Regional AV distributor, Granteq Distribution is participating at GITEX Technology Week to present its latest offerings across product lines.
Tata Communications introduces new President of Global Sales
Tata Communications has appointed James Parker as its new President of Global Sales, where he will be responsible for leading the company’s global sales organisation across all customer segments.

Dell EMC brings more opportunities to partners
Dell EMC Senior Director for Turkey, Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East Said Akar highlights the positive feedback the company has been getting from internal stakeholders, end-customers and partners since the two companies have finalised the merger.

The power of one
Following its historic split from HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise is now playing its part in in delivering Dubai’s Smart City ambitions. Vice president for the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa region Chris Johnson is bullish about HPE’s prospects as an independent infrastructure partner for the GCC.

DarkMatter and NetApp announce partnership
DarkMatter and NetApp have announced a partnership to jointly develop and deliver secure data storage and Big Data analytics solutions.

Infoblox announces critical innovations
Infoblox has returned to GITEX Technology Week for its fourth consecutive year to showcase its latest DNS protection solutions and the new ‘Actionable Network Intelligence’ platform.

Etisalat Digital, Accenture sign MOU to lead regional digital transformations
Etisalat, through its newly established Etisalat Digital, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Accenture at the GITEX Technology Week 2016, to collaborate in the digital solutions arena to enable ICT and digital transformation in the region.

Fortinet displays Security Fabric
The cybersecurity solutions vendor Fortinet is demonstrating its Security Fabric ecosystem, which according to the company, gives customers the power to take on ever increasing performance requirements of the borderless networks, today and into the future.
Splunk partners with Redington Value for META
Redington Value has announced an agreement with Splunk, provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, to become a distributor of the company’s solutions.

Jeddah Municipality CIO Dr Arwa Yousuf Al-Aama defies all odds
Overcoming fierce opposition from the world’s most patriarchal government, dismissive colleagues and Saudi Arabia’s formidable religious police, Dr Arwa Yousuf Al-Aama now sits as a King Abdulaziz University computer science professor, CIO for Jeddah Municipality and a shining example for defying expectation.

10 questions you should ask your ADC provider
Chris Gale, EMEA Partner Director, A10 Networks, suggests an array of questions centred around ensuring you pick the best application delivery controller (ADC) to suit your needs.

The road to DRaaS
Against a backdrop of geo-political situations and changing climates, the need for business continuity and disaster recovery solutions is becoming increasingly important. Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting Datafort, discusses the ‘logical next step’ after SaaS and IaaS: disaster recovery as a service.

Unify affirms commitment to enabling agile work environments
As part of its participation at GITEX 2016, Unify, the Atos brand for communications software and services, is showcasing ways in which technology can ‘humanise’ the on-demand working world.

Breaking traditions
Described as a cost-effective, high-quality and unified network solution, Eddie Fox, vice president, Network Services, MetTel, summarises the main reasons why businesses need to move away from traditional, WAN and consider adopting SD-WAN solutions.

Epicor banking on ‘niche’ service
Taking part under the theme ‘Grow business, not software.’ Epicor is flaunting its industry-specific ERP solutions from its Hall 7 berth.

Palo Alto Networks unveils threat prevention strategy
The cybersecurity vendor Palo Alto Networks is showcasing its portfolio of threat prevention solutions at GITEX under the theme ‘prevent and empower.’
DarkMatter and NetApp announce partnership
DarkMatter and NetApp have announced a partnership to jointly develop and deliver secure data storage and big data analytics solutions.
AlJammaz Distribution to reinforce partner enablement
Saudi-based value-added distributor AlJammaz Distribution is looking to enable and empower partners in their digital transformation journey.

Dell EMC focused beyond tech
Participating at GITEX for the first time as a combined company, Dell EMC is highlighting its offerings and capabilities in bringing “agile and efficient” solutions to enterprises.

Gigamon demos security delivery platform
Gigamon is showcasing its security delivery platform and Visibility Fabric at GITEX, which provide “pervasive” visibility of network traffic, users and applications and to multiple security devices.