC has closed, the new company will be called ‘Dell Technologies’.
Huawei solidifies commitment to partner ecosystem
Huawei has announced the latest channel developments in its ‘Transforming Together 2.0’ strategy for the Middle East during its Partner Summit 2016.
StorIT, Commvault ink distribution deal
According to the agreement, StorIT will promote and distribute Commvault’s range of solutions for data protection, backup and recovery; cloud and infrastructure management; and retention and compliance through its extensive channel network of value-added resellers and systems integrators across the region.
Canon unveils 12 new products and solutions
Canon Middle East has, last month, strengthened their business-to-business (B2B) offering with the launch of 12 new B2B products and solutions. The new technologies were launched during an exclusive ‘Canon for Business’ event, which was attended by 150 C-level executives, IT chiefs, partners and key decision makers.

Gartner research puts spotlight on global IoT security spending
According to the latest research by Gartner, worldwide spending on Internet of Things (IoT) security will reach $348 million in 2016, a 23.7 percent increase from 2015 spending of $281.5 million.
Reseller MEet powers new alliances
Reseller Middle East has successfully concluded the second edition of its channel networking event – Reseller MEet.
Huawei, FDC International partner to support SMEs
Huawei has appointed FDC International as regional volume distributor in the Middle East to support the growing need by SMEs for new ICT solutions that enable them to access enterprise level ICT capability.
Fortinet unveils Security Fabric
Fortinet has unveiled its Security Fabric, an integrated, collaborative, and adaptive architecture designed to deliver distributed security for global enterprises providing protections against threats from IoT and remote devices, through the infrastructure core, and into the cloud.

Cisco, Rockwell Automation collaborate for industrial IoT security
Cisco and Rockwell Automation have announced a strategic collaboration deal to develop a deep-packet-inspection (DPI) technology for use in industrial security appliances.

The evolution of the workspace
Marco Landi, Polycom President, EMEA, discusses how today’s workspace is evolving in terms of the adoption of unified communications and consumer solutions.
Veeam reports double digit growth in Q1 2016
Veeam Software has announced a 24 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in total bookings revenue for Q1 2016.
Reseller MEet to open new avenues for channel partnerships
Reseller Middle East’s enterprise channel networking event, Reseller MEet, returns this April with more than 150 participants scheduled for one-to-one meetings.

Network security – it’s everybody’s business!
Maan Al-Shakarchi, Networking Lead, Europe and AMEA, Avaya, discusses the recent breach experienced by the Bangladesh Central Bank and shares insights on the importance of having a good network security in place.

Network security – it’s everybody’s business!
Maan Al-Shakarchi, Networking Lead, Europe and AMEA, Avaya, discusses the recent breach experienced by the Bangladesh Central Bank and shares insights on how similar situations could be avoided.

Smart capture
This is the age of the web. With technology advances in cloud, mobile and social, the paradigm shifts in information management have and are moving fast – to the web. Web-based capture will be a game-changer for growth and survival of organisations in the Middle East. The advantages are huge!
Redington, Microsoft sign CSP partnership for South Gulf
Redington Gulf has been appointed as Microsoft’s Tier-2 partner for the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Indirect programme for the South Gulf region covering the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Ellucian previews new technology platform at annual conference
At its 2016 conference, Ellucian offered 8,500 attendees a look at the new technology platform it’s building to support campus modernisation and innovation.

Are you failing Security Basics 101?
Patching, backups, firewall configuration… when it comes to security, make sure you take care of your infrastructure before you invest in next-level tools.

Security made simple
Harish Chib, VP-MEA, Sophos, tells us why synchronised security, which enables endpoints and network security components to directly share information, will revolutionise threat detection.


