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Show dates: 16-20 October 2016, Dubai World Trade Centre | AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK | Exhibition hours: 10am -7pm

Brocade focuses on channel strength At this year’s ICT trade show, GITEX 2016, Brocade aims to emphasise on its continued investment in the region. Over the course of last year, the company has added 25 new focused partners across the region. Yarob Sakhnini, MEMA Sales Director, Brocade, says, “For Brocade it all about growth and opportunity. We are focusing this year on reinforcing and further developing these new partnerships to ensure that Yarob Sakhnini, Brocade

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WHAT’S INSIDE HID Global to highlight secure IAM user experiences

Red Hat to flaunt open source technologies

Lee Miles, Red Hat

Red Hat is highlighting the “cornerstones” of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions portfolio, including the OpenStack Platform, CloudForms, and Ceph Storage from its CLD-28 stand in Hall 6. Red Hat is also showcasing its container and application development portfolio consisting of the OpenShift Container Portfolio, 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

InfiNet Wireless to unveil latest wireless solutions at GITEX

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Brocade... organisations across the Middle East have access to world-class networking technology. “We will be present with Ruckus for the first time this year. This acquisition represents another important step in the digital transformation journey for our partners and customers in the Middle East.” Over the next few months, we will see the company integrating both partner ecosystems and programmes, to ensure there is no disruption. Brocade will also be looking to expand in the Middle East region, as it is an important one for the company. “With ever expanding opportunities, we remain committed to growing our

footprint in the region and working with partners,” adds Sakhnini. He explains that advances in virtual reality and augmented reality technologies areredefining the way firms react to and learn from the world. “Whether it be the way employees can absorb and analyse real-time information, or the way consumers and citizens learn, consume services, communicate or learn, it is changing our world. At the heart of realising the benefits of this, will be having the power of an agile network behind these applications.” During GITEX, the company will have a conference room on the mezzanine floor to host

With ever expanding opportunities, we remain committed to growing our footprint in the region and working with partners.” press, partners and customers. In addition, Brocade’s Ruckus will be sponsoring the Westcon stand. Westcon is a partner for both Ruckus and Brocade. “We also have a number of channel meetings already arranged for GITEX and have an ‘open door’ for many more. We

are specifically there to reinforce relationships with existing partners and to forge relationships with new ones. It has been an exciting 12 months for Brocade both in terms of technology and business and we want to update partners and prospects on this at the event,” says Sakhini.

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HID Global to highlight secure IAM user experiences

Miguel Braojos, HID Global

Participating under the theme ‘Your Security Connected,’ HID Global will demonstrate its ActivID Tap Authentication platform. The company underlined that the authentication platform, which

is powered by Seos, can provide secure and convenient multifactor authentication to more than 2,400 cloud apps and web services on mobile devices with the simple tap of a smart card. HID Global will also emphasise the benefits of an enhanced user experience through its ActivID Authentication Appliance, an enterprise authentication solution that enables end users to securely access the door, data and cloud apps, anywhere, anytime. “HID Global is transforming the way users think about security removing the notion that it is complex, expensive and compromises convenience. Thanks

to our experience and innovations in secure identity and access management solutions HID Global eliminates this complexity and give users the means to seamlessly connect with strong twofactor authentication, use more applications on the go, login with a “tap” on mobile devices and the cloud, and all with a single trusted ID that can be carried on their personal device or smart card,” said Miguel Braojos, Vice President Global Sales, IAM Solutions, HID Global. “As organisations in the region are beginning to look at secure enhanced user experiences and cost-effective solutions, GITEX 2016 provides us with a

perfect venue to demonstrate the relevancy and efficiency of our solutions.” HID Global will promote its portfolio of secure Identity and Access Management solutions and offer visitors a hands-on understanding of how to address real-world secure identity challenges. In addition, the company will also showcase its latest eco-friendly Secure Card Issuance solutions. Highlighting other GITEX plans, Braojos said, “We plan to meet and engage with our partners during the show as always. This is a continuation of our efforts and close collaboration in this region with channel partners in order to address end-user requirements. Customer-centricity is paramount.” Visit them at Hall 6, stand MAC6-35.

Think&Go to debut connected screen technologies

Vincent Berge, Think&Go

French start-up Think&Go has announced its participation at GITEX Technology Week where it aims to present its connected screen technologies.

According to the company, these screens are able to interact with all connected objects like smartphones, contactless cards, smartwatches and passports. It also allows users to retrieve information or services, to buy or order a product, simply by using a contactless card or a smartphone on the screen. Think&Go highlighted that the important purpose of these new generation screens is the simplicity and speed access to information.

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“For 30 years, the screens have not changed significantly: they show more beautiful images but remain passive. Today, they are able to transmit their content and carry out transactions, thus, opening a new dimension: the Screen Commerce, which allows customers to purchase goods everywhere at any time. Our breakthrough technology allows development of new digital services, essential to reboost the trade. This new sales

channel opens big opportunities for brands. We have begun the marketing of our screens in France and in Asia. GITEX Technology Week is a fabulous opportunity to meet the industrial and important groups in the Middle East where the NFC technology is already very developed and the mutation of digital signage is underway. The connected screens can contribute to this fantastic evolution” said Vincent Berge, Founder and CEO, Think&GO.

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Red Hat... JBoss Developer Studio, and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. “Making true digital transformation is difficult unless organisations in the Middle East embrace central themes such as software-defined everything, hyperscale, containers and hybrid cloud,” said Lee Miles, General Manager Middle East and Africa, Red Hat. “Proprietary technology will no longer exist as a viable innovation model. Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, will participate in GITEX Technology Week where its focus will be on demonstrating how the company’s open source technologies are helping accelerate business

transformation by enabling all these trends.” Miles went on to highlight how new agile cloud deployments can transform a company’s operations. “Hybrid cloud remains a focal point for Red Hat at GITEX,” he said. “Hybrid clouds deliver strategic advantages to the business by redirecting resources from lights-on to innovation. They enable faster business service development and deployment and help organizations respond more quickly to opportunities and threats. Hybrid clouds reduce risk by allowing ongoing compliance and runtime management. For this, interoperability is key and this means taking a hybrid approach to managing a cloud, as enabled by open source

Making true digital transformation is difficult unless organisations in the Middle East embrace central themes such as softwaredefined everything, hyperscale, containers and hybrid cloud.” software, open standards, open application programming interfaces (APIs), and other aspects of openness. Red Hat’s entire cloud portfolio is built around this open hybrid cloud management approach.” He also offered a positive forecast for tech industry in the Middle East. “The

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Middle East IT industry is on a healthy growth curve as enterprises leverage technology to enable their businesses. As the region’s largest ICT trade show, GITEX gives us direct exposure to some of the industry’s most influential business decision makers.”

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InfiNet Wireless to unveil latest wireless solutions at GITEX

Kamal Mokrani, InfiNet Wireless

InfiNet Wireless will unveil the InfiLINK XG 1000, the latest addition to its product portfolio. According to the company, the product is designed specifically to meet the backhauling needs of wireless internet service providers (WISPs) and enterprise backhauls for applications like digital oilfields,

the InfiLINK XG 1000 is able to provide throughputs of up to 1 Gigabit per second over the air in 5 GHz license-free frequency bands, effectively doubling the capacity of InfiNet’s previous highest performing product, the InfiLINK XG. “InfiNet is committed to staying at the forefront of the global wireless industry, continuing its close partnership with various channel partners in the Middle East region and bringing to its customers the very latest wireless technologies to not only satisfy their growing demand for highbandwidth connectivity but to also add significant value to their own business models,” said Kamal Mokrani, Global Vice President, InfiNet Wireless. “Our innovative product portfolio and flexible

business approach have earned us a reputation second-to-none and contributed to our company becoming the de-facto choice for many service providers from all sectors of the industry.” In addition to the InfiLINK XG 1000, InfiNet Wireless will also be launching an extended range of its InfiLINK XG models, which now support new frequency bands such as 2.x GHz, 3.x GHz and 4.x GHz, as well as the previous 5.x GHz and 6.x GHz bands. With spectral efficiency as high as 13 bps/Hz and a real throughput of up to 130 Mbps in just 10M Hz of spectrum, InfiNet highlighted that the InfiLINK XG models are ideal for unlicenced backhauling in the standard Wi-Fi frequency bands, for mobile operator backhauls and high-capacity access, in-band small-

cell LTE backhaul and public safety networks. InfiNet will also showcase the revamped InfiMAN 2×2 product family, complemented by a brandnew smart antenna base station sector unit (known as the Qmxb) and a new range of subscriber terminals fitted with 300 mW (25 dBm) radio transmit modules. “GITEX is key to our growth strategy as it not only provides us with a platform to showcase our latest wireless solutions, but also presents us with a golden opportunity to enhance existing relationships and nurture new ones with partners and end customers alike. We hope to contribute significantly to this major event, as we have done for the past nine years.” Visit them at Zabeel Hall, Stand Z-J10.

Attivo Networks to showcase ThreatMatrix Platform

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Attivo Networks are exhibiting at GITEX this year in the hopes of raising awareness pertaining to new emerging technologies in cybersecurity. The company is looking to equip its customers and partners with deception-based tools and solutions to efficiently identify and close security gaps. “GITEX has always been a focal point for leading players 3

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in the technology industry and beyond,” said Ray Kafity, Vice President, Middle East Turkey and Africa (META). “It provides us with an opportunity to add more value to the conversations with our current and prospective customers and partners.” He added, “At GITEX this year, we will be showcasing our newly announced ThreatMatrix

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Platform, which is designed for high-interaction deception and accelerated incident response. This platform is aligned to strategically provide early detection of cyberattacks from threat vectors which includes Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), BOT, stolen credentials, man-in-the-middle, and ransomware attacks.” A recent Gartner study stated

DarkMatter makes GITEX bow

Faisal Al Bannai, DarkMatter

security operation centre (SOC) management, DarkMatter is also intending to launch its own SOC in early-2017, according to Al Bannai. One of DarkMatter’s current standout solutions, meanwhile, is its Pegasus City Cyber Resiliency offering, which provides analytics for Smart Cities. “Our platform enables collaboration between government departments, and allows for accurate reporting on compliance and standards,” Al Bannai said. “If, for example, the transport department is attacked, the solution allows a quick analysis of the knockon effects on other departments. Blockchain is another developing technology that DarkMatter is looking to exploit the rise of. “Blockchain is a nice buzzword, but we need to develop an understanding of what it means for security and architecture,” Al Bannai said. “ Al Bannai went on to underline how Blockchain is set to form

Cybersecurity provider DarkMatter is making its first appearance at GITEX Technology Week, and company CEO Faisal Al Bannai is delighted with the company’s progress over the last 12 months. “We only began participating in events last November, but GITEX is definitely one of the best venues to showcase our diverse streams,” he said. “We’ve certainly been busy but have already received a lot of fantastic reviews from customers.”

Al Bannai was keen to emphasise how the company was a “dedicated cybersecurity player” for companies across a range of companies. “Our solutions fall into two main categories: our product and product development, and our cyber services,” Al Bannai said. “We’ve positioned ourselves to be advisors that can help partners to identify, customise and deploy the security solutions that are right for them.” As well as providing services for

that deception technology is the most effective way to combat advanced cyber threats, and it is identified as a top 10 security trend for 2016. “Cyber attackers are always on the lookout for a backdoor to compromise the IT infrastructure and critical assets of an organisation, no matter the size,” said Kafity. “Hence, it is vital for organisations to deploy advanced cybersecurity solutions which prevent

It is vital for organisations to deploy advanced cybersecurity solutions which prevent attacks as well as providing early detection for threats that have bypassed their defences.”

Our platform enables collaboration between government departments, and allows for accurate reporting on compliance and standards.” an integral part of the nation’s IT strategy. “The Dubai government has announced that by 2020, 100 percent of its services will run through Blockchain,” he said. “This is the first government to be so bold with such a plan. Their announcement aligns well with our advisory capabilities for Blockchain security.”

attacks as well as providing early detection for threats that have bypassed their defences. Keeping in line with this objective, Attivo Networks aims to enable organisations at GITEX to strengthen their security agenda with intelligence-led deceptionbased solutions embodying effective capabilities to proactively guard and respond to threats across all business functions.

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