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60 Mins Show dates: 14-18 October 2012, Dubai World Trade Centre

| AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK | Exhibition hours: 11am -7pm

Networking is the future of HP

Gautham Raj, Sales Director, HP Networking ME It’s no secret in the IT industry that HP has had its troubles, but networking will grow the company back up to its previous heights of success. This is according to Gautham Raj, Sales Director, HP Networking ME. Raj said that HP has grown in the double digits every year for the last four years in the networking space, and that he holds the highest growth number for

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any business in the Middle East for HP. “Networking is the future of HP,” Raj said. “Clearly, 2013 is a year we’re all looking forward to, especially in this part of the world.

“We expect strong growth. We’ve really invested in terms of resources and people to capture that growth. Among the portfolio of HP, networking is seen as the growth engine. It makes up a

significant portion of the HP portfolio now and its growth is very significant as well.”

To facilitate this growth, HP is pioneering converged infrastructure as the paradigm in networking.

“We are in a unique position in the industry. We have the servers, the storage, the networking and the software that manages that stuff all inhouse and we’re able to integrate these products together,” Raj said.

He added that the response to this technology in the Middle East has been very strong.

“If I were go to the market and say I’m a networking vendor, there are many vendors in the market place that sell networking, but if you look at it from a converged networking angle in how we sell out products and bring together the technology, customers are really wowed.

This is something they haven’t seen in the market place before,” he said.

“Today, when you talk about cloud they’re really bringing all the racks into a data centre. You don’t want to have too many vendors in that rack space managing because if you have a single data centre and probably a disaster recovery, you don’t want to mix and match – you want one vendor guaranteeing you end-to-end performance. So from that perspective, we’re the only vendor that can really bring everything together and offer 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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When a CIO to goes to a CEO and say they want to simplify our overall IT infrastructure – it’s easier to go with a single vendor like HP where you can bring everything together.”

Emerging regions like the Middle East have become very important to HP’s global strategy as it hopes to pick up market share around the world.

“As you know what’s happening with the worldwide economy, the growth markets are expected to grow significantly higher than the rest of the world. We’re investing more in the Middle East, we’re bringing in more resources, we’re opening up offices across the region and we’re really positioning ourselves for the growth,” Raj said.

“We’re the number two player in the networking space. If you look at the rest of the world where people are bogged down by legacy systems and are used to that method of working, compared to this part of the world, there are far more fresh investments over here and it’s easier for them to make those decisions on TCO.”

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Citrix and Cisco extend partnership Cisco and Citrix announced a significant expansion of their successful desktop virtualisation partnership into three strategic areas: cloud networking, cloud orchestration, and mobile workstyles.

Cisco and Citrix believe the IT industry is on the verge of the next major architectural transition: the mobile-cloud era. To help enterprise and service provider customers capture the market transition and transform their business models, Cisco and Citrix will collaborate to unify best-of-breed technologies into innovative solutions for the mobile-cloud era.

The expanded partnership will include a significant investment in people and resources to drive market-leading technology innovation, solution integration and validation, customer support, and

joint go-to-market investment on a global basis.

Cisco is evolving its L4-L7 services in data centres and cloud infrastructure with an integrated, multi-services architecture. Cisco Cloud Network Services is an ecosystem-based approach that incorporates best-in-class Cisco and partner application and network services. Bringing these key technologies together into an integrated solution will help enterprise and service provider customers deliver true cloud service automation with deep network- and application-level intelligence to speed service deployments.

As part of the strategy, Cisco and Citrix intend to jointly integrate the Citrix NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) to seamlessly coexist with other Cisco network

and security services, such as Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA). The companies also intend to integrate Cisco Nexus 1000V with Citrix XenServer to enable enterprise and service provider customers to build clouds based in part on key open source technology. Cisco will continue to fully support existing customers of its Application Control Engine (ACE) product line and will recommend Citrix NetScaler as an alternative to customers who want to deploy a next-generation ADC. Cisco and Citrix intend to develop an integrated cloud solution for enterprise and service provider deployments based on the companies’ best-in-class portfolios.

This will include the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco Nexus Series switching, and Cisco Open Network Environment (ONE) components, as well as Citrix’s leading cloud orchestration solution — Citrix CloudPlatform, powered

by Apache CloudStack.

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GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK 2012 HIGHLIGHTS

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Digital Forensic Investigations of Any Kind Incident Response & Remediation Training and Services Geoff Brooks Regional Sales Manager - Middle East, India & Africa PO BOX 211364, Dubai UAE Mobile No : +971 506 527659 gbrooks@accessdata.com www.accessdata.com

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ICT Fund honours Be’tha graduates at GITEX

As part of its participation at GITEX Technology Week, ICT Fund, an initiative by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), today honored Be’tha scholarship program graduates.

Be’tha, an initiative by the ICT Fund, is designed to enhance the

stature and role of the national education sector by aligning scientific scholarship funding with the UAE’s targeted human capital needs. The Be’tha program has dedicated 344 scholarships, and so far enabled 230 Emirati students (220 bachelors and 10

masters) to study in the UAE, USA, Australia and Japan. The Fund is aiming to support 1,000 students within the Be’tha program in the coming years.

H.E. Dr. Abdulqader Al Khayat, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the ICT Fund, said: “The Be’tha

Teclib demos virtual desktop and management solutions A specialist in free technology and open source industrialisation, TECLIB has introduced its software and services offer at GITEX 2012. On account of its partnership with Oracle, the company currently uses Virtual Desktop technology, an innovative solution that allows the virtualisation of workstations. TECLIB will also take advantage of the tradeshow to present IT Management, its second key offer, which can be used to manage an entire IT infrastructure using freeware.

Virtual desktop is an innovative

solution used to virtualise several desktops on to one or more servers or within a Cloud environment. With this solution, every user can connect to their desktop using a variety of equipment.

IT management is TECLIB’s second key offer. Made up of the helpdesk solution, the GLPI IT Resources Manager and the Fusion inventory management software, it will manage an entire IT infrastructure, boosted by the Centreon supervision solution, says the company.

It is a freeware, multiplatform solution

(Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux), and manufacturer-independent, featuring bandwidth preservation, leading to cost

program is designed to encourage UAE youth to enroll in the ICT sector, part of the ICT Fund’s broader commitment to empower UAE national youth with the best global ICT practices. Today, Be’tha graduates have already proved to be pioneering leaders in their positions in prominent UAE-based organizations.”

Hashem Obaid Al Kaabi, a graduate of Be’tha, said: “The Be’tha program provided us with an outstanding educational experience preparing us to work in the ICT sector, and we are now contributing to the overall growth of the UAE’s ICT industry.”

The Be’tha program comes as part of the ICT Fund and TRA strategy to develop human resources specialized in ICT. ICT Fund has to date funded Be’tha with over AED 179 million.

savings since the software operates with no paid licence scheme. All solutions are compliant with appropriate standards and are interoperable with other freeware and some proprietary software. They are also independent of operating system publishers.

Teclib is exhibiting at the French pavilion.

Publisher Dominic De Sousa, COO Nadeem Hood, Managing Director Richard Judd, Commercial Director Rajashree R Kumar, Group Editor Jeevan Thankappan Editors Pallavi Sharma, Ben Rossi Sub-editor Joe Lipscombe Circulation Manager Rajeesh M, Production Manager James Tharian, Design Director Ruth Sheehy, Senior Designers Analou Balbero, Froilan Cosgafa IV, Glenn Roxas, Digital Services Manager Tristan Troy Magma Web Developers Erik Briones, Jefferson De Joya Photographer and Social Media Co-ordinator Jay Colina

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Vigilance is the key to IT security: ManageEngine

Parthiban Paramasivam, Senior Software Engineer of ManageEngine “Cyber-espionage and theft has become very common lately. A new cyber-espionage program designed to steal data is causing havoc in Iran and other ME countries, as we speak. In UAE, the business hub of Middle East, cyber-attacks seem to be particularly aimed at banks”, says Parthiban Paramasivam, Senior Software Engineer of ManageEngine, a real-time IT management company at the GITEX Technology Week 2012.

In the backdrop of 72 (out of 100 registered) phishing attacks were against banks in 2011,

the observation looks prudent, especially considering the threat that Trojan Zeus posed to banks across the UAE. Zeus, a Trojan capable of mining and transferring crucial data from bank files to hackers, was tackled soon enough.

However, the way it had evolved was a clear indication that cybercriminals are getting cleverer at such attacks.

“IT security is not just about prevention (of threats) anymore. It is a continuous process, where vigilance is the key. Defining clear access controls, keeping

an eye on the systems where crucial data such as file servers or NetApp Filers are stored and auditing access attempts. This would be a quick way out during the contingency of an attack that beats your antivirus software. And you need to systematise every IT process, re-evaluate it and revamp it. Going by the maxim - the guy with the bigger stick wins”, observes Paramasivam Paramasivam suggests that key IT operations such as user provisioning and access management be systematized and automated; reports be maintained; and most importantly File Servers or storage devices such as NetApp Filer be constantly audited, and any untoward file access be alerted about. And this entire process should be documented and evaluated from time to time so that there is no room for complacency or errors.

ManageEngine has a wide range of Windows management and security products using which it is easy to systematize IT operations and enhance security.

Active Directory management, auditing & security for Windows Infrastructure, Email security and reporting are they key areas addressed by these solutions. For more information visit http://www. manageengine.com/windowsactive-directory-tools.html

LG showcases digital signage products LG Electronics (LG) participated in InfoComm Middle East and Africa 2012 exhibition, showcasing its latest cutting edge products and solutions in the Digital Signage.

LG showcased their products related to digital signage with their most recent solutions; one of LG’s main focus areas in the B2B sphere.

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cater to various segments meeting client’s needs providing new and innovative ways to target their consumers.

During the InfoComm LG clearly defined that the 1st generation of signage was only distribution of information, but with no interactivity and engagement, but in the next generation of Digital signage

introduced as new concepts and advertising solutions, there will be interactivity, social connections and fun features combined together with the advertisement message. Digital signage new solution and concept is a media platform transforming an interactive place into a lively breathing place through user participation and engagement.

Comguard signs gateProtect The Dubai-based Comguard has been appointed as the value-added distributor by German IT security specialist gateProtect for the Middle East region.

The next-generation firewall solution from gateProtect recently won the EAL4 certification (“Evaluation Assurance Level 4” (EAL 4) Common Criteria. For government and enterprise network security administrators around the globe, EAL4+ stands as a key certification. Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) and the EAL 4+ Certification is an International Standard for information technology security certification determining the trustworthiness of security products.

«Our experience and our reputation as a reliable partner are part of our capital,” says Dr. Peter Smeets, CEO of gateProtect.

“Since 2002, we stand for” IT Security made in Germany. We are confident that Comguard will help us in expanding our channel engagement strategy and will also enable us to expand our reach to new geographies in the Middle East region.’’

Commenting on the partnership, Ajay Singh Chauhan, CEO, Comguard and Spectrum Group said “We are delighted to partner with gateProtect for distributing gateProtect’s next generation products in Middle East region. It will provide us an opportunity to offer quality German IT network security products to our partners across the region.”

As per the distribution agreement, Comguard is authorised to distribute gateProtect’s wide range of security products and solutions across the Middle East region including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait among others. gateProtect is present during GITEX along with Comguard at Hall 2, Stand B2-32

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