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Dubai Courts selects Etisalat for cloud-based security

Etisalat has announced its partnership with Dubai Courts, with the telecom major providing the government department with a cloud-based managed Web security solution.

The announcement came during a signing ceremony at GITEX Technology Week 2013. The new deal will enable Etisalat to provide cloud-based, managed Web security solutions, thereby becoming an integrated service provider for the Dubai Courts.

The solution will provide Dubai Public Courts with real-time reporting and forensic summaries and up to six months of transaction logs, bandwidth management tools to restrict non-productive Web traffic and data loss prevention solutions security, flexibility and convenience as they need.

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WHAT’S INSIDE Siveco presents new range of EAM software

WD focuses on second-generation Red NAS drives at GITEX WD has focused heavily on its second generation Red SOHO (small office and home) NAS drives this week, as it

hopes to appeal to small office buyers.

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Baracuda’s ADC 540 launched at GITEX 2013

ICT Fund announces two new projects

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The first generation Red drives were released in 2012, and were, WD said, the first hard drives on the market purpose-built for one to five-bay NAS enclosures.

The launch of the second generation of Red drives marked another world first as WD became the first storage vendor in the world to offer a 2.5-inch drive designed for one to five-bay NAS enclosures.

According Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, WD, the appetite for devices such as the Red drives is being driven by the explosion of data in the SOHO segment.

“While the adoption of these devices has been tempered slightly, owing to a lack of knowledge about NAS products and costly Internet and mobile data packages, we expect the demand to increase steadily in the coming years as storage needs grow.”

Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, WD

“Users in the SOHO segment today have multiple computing devices, want remote access and want their data to be protected by robust storage systems and a WD Red powered NAS is the perfect answer to all these demands,” he said.

“While the adoption of these devices has been tempered slightly, owing to a lack of knowledge about NAS products and costly Inter net and mobile data packages, we expect the demand to increase steadily in the coming years as storage needs grow.”

Meanwhile, WD has also showcased a number of other product this week, including

its AV family of drives, which are designed for 24/7 video streaming environments and are targeted at those who need robust storage to complement surveillance recorders, Saifuddin said.

“These drives are optimised to tackle continuous video recording and so offer highstorage capacities (up to 3TB) and advanced power saving technology such as WD IntelliPower and WD IntelliPark to reduce power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to competitor products.

These drives are ideal for PVRs, DVRs, STBs and surveillance video recorders,” he explained.

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The managed Web security solution from Etisalat, powered

by Zservices (Zscaler Middle East Cloud), will supply Dubai Courts with a fully logged cloud-based securityas-a-service solution for all of their Web communications anywhere in the world.

“Many enterprises and government departments require completely secure Web services at the fingertips, wherever they

are in the world. Etisalat’s new cloud-based managed Web security service gives business and government both the Web access and Web security they can rely on,”

said Abdulla Hashim, Senior Vice President, ICT, Etisalat UAE. Dr. Ahmed Saeed bin Hazeem, General Manager, Dubai Courts added: “Information Security has

become a necessity in today’s advanced technological world.

All government institutions and organisations need solutions that provide security and privacy protection for the data in their care.

For this reason, Dubai Courts has signed this agreement with Etisalat to provide the services and solutions to protect Dubai Courts’ data.

Switching to the new services and technologies will ensure the courts’ high standards of security are always maintained.”

The telecom major is demonstrating its managed Web security solutions at the Etisalat stand at ZA1, Zabeel Hall.

Siveco presents new range of EAM software With 27 years of EAM/CMMS (Computerised maintenance management system) expertise, The French Siveco Group is showcasing its new CMMS software: Coswin 8i. This major version, accessible via simple internet browsers, profits both from extended network performance and innovative ergonomics. The unique Interface user combines HTML performances and Java user friendliness.

Coswin software is used by customers in the Middle East such as: Kuwait Ministry of Water and Electricity, Subiyah Power Station (Kuwait), United Stainless Steel (Bahrain Steel –

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Saudi Arabia), Institute of Public Administration (Saudi Arabia), Tabuk Governatore’s Office (Saudi Arabia).

Siveco Group products

strategy is managed from the Technical Center in France.

The company decides with its customers of the products direction through its Users’ Club.

Hotline & development teams offer a local service based on reactivity in the dealing and realisation of the assistance requests as well as for specific development.

Unique French editor with a strong international presence (65 countries) and a real export strategy, Siveco Group accompanies its clients in the implementation of their international multi-sites projects.

Siveco Group proposes a software solution corresponding in the best technical standard of the computer industry.

The software offer (license) and services can be adjusted according to the company size.

Baracuda’s ADC 540 launched at GITEX 2013 Baracuda Networks, the security and storage company, has launched its new Application Delivery Controller 540 at GITEX Technology Week 2013, being held at Dubai World Trade Center. The second day of the global ICT event saw hundreds of IT and related industry professionals thronging through its gates to share and experience the latest in technology and within each company.

“We are launching our new ADC 540, there is a wide audience that includes SMB and enterprise customers. We try to give great enterprise features but at the right prices in the market. So we fit into the demands of both the categories.

Other than that we are talking about the entire range of portfolio here, at GITEX,” said David Lomax, Director of Sales Engineering, EMEA, Barracuda Networks.

The company has been around for

the last ten years and has recently seen a large growth in the storage market, it is now about 40 percent of its business. “We have been in the Middle East region for seven years now. The company has grown on

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Lomax says that the company has had a huge growth in the region and attributes it largely to its application

delivery market, which has risen by 450 percent in last year alone. There are large enterprise organisation that are now becoming internet enabled and have e-commerce version of everything, which needs to be secure.

From the channel perspective, the company is clear on its goals – growth and only growth. From Baracuda’s perspective, it aims to be more visible to the channel.

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ICT Fund announces two new projects During a press conference held at GITEX Technology Week, the ICT Fund, an initiative by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), announced its funding for two new research and development projects.

The first funding is for the “Semi-autonomous Mobile Robotic System”, a semiautonomous mobile robotic system for urban search and rescue (USAR). The second is the “UAE National Observatory” project which will facilitate scientific research and promote a solid base of astronomy in the UAE, as well as support regional and international common astronomical research projects in order to raise public awareness in astronomy and space sciences.

The importance of the “Semi-autonomous Mobile Robotic System” project lies in developing a semi-autonomous mobile robotic system for urban search and rescue (USAR) missions which are usually dangerous and time consuming.

For example, buildings under fire, collapsed buildings and other urban disasters are some examples of USAR situations.

Robots can act as substitutes where possible to access unreachable or unexplored areas and reduce the workforce requirements and unwanted collateral and fatigue.

This project will also involve

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the development of robot system that can collaborate autonomously to negotiate compromised and collapsed structures, find victims and determine their conditions, produce practical maps of their locations, identify hazards, process sensors and communicate with the command control base to allow human rescuers to quickly locate and extract victims.

As for the “UAE National Observatory”, its main strategic objectives will be to advance and facilitate scientific research in astronomy and astrophysics in the UAE, promote a solid astronomical base in the UAE, encourage scientific literacy

and boost UAE nationals’ interest in this area.

In addition, the project is aimed to promote scientific literacy, provide programs of educational and general awareness, promote astronomy and space science in the community as a valuable field of study, enrich the professional experience of researchers in the UAE in the field of education and Astronomy, and support the academic and research efforts through communication and explorations that will be held at the “UAE National Observatory”.

It will also hold national and international conferences to facilitate the exchange of scientific information and

promote cooperation with other research centers, as well as support the development of national science curriculum in the domain of space exploration and research in collaboration with the concerned universities.

This project is one of the UAE TRA initiatives and it’s going to bear its cost Telescope project through the ICT fund.

Commenting on the projects, Dr. Abdulqader Al Khayat, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ICT Fund, said: “We are counting upon the implementation of these two projects as they represent a start of new era that is rich in scientific experiences and research and development that

will benefit the UAE market, being a dynamic market that provides new and innovative technology models that became the focus of attention of technology leaders at both local and global levels.

Enabling the implementation of world class national R&D projects in UAE will definitely contribute to the advancement of the ICT sector.”

Eng. Omar Mohammed Al Mahmoud, Acting CEO, ICT fund, added: “The UAE National Observatory will generate a range of new competitive astronomical researches that would lead to a significant improvement in knowledge generation, and create a solid base for Astronomy studies and educational seminars on space science in UAE schools and universities.

“Moreover, the Semiautonomous Mobile Robotic System project will contribute to risk management processes related to urban search and rescue using the power of technology tools in an environment and society friendly manner. Therefore, the implementation of these projects will result eventually in raising local community awareness on the importance of R&D which comes in line with the aspirations of the UAE leadership and reflects their vision in developing a strong knowledge based society and achieving the UAE Vision 2021.”

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