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Show dates: 18-22 October 2015, Dubai World Trade Centre

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AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK

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Exhibition hours: 10am -7pm

VISION SOLUTIONS TO DRIVE DR DEMAND

Mike Khattab, Vice President of Sales, Growth Regions, Vision Solutions

Vision Solutions is taking the opportunity at GITEX 2015 to meet up with customers and business partners; and is showcasing its latest product releases.

Mike Khattab, Vice President of Sales, Growth Regions, Vision Solutions, says, “Our main focus every year at

GITEX is to visit our customers and partners to discuss market prospects and showcase our newest product releases.

We want to make sure our partners are maximising the opportunities.”

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Emitac presents VDI solutions

Vidyasagar Patro, Pre-Sales Head, Abu Dhabi, EES

Emitac Enteprise Solutions (EES) is highlighting its strengths as a systems integrator during GITEX Technology Week. The company is also presenting its capabilities on hyper convergence, virtualisation and end-user computing.

“We are demonstrating our virtual desktop infrastructure solutions, says Vidyasagar Patro, Pre-Sales Head, Abu Dhabi, EES. “We are showing our visitors the VDI solution based on VMware horizon view. At the stand we are showcasing one of our racks that is equipped with all the essential hardware needed for the

solution. The team is also here to present our storage and end-user computing solutions.”

Patro emphasises the importance of GITEX for EES as it gives them an opportunity to engage with customers who are always on the look-out for new offerings in the market. “This year, we have been presenting details about various solutions on software-defined networks that we can offer. We are aiming to not only show them demonstrations of these products but also ensure that they have a 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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WHAT’S INSIDE

Du brings IoT to life with LoRa demos

Huawei launches new professional services ManageEngine accelerates AD incident investigation

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shipment of its latest release – Double-Take 8.0, to a few select customers.

“However, it is not in production yet, it will be available in the market in a few weeks.”

Being a 100 percent channel-driven organisation, the company has a network of 150 partners across the Middle East and Africa region.

“Our partners can expect the new release from us in the next couple of months. This is going to enhance our product offering. We cover all aspects, virtual physical and cloud technologies in one solution, which is scalable, affordable and flexible.”

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proper understanding of what it can do for them.”

Big Data and Internet of Things are the biggest trends that the industry is looking at in the coming years, to this Patro said EES will definitely continue to develop their offerings that will complement technologies in this space. “Another trend that we see is smart computing, which entails computing from anywhere at any

necessity today in all organisations. “Every customer we have met here is serious about DR high availability due to geo-politics and other aspects. From this perspective, we see a keen interest in terms of demand within the region. We definitely have serious customers with serious needs in this market.

“DR high availability is becoming a necessity to every client. And the way we see it, it is going to evolve into the cloud. The customer is going from the product selection to the solutions. Therefore, we see DR high availability becoming a solution and not just a product selection any longer,” he adds.

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time, and this is something that we are definitely focusing on. We are already working with various sectors such as banking and finance, and government entities in relation to this.”

Patro also highlights that they have received good feedbacks throughout the mega technology event and have also attained new leads that they aim to pursue in the coming months after GITEX.

“This year, we have been presenting details about various solutions on software-defined networks that we can offer. We are aiming to not only show them demonstrations of these products but also ensure that they have a proper understanding of what it can do for them.”

Du brings IoT to life with LoRa demos

After successfully testing the Middle East’s first Internet of Things (IoT) network, du showcases its real life applications that will make

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UAE cities Smart. The demonstrations at GITEX Technology Week 2015 feature du’s live, low power, long range (LoRa) IoT network, based on

Cisco IoT gateway and Actility server.

A wide variety of LoRa’s Smart applications will be on show, demonstrating the network’s ability to revolutionise the way UAE residents interact with their surroundings - and better manage city resources.

There will be working examples of geo location capabilities which pin point any asset with a Smart censor countrywide – these can track movement, support personal SOS alarms or provide info on who has entered or left a building. GITEX visitors have a chance to see how the network supports Smart environment initiatives – with sensors sharing real time info on their surroundings.

The GITEX demos also showcase LoRa’s unique cost saving capabilities. As cities become Smart, billions of sensors will be placed in everyday objects to share information across the UAE. The LoRa network offers a low power alternative to connectivity, adding years to the battery life of sensors countrywide – making huge long term savings.

Its low power and long range capabilities mean LoRa can be deployed in a wide variety of situations: smart metering, inventory tracking, vending machine monitoring; automotive

industry, utility applications, street lighting, waste management, load sensing of bridges, signaling, smoke detention and traffic control.

Carlos Domingo, Senior Executive Officer, New Businesses & Innovation, du, said: “We’re proud to be leading the way in bringing Smart City capability to the UAE. Working with Cisco and Actility, who share our passion for innovation, we’re confident we have the new breed of network required to help the UAE become a global Smart City leader.”

Andy MacDonald, Vice President, Global Service Provider Business, Cisco, Middle East & Africa, said: “Today, network development has entered the era of things; largescale application of wireless sensor technology connects every corner of the city. Cities can collect all types of data from sensors, measuring sound, temperature, light, energy, carbon dioxide concentration, and even traffic changes.”

‘The IoT/IoE will continue to push cities to adopt the most impactful digital applications and services, catering to the citizens and improving the quality of life. This is why we commend du for once again taking the lead in furthering Dubai’s Smart City vision.”

Huawei launches new professional services

Eric Dai, Vice President Service, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East

Huawei today launched a new range of professional services offerings for the Middle East at GITEX Technology Week.

According to Huawei, businesses in nearly every industry are under pressure to launch new products and services into the marketplace in a faster and more efficient way.

While advancements in enterprise networks, mobility, cloud computing, and analytics are driving the transformation of entire industries, organisations must simultaneously ensure their business continuity.

“Traditional industries now have an unprecedented degree of integration between information, communication and

manufacturing systems at their disposal,” said Eric Dai, Vice President Service, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East. “With a profound understanding of ICT systems, the new professional services solutions from Huawei will help enterprise customers to be more efficient, safeguard their technology investments, and create a truly competitive edge from their ICT assets.”

Huawei’s new series of services will be part of the company’s enterprise service portfolio and comprise of three offerings.

The Agile Network Service Solution assists enterprise

customers with professional services for network solution design, planning, and implementation.

Huawei will also offer a recovery and backup service and a disaster recovery service which includes project management, integrated program implementation, optimisation, maintenance, and technical training.

Within the Middle East, Huawei’s enterprise business group already offers a portfolio of ICT solutions that cater to enterprise customers across the government and public sector, healthcare, education, oil and gas and transportation.

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ManageEngine accelerates AD incident investigation

Balasubramanian Palani, product manager, ManageEngine

ManageEngine has announced the latest version of ADAudit Plus, its web-based Active Directory (AD) auditing software. The new version includes a search utility that offers a consolidated audit trail, which enables AD administrators to analyze

security incidents contextually.

The software packs another new feature that provides a bird’s eye view of all the Active Directory changes that occurred in a specified time period.

While investigating Active Directory security incidents, administrators must elicit a complete audit trail of what the involved attacker may have done or accessed.

Conventional tools, such as Event Viewer and PowerShell, can extract audit data but never offer the complete visibility or context required for such investigations — especially if they involve an insider who’s an AD expert, wherein detection can be complicated. Such situations require that the investigators glean every piece of information that could have

“From our interactions with our customers, we realized that in addition to quickly tracing the footsteps of a compromised account, administrators investigating AD security alerts or incidents require a little background of what had been done with that account. This lends a perspective that can uncover the roots of an attack or reveal further layers of a multi-pronged attack.”

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had even a remote relevance to the investigation. They then must view that information contextually to establish a relationship, which helps in getting to the bottom of an incident.

“From our interactions with our customers, we realized that in addition to quickly tracing the footsteps of a compromised account, administrators investigating AD security alerts or incidents require a little background of what had been done with that account. This lends a perspective that can uncover the roots of an attack or reveal further layers of a multi-pronged attack,” said Balasubramanian Palani, product manager, ManageEngine. “The new search utility of ADAudit Plus can pull in diverse but relevant pieces of forensic information that an investigator would require, and it distills and consolidates that data into a crisp yet context-rich summary, which makes spotting the adversary quicker and easier.”

Using the new search utility, administrators can extract a consolidation of three different audit summaries, as listed below, for any user account (including an administrator) for

a chosen period.

Actions by the account: This is a summary of all configuration changes that the specified account carried out on other AD objects.

Logon history of the account: Every computer that the account accessed — interactively or remotely — is listed in this summary, along with details such as logon hours and IP addresses.

Object history: This provides background on the specified account, summarizing what changes have been made to its properties and by whom.

For example, it would show who changed the account’s permissions or passwords.

Every detail presented in the summary is a link, which, when clicked, displays an elaborate report for closer inspection.

Similarly, the search also produces a consolidated audit summary for any given group or computer object, all of which would satisfy a compliance auditor if an account is selected for an audit.

From an incident investigation and management standpoint, an administrator can instantly learn what changes an attacker carried out in AD and which computers were compromised. This instant insight enables the admin to quickly restore secure AD configurations and isolate the compromised computers, thereby mitigating any effects of the attack.

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