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Exhibition hours: 11am -6pm

ESET displays Version 7 products

WHAT’S INSIDE

ESET launched the version seven of its flagship consumer products— ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security on the second day at GITEX Technology Week being held at Dubai World Trade Center. The new products come equipped with new technology features such as Exploit Blocker, Advanced Memory Scanner, Vulnerability Shield and ESET Social Media Scanner; providing security without compromising system performance, says the company.

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Veeam showcases data protection solution Veeam Software is using GITEX to launch its latest solution in the Middle East this week, and has taken the wraps off Veeam Backup & Replication v7.

The solution features built-in WAN acceleration and backup

from storage snapshots. The former copies data to offsite locations up to 50 times faster than a regular file copy, Veeam claimed, adding that the solution 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Huawei unveils SDN-ready switch at GITEX

NetApp partners with Cisco

GITEX preview: Ruckus Wireless

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“This is the first fair worldwide where we are introducing the live products and we are also giving an overview of the whole product portfolio including mobile securities for android smartphones and tablets but also the business products we have in stock such as end point security solutions and fire service security solutions,” says Neo Neophytou, Managing Director, ESET Middle East.

“GITEX is the ideal platform for us to launch new technologies, given the immediate impact that they can create on both end users and IT channel players,” adds Neophytou. “The newly launched products products retain the same low system footprint ESET is known for, while offering even greater protection from new and yet undiscovered malware thanks to unique core technology improvements.”

Cybercrime in the region has increased over the years and the

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offenders often use encrypted malware to avoid detection. In order to deal with these security risks, the company has conducted extensive research and extended its core detection technology in version 7 products with three new features such as Exploit Blocker, which provides protection against new and undiscovered malware; Advanced Memory Scanner, it helps to guard against malware actively attempting to evade detection by using complex techniques and the Vulnerability Shield operates on the network level and shields against abuse of known vulnerabilities.

The new version 7 products monitor and maintain the users’ social network accounts against threats, allowing the user to choose from on-demand and automatic scans for malware detection. Apart from better scanning of Facebook, it also extends protection to the users’ Twitter account.

also negated the need to purchase and deploy a general purpose WAN acceleration appliance.

According to Doug Hazelman, Vice President of Product Strategy, Veeam, the solution has been met with enthusiasm in the region so far.

“We’ve appealed to companies looking for a better way to protect their infrastructure, whether that’s on VMware or Hyper-V,” he told 60 Minutes.

Veeam’s solutions are targeted at enterprise that have virtualised environments, and as more and more IT departments go down the virtualisation route, products like Veeam’s Backup & Replication are becoming more popular.

“It’s one of our taglines – modern data protection that’s built for virtualisation. Unlike some of the legacy products, we were designed from the ground up with

virtualisation in mind, instead of just bolting it on as an afterthought,” Hazelman explained.

Naturally, the Middle East’s appetite for virtualisation has grown immensely over the past couple of years. Growth in demand for virtaulisation-centric products has been so high that Veeam has been able to expand its regional team over the past couple of years, Hazelman said.

And it seems clear that the trend for IT departments getting more virtualised is unlikely to stop, he added.

“From a virtualisation perspective, that really is the data centre of the future, and it’s kind of a stepping stone to the cloud. Businesses have data centres that are 60 percent virtualised today, and soon it’ll be more like 80 percent virtualised,” he said.

Huawei unveils SDN-ready switch at GITEX

The Agile Switch S12700 uses a fully-programmable switching architecture, and automatic network deployment and

management applications.

Featuring a 1.5GB buffer on each line card, the S12700 supports 48*10GE and 8*100GE

line cards, and can provide a maximum of 576 10GE ports and 96 100GE ports.

Liu Shao Wei, President, IP Soultions, Huawei Enterprise, Global Markets, said, “CIOs are always asking how they can better manage their IT networks to ensure that their networks are optimized.

“The launch of Huawei’s Agile Switch S12700 brings a host of business benefits, allowing decisions not only to be made automatically and quickly, but also frees up network resources so that decision makers are able to focus on their core business.”

Providing native wireless access controller, it uses Huawei’s Ethernet Network Processor, which offers 1M MAC address entries and 3M FIB entries.

Jean-Paul Gaultier mobile accessories launched at GITEX 2013 Bigben Interactive has signed a worldwide licence agreement with the Maison Jean-Paul Gaultier for the design and distribution of accessories for smartphones and tablets.

The worldwide commercial launch of this Jean Paul Gaultier collection of accessories,

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announced at the IFA trade fair in Berlin, is to take place in October 2013 at GITEX. The collection is comprised of five ranges of specific and universal protective cases, inspired by the brand’s iconic codes: the sailor stripe and the tin can.

Through this new agreement,

the Licensing Studio have added another name to its list of licences and co-operation, which already in particular includes the brands Swarovski Elements, Kenzo and Quicksilver-Roxy. The objective is to pursue the development of partnerships with major international brands, said Bigben.

Paul Black, Director of Telecoms MEA at IDC said: “Huawei’s overall strategy for its networking business aims to create an open, simplified network architecture for business so that the switching technology responds to the fast-changing requirements of organisations.”

“Huawei has brought about a new generation of switching technologies that are smarter, more agile for switches to be easily programmed to accommodate virtually all network needs for all levels of business today and what the future holds. The unveiling of Huawei’s Agile S12700 switch series in the Middle East comes at a time where the industry is witnessing the convergence of data centres, wireless and wide area network technology.”

NetApp partners with Cisco

NetApp today announced it will be joining forces with Cisco at this year’s Gitex to showcase a range of innovative, ground-breaking technology solutions and services as a diamond sponsor.

“We strive to provide the best storage and data management solutions for our customers, and our partnership with Cisco strengthens our ability to do that. For example, we have recently expanded the FlexPod Portfolio with new solutions, so that we can tailor our offerings for different sized business with varying data storage needs. IDC’s recent ranking of FlexPod as number one Integrated Infrastructure in terms of revenues and data capacity shipped within its segment in Q2 2013 represents the success of our partnership with Cisco,” said Husam Abdul Hamid,

Manager Channel Sales at NetApp Gulf, North Africa & Pakistan.

Cisco’s stand at Gitex will feature a designated area for its strategic partners which will demonstrate how technology is already evolving to embrace these new opportunities.

“Over the next ten years, the Internet will provide huge opportunities for businesses and individuals throughout the Middle East and Cisco and its partners are at the forefront of Internet of Everything.

Cisco works with key partners in the Middle East to help solve our customers’ most important business challenges by delivering intelligent networks, so we’re looking forward to partnering with NetApp to show the potential that this new IoE era has for improving the planet,” said Rabih Dabboussi, MD, Cisco UAE

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GITEX preview: Ruckus Wireless Are you releasing/launching anything new at GITEX 2013? If so, what?

Ruckus Wireless has released a great variety of new products and solutions recently and continues to search for opportunities to improve the systems in place for the industry. We will present the latest developments at GITEX 2013 and share some of our projections for the future in terms of the next step for Smart Wi-Fi technology.

Nader Baghdadi, Regional Director, MENA What is the main theme of your presence at GITEX this year?

Ruckus Wireless aims to use the opportunity presented by GITEX 2013 to share its plans of expansion across the Middle East.

To accommodate the needs of the market with the increasing demand of smart Wi-Fi systems, two new team members for Ruckus Wireless will be based in KSA to collaborate with and to support the existing Ruckus Wireless MENA team. Our move comes as a response to market demand in the region, with IT spending being projected to amount to $192.9 billion USD for the Middle East alone in 2013.

We are also planning to use this networking platform that GITEX

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provides to highlight the success that has been achieved through the provision of secure wireless solutions with our ‘Secure HotSpots” technology.

Ruckus Wireless has enabled service providers to achieve outstanding competitive advantage and capability in the market by supporting them to reach superior security levels through ‘Secure HotSpots’.

Our company forecasts that public hotspots will rise by 350% by 2015 and the number of private hotspots is expected to hit over 640 million.

Businesses as well as individual users need to protect themselves from being vulnerable to attacks and confidentiality breaches. We believe Ruckus Wireless has developed the best technology to support them in doing so.

How is your company presenting itself at GITEX this year to differentiate it from competitors?

Our customers are well aware of the top end quality of Ruckus Wireless’s products and solutions and we will demonstrate our commitment to the region and to our channel partners by participating at the GITEX 2013 event. As we have already established our presence in the market as leaders in the Wi-Fi space, we will be able to differentiate ourselves from competitors with the brand equity we have strengthened over the years.

What are the key trends influencing your approach to GITEX 2013 and the offerings you are pushing?

With the continuous increase of smartphone and tablet usage in the region, the focus will be on Ruckus Wireless’s capabilities to meet the demand of its market segment by providing the fastest, most flexible and most secure network solutions to all target segments: carriers, enterprises, SMB and the end consumers.

Other key trends in the region revolve around the concept of “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD), and enterprise mobility.

‘Enterprise Mobility’ is the concept by which companies are making use of wireless networks and mobile devices to conduct their business, whereas BYOD allows employees to use their personal devices within a working environment.

These trends are pushing in the Middle East and they have presented the opportunity for us, at Ruckus Wireless, to demonstrate our ability to provide top solutions to support them.

How have you seen the Middle East respond to those trends in question, and how did you think that will change over the next year?

The Middle East is adopting these trends at an incredibly fast pace and that will only increase over the next period when the right technology becomes available to more and more consumers.

For example, the ICT market intelligence firm announced this September that tablet shipments for the quarter were up 208 per cent from 2012, reaching a total of 2.79 million units, exceeding the region’s portable PC market.

Mobile usage has also significantly increased in popularity throughout the Middle East, with the UAE posting the highest penetration in the region at 74 per cent, according to a recent study

by Google.

For us at Ruckus Wireless that means an increased demand in our Smart Wi-Fi products and solutions.

GITEX highlights

Publisher Dominic De Sousa, COO Nadeem Hood, Commercial Director Rajashree R Kumar, Group Editor Jeevan Thankappan Editors Ben Rossi, Tom Paye, Janees Reghelini, James Dartnell Circulation Manager Rajeesh M, Production Manager James Tharian, Senior Designers Analou Balbero, Glenn Roxas, Digital Services Manager Tristan Troy Magma Web Coordinator Jarris Pedroso Photographers Jay Colina, Abdul Kader

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