Email security is still a struggle for many companies, with spam and phishing showing no signs of going away. Brandon Bekker, MD, Mimecast MEA, tells us how to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.

Email security is still a struggle for many companies, with spam and phishing showing no signs of going away. Brandon Bekker, MD, Mimecast MEA, tells us how to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.
Carbon Black has announced that it acquired Confer to boost its protection for network endpoints using a behavioural form of antivirus combined with cloud analysis of threats rather than traditional signature-based software.
SUSE and HPE have introduced a Scalable Object Storage Solution with SUSE Enterprise Storage, which according to both companies, can enable customers to effectively manage their problems of data storage at a massive scale.
Microsoft has reported the strong performance of its cloud offering last quarter, with revenue from its Azure services more than doubling from the same period last year.
Ashwin Venkatchari, Research Director, Imaging Printing and Document Solutions, IDC Middle East, Africa and Turkey, urges channel partners to move up the value chain to be a true solutions provider for customers.
Samsung has appointed Gulf Islands Group as the official distributor of its office automation services in the United Arab Emirates.
Etisalat has announced that it successfully on-boarded its first virtualised telecom function using Affirmed Networks’ virtualised Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) solution, which follows the launch of its first NFV telco cloud.
Mobile is the new endpoint in IT. Getting the job done using mobile devices as you move around has brought in its wake many benefits and improved productivity to organisations in the Middle East. Here is how to protect mobile devices and data.
FireEye Founder, Vice Chairman and CTO Ashar Aziz discusses the company’s transition to an as-a-service model – and his vision for the impact of a “cyber-geddon” – with Security Advisor Middle East.
Veeam Software has announced that the new Veeam Availability Suite 9.5, available later this year, will fully integrate with Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V technologies used in the data centre.
Sophos has announced a new partner programme for resellers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), to help channel partners achieve their growth objectives with competitive margins, dedicated marketing and sales support, deal registration protection and more.
Juniper Networks has announced that Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has deployed Juniper Networks Contrail Networking to create automated cloud services for its customers.
How ‘digitalised’ are this region’s telecom services and will future demand be dictated by consumers or providers?
IBM’s Middle East and Africa vice president of cloud, Maged Wassim, explores how blockchain could transform the financial industry.
The ‘as-a-service’ model promises to reshape business service delivery to provide companies with plug-in, scalable, consumption-based services, but the opportunities are vastly untapped.
Fujitsu has announced that it was recognised as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Centre Outsourcing (DCO) and Infrastructure Utility Services (IUS), Europe for the fourth year in a row.
Cisco has announced its new Rapid Threat Containment offering, which integrates Qualys solutions to enable ISE to retrieve Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) classifications from Qualys VM.
BlueJeans Network has partnered with Equinix and joined the Equinix Cloud Exchange to quickly expand its global reach and provide high-performance connectivity to its cloud-based video offerings.
Epicor Software Corporation has recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by the global investment firm KKR from funds advised by Apax Partners.
StarLink has been awarded ‘Identity and Data Protection Solutions Distributor of the Year’ by Gemalto at their Middle East Partner Summit 2016.