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Show dates: 18-22 October 2016, Dubai World Trade Centre | AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK | Exhibition hours: 10am -7pm

GITEX to host over 400 firms at ‘Global Startup Movement’ With the theme “Re-imagining realities,” this year’s edition of GITEX Technology aims to drive the world’s smart digital transformation, support young entrepreneurs, and enhance Dubai and the UAE’s standing as one of the foremost capitals of innovation.

Set to take place on 16th to 20th October 2016, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, the 36th edition of the event will feature its first-ever GITEX Global Startup Movement, which aims to shine a spotlight on Arab and international innovation and entrepreneurship.

GITEX organisers noted that the showcase 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Oracle to deliver ‘ultimate cloud experience’

Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Oracle MEA

Oracle has announced that it will showcase its range of cloud products and solutions and discuss how business and IT leaders can take advantage of the economics of data combined with the simplicity of cloud computing to power innovation, growth, and

unlock unprecedented digital business value.

With over 100 interactive demonstrations spread across an expansive Digital Business Zone, visitors can witness how businesses can digitise end-toend the 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

WHAT’S INSIDE TP-Link to celebrate 20th anniversary at GITEX

Fortinet to put spotlight on ‘Security Fabric’ A10 Networks to demonstrate A10 Harmony solution

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was created in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai, for the Emirate to be an internationally recognised hub for digital innovation and creating sustainable economic growth as part of Dubai Plan 2021.

At the GITEX Global Startup Movement, more than 400 startups from 60 countries and over 1,000 entrepreneurs will gather in Dubai to sell and learn. While the UAE will be represented with 85 startups, 79 percent of startups will hail from the rest of the world.

Over 200 investors and influential tech investment executives from Silicon Valley, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, including SoftBank

Group International, 500 Startups, Accel Partners, Golden Gate Ventures and Middle East Venture Partners among others will be present at the show.

“Through GITEX we want to create the life-changing opportunity for startups to meet face-to-face with legendary investors and accelerator firms, be it for funding support or advisory guidance that shall help them achieve a breakthrough in their ventures. There is great aspiration and ambition amongst these young creative Arab minds to change the world with their imagination. By bringing them closer to their fellow startup peers from other countries, some of which are successful references, this valuable sharing experience built through mutual respect and

There is great aspiration and ambition amongst these young creative Arab minds to change the world with their imagination. By bringing them closer to their fellow startup peers from other countries, some of which are successful references, this valuable sharing experience built through mutual respect and admiration shall inspire their growth and infuse their innovation.”

admiration shall inspire their growth and infuse their innovation. GITEX is privileged to be an enabler to create these life-changing opportunities in their entrepreneurship journeys,” said Trixie Loh Mirmand, Senior Vice President, Dubai World Trade Centre, organisers of GITEX Technology Week 2016.

Other key features of the show include future technology focus areas include augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, drones, and robotics. The event will also host GITEX Vertical Days conference programme, which features 230 exceptional speakers across 65 sessions namely Marketing and Healthcare Monday, Finance and Intelligent Cities Tuesday, Retail and Education Wednesday, and Energy Thursday.

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TP-Link to celebrate 20th Juniper Networks to showcase data centre anniversary at GITEX and cloud solutions

Denny Liang, TP-Link

Networking solutions vendor TP-Link Technologies will use its participation at GITEX Technology Week to commemorate the company’s 20th anniversary. The vendor said its appearance at the show this year is special because the company recently rebranded.

Denny Liang, Vice President, TP-Link Middle East, said that during GITEX the company will celebrate its 20th anniversary since it was founded, with channel partners, end-user customers and visitors that will visit the booth.

Liang said as the company has rebranded and taken a different direction to focus on the smart home segment to complement its networking, wireless and mobile devices business, special focus will be on communicating the new direction the company is taking as part of offering a holistic experience to

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We are delighted with the direction we have taken to provide integrated holistic solutions from networking, wireless, smartphones and smart home solutions.” consumers. “We are delighted with the direction we have taken to provide integrated holistic solutions from networking, wireless, smartphones and smart home solutions,” he said.

“At GITEX, we will be conveying this message to the partner ecosystem and end-user customers in the region, and the trade show is the perfect platform as it accords the company the opportunity to reach out to a broader client base.”

Liang explained that TP-Link is hoping to achieve several things at GITEX but the most important will be explaining and outlining the corporate direction the company has taken in terms of the product roadmap and strategy, R&D investments in smart home solutions, enhance product awareness for the mobile devices business and cement support and visibility in the regional channel.

Samer Kudsi, Juniper Networks

In line with GITEX’s theme ‘reimagining realities,’ Juniper Networks will demonstrate how it can help organisations in the region can transform their network infrastructure.

“The Middle East has increasingly become information-driven and connected, resulting in even more demanding and immediate user expectations. There is an urgent need for businesses to transform their network infrastructure to remain competitive. At GITEX, we will showcase its latest innovations designed to help our customers along their transformation journey, by delivering simple, open and smart foundations aligning the network to business objectives now, while maintaining flexibility for the future,” says Samer Kudsi, Enterprise Sales Director MENA, Juniper Networks.

Among the vendor’s security offerings that will be on the show

are the Juniper Sky Advanced Threat Prevention, SRX Series Firewalls, Security Director and QFX Series.

“The networking industry in this region is in a very exciting phase with a high volume of users accessing large amounts of data around the clock, leaving enterprises and service providers grappling with how to meet these growing demands,” he said.

“Our aim is to demonstrate how organisations in the region can drive business success by transforming their network infrastructure with the help of our innovative product portfolios across security, data centres and cloud solutions.”

The company will showcase its joint solutions with partners Beta IT and Fireware exhibiting data centre and security products, respectively.

Live presentations will be taking place every three to four hours in Juniper’s booth.

Visit them at Hall 6, stand CLD-8.

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Oracle... enterprise; human resources; customer experience and the supply chain.

“We will showcase how businesses, small and large, across all industries can make digital business a reality with our ability to deliver proven solutions at every layer of the cloud stack (Software-as-aService, Infrastructure-as-aService, Platform-as-a-Service and Database-as-a-Service) allowing them to tackle digital disruption head on,” said Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Senior Vice President – Tech, Middle East and Africa.

Visitors will be able to participate in personalised

digital business tours offering an overview of cloud solutions (SaaS) for all lines of businesses. After the tour, an end-to-end interactive demonstration will highlight Oracle’s comprehensive cloud technology including PaaS, IaaS, and DbaaS solutions.

Top global and regional executives headline Oracle’s presence at the show. These include John Fowler, Executive Vice President – Systems; Francois-Xavier Leclercq, Vice President EMEA Applications; Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Senior Vice President, Tech Middle East, North Africa, South Africa & CAT and Arun

At GITEX 2016 we’ll showcase how businesses, small and large, across all industries can make digital business a reality with our ability to deliver proven solutions at every layer of the cloud stack (Saas, Iaas, PaaS and DbaaS) allowing them to tackle digital disruption head on.”

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Fortinet to put spotlight on ‘Security Fabric’

Alain Penel, Fortinet

Fortinet will demonstrate how enterprises can protect themselves from the most sophisticated cybersecurity threats with its Security Fabric architecture.

The company underlined that its Security Fabric is an integrated, collaborative, and adaptive architecture that is designed to deliver distributed

security for global enterprises, providing comprehensive protection against threats from IoT and remote devices, through the infrastructure core, and into the cloud.

“The security landscape in the region is evolving at a rapid pace – universal digitisation continues to redefine businesses, with technology trends like IoT and cloud computing blurring the edges of the network,” says Alain Penel, Regional Vice President – Middle East, Fortinet.

“Relying on antiquated security strategies that were developed in years long past will no longer support the ever-increasing speed of business. Unlike platforms loosely coupled at the management level, the Security Fabric architecture eliminates complexity and weaves together highly sophisticated hardware

and software, enabling direct communication between solutions for a unified and rapid response to threats.”

Penel further highlighted that GITEX is a key event for Fortinet as it helps them showcase their latest technologies, demonstrate their industry leadership on a broader platform and helps them engage with partners and customers. “It also gives us the opportunity to understand what customers are really looking for in network security solutions and helps us provide them with the right level of consultancy and solutions,” he said. “We are also able to connect the right partners with customers.

Our aim at GITEX this year is to educate organisations and show customers that in order to successfully compete in this new digital economy, they need a

well-coordinated security solution such as Security Fabric, which can see and govern data across an entire borderless network without compromising agility or performance.”

Looking forward, Penel highlighted that with Smart Cities initiatives being rolled out in the UAE and gradually across the region, cloud and IoT will dominate the region’s ICT landscape in the years to come.

“As autonomous vehicles become a reality, this coupled with a digital transformation and the growing complexity of the threat landscape will drive the demand for security solutions. The pace and cost of cyber-attacks are increasing massively every day, as well as the accompanying costs for cybersecurity,” he said.

Visit Fortinet at Hall 1, stand E1-10.

French Tech pavilion backs French businesses at GITEX

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The French Tech pavilion, a Business France initiative, will be hosting 22 French exhibitors and start-ups that specialise in digital technology at this year’s GITEX Technology Week.

With the help of Business France, the exhibitors will be amongst an estimated 500 startups attending the show this year for the opportunity to meet over 200 VC’s and potential investors

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in the region. The start-ups will also be competing for the chance to win $1 million at the GITEX Startup Movement competition.

The exhibiting firms operate in an array of sectors including network and software solutions, M2M and mobile applications, IT security, and telecommunications. This year, four French start-ups – Bell and Wyson, Famoco, Oledcomm

A10 Networks to demonstrate A10 Harmony solution

A10 Networks has announced that it will showcase its A10 Harmony solution architecture, which according to the company, delivers secure application services across traditional data centres, private, public and hybrid clouds, The vendor also noted that the new solution can help organisations become more secure, responsive and operationally agile as they bridge traditional and cloud-based application environments.

Henk Jan Spanjaard, Vice President, EMEA Sales, A10

Networks says, “A10 Harmony is an architecture introduced in early 2015 that lays the foundation for a rapid services integration platform for enterprise, cloud, and service provider networks. With A10 Harmony, developers can integrate intelligent application networking services more easily with highperformance A10 Thunder Series Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs).”

Spanjaard further highlighted that while the industry will continue to buzz about Big Data, cloud, mobile, social and IoT, he fully expects security to be at the top of the priority list of most CIOs and CTOs. “GITEX provides us with the ideal platform to not only educate enterprises about these threats but more importantly, to demonstrate how our solutions can help regional

and Think&GO NFC – will be presenting their breakthrough inventions. The French Tech pavilion will also be home to Reunion Island’s Regional Investment and Innovation Development Agency, NEXA, which will bring five innovative companies to the fair to promote the capabilities from within the French overseas territories.

“We wanted to offer French exhibitors a tailored program that supports them throughout their

development in the Gulf region,” says Fayssal Majid, Project Manager, French Tech pavilion for Business France. “We will have a reception area set up at each of the two pavilions to direct visitors towards the French exhibitors. By taking part in GITEX, they can take advantage of our knowledge, meet new customers, and develop strong ties with local decision-makers.”

Visitors who would like to meet the French companies

Henk Jan Spanjaard, A10 Networks

With A10 Harmony, developers can integrate intelligent application networking services more easily with highperformance A10 Thunder Series Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs).”

customers accelerate and secure their data centre applications and networks.”

A10 Harmony solutions include a cloud services controller for centralised application policy management and orchestration, elastic application traffic management capabilities integrated with DevOps processes, deep perapplication visibility and analytics, and support for microservices and container-based applications.

The vendor will also demonstrate its security solutions including DDoS protection, SSL inspection, data centre firewall, Gi/SGi firewall, secure web gateway, web application firewall and DNS application firewall. The company recently signed a technology partnership with Cylance, a company specialising cybersecurity

By taking part inw GITEX, they can take advantage of our knowledge, meet new customers, and develop strong ties with local decision-makers.” exhibiting at the French Tech pavilion are advised to head to

Hall 4. The Start-up Zone will be set up at the new Zabeel Hall.

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