60mins Day 4 - 1 PM (2014)

Strategic ICT Partner

Technology Partners

FOLLOW US

@computernewsme

Show dates: 12-16 October 2014, Dubai World Trade Centre

|

AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK

|

Exhibition hours: 10am -6pm

Aruba leads the wireless revolution John DiLullo, Executive Vice President, World Wide Sales and Service, Aruba Networks is in good spirits, and for good reason. The company is a leading provider of nextgeneration network access solutions for the mobile enterprise and as our workplaces go wireless, Aruba is there to help cut the cords. “We are experiencing a revolution in wireless,” says DiLullo. “In the next three to five years, the wireless market is going to surpass the wired market.”

Gitex is essential for Aruba.

“There are over 35 thousand people here today, it is an ideal place to meet current and potential customers. We feel an incredible

urgency to reach out and touch as many people as possible.”

DiLullo believes that the technology Aruba is providing is better than anything that has ever been available before. The technology that he is referring to is the AP-103H, which aims to maximise mobile defice performance in moderately dense Wi-Fi environments whil minimizing interference from cellular networks.

What is more, it is easy to install and mounts to an electrical or data wall box. It is both compact and costeffective. “We have the best product, and the 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 timing is

FireEye delivers targeted attack protection for the Apple platform FireEye has announced targeted attack protection for products built on the Apple platform. FireEye will support Apple’s Mac OS X operating system for network protection, iOS for mobile protection to detect known and unknown attacks, and enable analytics with forensic analysis for Apple products. With Mac support incorporated into the FireEye Network

Security Threat Prevention Platform (NX series), FireEye Forensic Analytics (AX series), FireEye Mobile Threat Prevention (MTP) and the FireEye Investigation Analysis System (IAS), the company is the first security vendor to offer an integrated solution to protect Microsoft, Apple and Google Android platforms with technology purpose-built to identify and mitigate advanced persistent threat (APT), zero-day, and targeted attacks.

FireEye Advanced Threat

Protection NX and AX with OS X support are generally available now.

The FireEye Mobile Threat Prevention App for iOS will be generally available by the end of 2014.

“As enterprises evolve and the Apple footprint grows within them, advanced threat actors are turning their attacks to Apple products to carry out their work,” said Manish Gupta, senior vice president of products at FireEye. “By adding support for 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Apple, we

WHAT’S INSIDE

Silver Peak takes first Gitex steps

Etisalat inks deal with Ajman Free Zone

Ocedo enters SDN market

*Based on internal Dell analysis in July 2013 based on Dell Compellent flash-optimised vs.spinning disk arrays and an internal test performed by Dell in March 2013 with Storage v6.310 on dual SC8000 controllers running OLIP type workloads using IOmeter with a 100% random, 70/30 read/wirte mix and 8K sector transfer size achieved this IOPS performance.

Actual performance/latency will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability **Based on internal Dell analysis performed in May 2013, comparing similar Dell Compellent offerings to EMC VNX Family, HP 3PAR StoreServ, HP EVA, IMB V7000, IBM XIV, Hitachi Data Systems HUS 100 Family,and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Family and competitive US list pricing from Gartner Inc, Cp Storage, as of June 2013. Š 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.

4 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Aruba...

fantastic,” says DiLullo.

Gartner recently released a critical capabilities report on wireless that put Aruba at the head of the pack when it comes to four out of five wireless capabilities. “I’ve got four aces and a king,” says DiLullo, “When potential customers see numbers like that, it is easy to see that we are a vendor that deserves consideration.”

Aruba is striving to be the biggest little company on the landscape. It may be one of the most successful company’s in history, but Aruba is still providing personalised service and a face-to-face presence. “We want to be sure that our customers can reach out and find us,” says DiLullo.

Will we find Aruba at Gitex next year?

DiLullo is confident they will be a presence here for years to come.

Silver Peak takes first Gitex steps

Silver Peak is relishing the prospect of completing its first GITEX Technology Week.

The WAN optimisation firm is very pleased with the way its first outing has gone, and feels the event is a fantastic stepping stone for building a regional footprint.

“In the Middle East it’s very important that people know your company name; the main idea is to really have a presence,” says Bhaskar Peruri, Regional Sales Manager, Silver Peak. “We want to show that we are keen to invest in the region and that we eventually want to expand to other regions.”

The company has recently launched its Unity fabric, which unifies the enterprise network with the Internet and public cloud, and is designed to optimise cloud applications.

In keeping SaaS and IaaS traffic on Unity, organisations can monitor and control connectivity to the cloud while ensuring consistent SaaS performance.

Peruri believes that WAN is

becoming an increasingly vital technology, and Silver Peak is in pole position to capitalise on the growing market, “WAN use is becoming increasingly common,” he says. “Normally, backup and replication processes take around four hours, but we are able to speed up these processes so they take much less time.

The company used GITEX to announce that it had saved the National Bank of Abu Dhabi $200,000 per month through its WAN optimisation.

Looking forward, Peruri believes “cloud SaaS and IaaS providers” become the company’s main focus. “In two years’ time we’ll still be focused on WAN optimisation,” he says.

U2868PQU

PRODUCT DETAILS

• Inputs: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI, USB 2x 2.0 and 2x 3.0, DisplayPort • Upto 1 ms GtG • 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz • Special Features: PIP (Picture in Picture), PBP (Picture by Picture), -5/24 Tilt, Swivel, Pivot, 130 mm height adjust • 300 cd/m²

www.aoc-europe.com

Reveal every detail with Ultra HD

See the latest AOC innovations at GITEX in Hall 8, booth C8-30

Etisalat inks deal with Ajman Free Zone

Etisalat has announced its strategic partnership with Ajman Free Zone on the sidelines of GITEX Technology Week 2014, to provide an improved telecom and ICT service experience to customers of Ajman Free Zone Authority (AFZA).

The Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) was signed

by Etisalat’s Senior Vice President of Small and Medium Businesses, John Lincoln, and H.E. Mahmoud Khalil Al Hashimi, General Manager of Ajman Free Zone Authority.

The strategic partnership falls in line with the UAE’s goal to

become a leading business hub.

It will make it convenient and easy for businesses to set up in the UAE. Importantly, it will enable business connectivity, and increase competitiveness of small and medium sized businesses, helping place UAE high on the IT readiness and competitiveness index.

“Small and medium businesses, especially startups fuel the economic engine of a nation. Etisalat is the ideal partner of choice for this segment in the UAE and we are committed to making the telecom and ICT connectivity a seamless experience for our business customers. We are particularly excited about our deal with Ajman Free Zone. It gives us the opportunity to join hands with them to cater to investor and business

needs of reachability, transparency and value for money. It lets us target this segment better and help it grow by making our technology work for these businesses,” said Salvador Anglada, Chief Business Officer at Etisalat.

As part of the agreement, Etisalat will cater to business customers who are also investors in AFZA, by developing exclusive promotions and packages based on specific needs of the businesses. Etisalat kiosks will be set up at AFZA for addresses business requirements.

“Etisalat has been a long standing partner of Ajman Free Zone Authority, cooperating over several previous initiatives”, said H.E. Al Hashimi. “We are excited to extend this partnership to have Etisalat provide us the most advanced ICT service that will enable effective flow of information and topclass services to our investors.”

FVC announces new partnership and product launch

FVC, participant at GITEX for the 13th time this year, is focusing on different areas of its expertise at the on-going show this week.

Dharmendra Parmar, General Manager Marketing, FVC, says,

P4

@computernewsme

“We are focusing on Unified Communications, information security and advanced networking.

We have launched the new Polycom Immersive Studio, which is the latest telepresence solution at the show. This is the first time it is being launched in the region.”

The company has also signed up with Ashton Bentley, a company that manufacturers environments for video conferencing, at GITEX this week. Parmar says, “We have Polycom, which makes video

conferencing technology and Ashton Bentley complements it by giving you professional displays along with the right video conferencing furniture and all the electronics to make the whole experience much richer and easier to use, while at the same time allowing partners to give one complete solution to the customer.”

The company has recently extended the partnership with Barco to cover meeting room projectors series, which are being

showcased at the event for the first time. The company has over 10 vendors sharing its stand at the show. Parmar says, “There are multiple things we look forward to such as awareness as a key player in the industry and it is a good platform for us to meet up with all our vendors and key partners in the same arena. As a VAD, the relationship with all our partners is very important and the key executives of our partners are visiting us, which makes it easier.”

Ocedo enters SDN market

The German networking company Ocedo has announced its entry in the fast growing software defined networking (SDN) market during GITEX Technology Week. Networks engineered using SDN technologies benefit

from increased agility, speed, scalability, and lower capital and operating costs. Ocedo is uniquely focused on bringing these SDN benefits to distributed enterprise networks specifically for mid-sized companies.

The solution developed

by Ocedo offers a complete, integrated range of cloud managed and SDN enabled network equipment to connect wired, wireless and wide-area networks.

The Ocedo System enables IT departments and MSPs to roll-out entire networks remotely from the cloud, track network activity in a “single pane of glass”, and provision network configuration changes in real time.

“SDN is ready to move beyond

4 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

FireEye...

the data center and provide innovation in distributed enterprise networks,” said Jan Hichert, Ocedo CEO. “Ocedo’s focus is on making networking radically simpler for today’s agile, growing organizations.”

The Ocedo System is made available through a strong partner network – a model the founders already successfully implemented with their previous company enabling system integrators and managed service providers to enhance their business offering for their customers. It will free resources for these partners through the efficiency gains from SDN network management and enable them to grow their business.

are providing the only unified security platform for the top operating systems to protect enterprises from multi-vector attacks. With our proven ability to detect zero-day attacks, both Mac and Windows organizations can now benefit from the industry’s best threat protection.”

To support iOS, FireEye will provide a Mobile Threat Prevention App in Apple’s App Store.

In addition, with the FireEye AX 5500 forensic analysis security platform, customers will have enhanced global threat intelligence from the FireEye Dynamic Threat Intelligence (DTI) cloud with data drawn from attacks targeting Macs and the ability to correlate attacks across Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Google Android platforms.

100+ Enterprise Clients | 185+ Professional Team | Global Offices | Strong Domain Expertise

Transcend Challenges with Vision..!

Cloud | Mobile | Social Media BFSI | Education | Energy | Healthcare | Hospitality Business Intelligence & Analytics | Enterprise Content Management | Governance, Risk & Compliance

Visit us @ GITEX

Booth No. : SRH- 21 | Sheikh Rashid Hall, DWTC | 12 - 16 October 2014

info@finessedirect.com | www.finessedirect.com | facebook.com/finessedirect

gitex HIGHLIGHTS

Chairman Dominic De Sousa, CEO Nadeem Hood, COO Gina O Hara, Publishing Director Rajashree R Kumar, Group Editor Jeevan Thankappan Editors Annie Bricker, Janees Reghelini, James Dartnell Circulation Manager Rajeesh M, Production Manager James Tharian, Senior Designer Glenn Roxas, Analou Balbero, Designers John Magno, Neha Kalvani, Digital Services Manager Tristan Troy Magma Web Coordinator Jarris Pedroso, Photographers Jay Colina, Anas Cherur

P6

@computernewsme

@computernewsme

P7

We not only provide core technology,

we provide confidence.

THE CRITICAL DATA STORAGE CHALLENGE Data is crucial to an enterprise’s operation. The problem is that long-term operation of key storage systems at high loads often results in slower response from the system and an increased risk of downtime. So how do you choose a reliable storage system that ensures the robust storage of data and the enterprise's smooth operation?

A BETTER WAY HUAWEI OceanStor 18000 SERIES ENTERPRISE STORAGE SYSTEM

Safe and trustworthy, flexible and efficient, ensuring the reliable storage of critical data Huawei OceanStor 18000 Series Enterprise Storage System is designed to support the smooth operation of the core business of an enterprise. The system’s high performance, high reliability and low latency ensure that core business processes remain online and receive rapid service from the storage system.

• High reliability: 20 times faster data recovery and 99.9999% usability of recovered data ensure core business reliably online.

• High performance: Millions of IOPS and performance twice the industry standard will easily cope with the deluge of data over the next 10 years.

• High efficiency: Microsecond response time with up to 10 times faster response to business systems, increases the quality and efficiency of services.

To find out more, please visit: enterprise.huawei.com

HUAWEI OceanStor 18000 Series Enterprise Storage System Huawei OceanStor 18000 Series Enterprise Storage System With Intel® Xeon® processor Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Xeon Inside are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

For more information, please search Huawei OceanStor 18000 Series