McAfee released its McAfee Labs 2018 Threats Predictions Report, which identifies five key trends to watch in 2018. This year’s report focuses on the evolution of ransomware from traditional to new applications, the cybersecurity implications of serverless applications, the consumer privacy implications of corporations monitoring consumers in their own homes, long-term implications of corporations gathering […]

BT announced an extension of its strategic partnership with Cisco to include two new capabilities: a new Cisco-based customer premise equipment virtualisation solution managed by BT Connect Edge and the integration of Cisco’s network automation and orchestration software platform into BT Connect Services Platform. The new capabilities are part of BT’s Dynamic Network Services initiative, […]

Seclore, a global vendor in rights management, and Boldon James, a provider of data classification and secure messaging software, are announcing a global OEM partnership. As part of this strategic partnership agreement, which includes deep technical collaboration and joint global go-to-market, Boldon James’ classification software will be integrated with secure rights management. With this announcement, […]

StarLink, a value-added-distributor announced a new distribution partnership with Extreme Networks, for the Middle East and North Africa region. Extreme Networks, a global vendor of high-performance end-to-end enterprise networking solutions can deliver IT infrastructure that is fast, resilient and can tune itself to the demands of users, applications and security threats, from wired to wireless, […]

NIT, an Ingram Micro Company and regional value-added distributor of IP surveillance and physical security solutions in Middle East, Turkey and Africa region, announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Dell EMC. Through this agreement, NIT is now authorised to distribute Dell EMC portfolio of servers, storage and active network devices, to its channel […]

Privacy compliance and enterprise analytics company FileFacets has appointed Nuvias as its sole distributor in EMEA to drive international expansion and meet growing demand for its Enterprise ID data discovery products. These are fundamental to the discovery and management of personal and sensitive data, which is at the core of GDPR compliance. FileFacets Enterprise ID […]

Veeam announced the availability of Veeam Availability Console, a free management console for service providers delivering Veeam-powered services, such as Backup as a Service and Disaster Recovery as a service, to more efficiently manage, track and invoice for these services. In addition, the Veeam console expands opportunities for resellers and new managed service providers looking […]

Analytics software vendor SAS has promoted Alaa Youssef to Managing Director for its Middle East operations. In this expanded role, he will have additional management responsibilities in the Middle East for the Gulf and Emerging Markets sales and operations teams, as well as his already existing management of sales and operations in SAS Saudi Arabia. […]

Orange Business Services has appointed Mohammad Turki Al-Otaibi as Country Manager, Saudi Arabia. He takes over the management role from Laurent Marini who has moved to another position in the Orange Group.  Turki Al-Otaibi is a Saudi national with more than 20 years of experience of technology solutions for both enterprise and government sectors. His […]

Veeam Software announced that Kate Hutchison has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer. Hutchison will lead Veeam’s global marketing organisation and continue to strengthen the company’s brand momentum as the Availability provider for applications, data, cloud. Hutchison will report directly to Veeam Co-CEO and President, Peter McKay. “Kate’s proven experience, particularly in leading marketing teams during […]