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60 Mins Show dates: 14-18 October 2012, Dubai World Trade Centre
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| AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK | Exhibition hours: 11am -7pm
Geared for maximum security Fortinet, a provider of high performance network security solutions sees a clear ROI from their participation at GITEX Technology Week. Bashar Bashaireh, Regional Director at Fortinet Middle East said, “For seven years we participated at GITEX through our channel partners Secureway and Computerlinks. Last year we decided to revise our strategy and invested in an independent stand as an appreciation for the ROI from GITEX. The exhibition gives us access to a host of prospects from around the region such as KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Pakistan among many others. While we agree that all these leads may not be successful, even a quarter of them our then our investment is justified.” “In 2012, this need to participate at GITEX was further fuelled by the investments we have been making in the region. Not only have we grown our operations and team in the region significantly but our partners too have enjoyed significant benefits with the announcement of our new channel programmes for the EMEA region and
Bashar Bashaireh, Regional Director at Fortinet Middle East the announcements of new partnerships such as with Oxygen in Saudi Arabia,” Bashaireh added. The company has clearly invested in its presence at GITEX Technology Week, with a dedicated stand in the Security Pavilion that is 30% to 40% larger than the previous year. “We have executives flying down from all corners of the world, to meet and greet our customers and partners, host presentations to help them understand the security challenges of today and gear their
networks against the greatest threats to their network using the latest Fortinet technologies,” he said. Fortinet has introduced four new additions to its wireless access point product family with the release of the FortiAP320B, FortiAP-223B, FortiAP112B and the FortiAP-11C. The new FortiAP models provide customers looking to integrate secure wireless access with their network security with significant advantages that include faster connections, simplified deployment, centralised “single pane of glass” management and reduced total-cost-of ownership. The devices work seamlessly with the wireless controller functionality embedded in every FortiGate network security device. The company has also introduced strong two-factor authentication clients- the FortiToken-200CD, FortiTokenMobile and FortiToken-300, providing businesses with the flexibility to choose which token solutions best fit their environment from a security and ease-of-use 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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