Global cloud software company NetApp® has teamed up with NVIDIA to advance its supercomputing infrastructure. The announcement sees that NetApp EF600 all-flash NVMe storage combined with the BeeGFS parallel file system is now certified for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD™. The new certification simplifies artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Global events company Altrusia has announced its "Cloud Governance & Security Management summit" on 24th June 2022. The event aims to unite visionary speakers and leaders from the field of business, services, innovation, technology, and IT in order to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with...
Physical security professionals are embracing cloud security, according to the latest report from Genetec. The report gathered insights from over 2,000 physical security leaders to determine their views and attitudes as the security industry evolved in 2021 and beyond, and indicates an accelerated move to the...
Cloud security innovation leader Orca Security has shared its findings on security alert fatigue via its latest research report. The company surveyed over 800 IT professionals across five countries and ten industries to make robust findings into public cloud security alert fatigue. The survey found that...
Security company TrueFort has announced TrueFort Cloud, to help detect security issues and malicious workload activity. The platform offers application-intelligent workload protection, service account analytics, and micro-segmentation accessible to customers in one day, compared to competitive approaches that take weeks. Hosted on AWS, TrueFort Cloud supports...
Data streaming platform Confluent has announced new capabilities as part of its Q2 2022 launch strategy. New features include customer lag monitoring, clear organisation of data and integration with Grafana Cloud. The Expanded Confluent Cloud Metrics API delivers enterprise-wide observability to optimise data streaming performance...
Leading test and measurement equipment provider Keysight Technologies has emphasised the need for cloud visibility and its applications within security. As securing digital assets and infrastructure becomes a central priority for many businesses in light of tighter security measures, it's never been more important for secure...
Technology powerhouse Zoom has been selected as the official platform for the World Government Summit in 2022 in Dubai. The event will take place at the end of March at the Dubai Expo and aims to enable governments and enterprises to connect, communicate and express their...
Vinchin Backup & Recovery v6.5 has been launched offering next-generation, innovative data protection solutions for advanced backup and restore performance. The new release provides multi-tenant management mode for managed service providers to deliver both Backup as-a-service (BaaS) and Disaster-Recovery as-a-service (DRaaS). It features complete data protection...
Eighty three per cent of companies are failing to encrypt at least half of the sensitive data they hold in the cloud – leaving them open to security breaches. According to the 2021 Thales Cloud Security Study, 57% of companies surveyed say they use at least...
Infoblox, a cloud-first DNS management and security company, has appointed Mansoor AlShalahi as its Country Manager for Saudi Arabia. AlShalahi brings over 15 years’ experience to the role working within the ICT industry. Past employers include Hewlett-Parkard, Dell Technologies and F5 Networks. In his new position...
Routed has appointed Axiz Cloud Technologies as a VMWare cloud distribution partner in a move that will help bolster the cloud market in the region. The appointment is not only strategic to help Routed build a resilient and robust channel, but is also necessary to further...
Microsoft’s global partner Predica, has entered the Qatari market in anticipation of increased demand for exceptional IT consultancy services. The provider of consulting services in cloud-based security and cyber-resilience ranks within the top 10 consulting firms worldwide for Azure specialisations. Szymon Świątek, Country Manager at Predica in...
Attacks on MS Exchange grew collectively by 170% during August – with Oman seeing a 78% increase in the same time period. Overall the figure jumped from 7,342 users being targeted by vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Services that were blocked by Kaspersky products, to 19,839. The experts...
Automated bots designed to carry out malicious activities on the web, account for a massive 40% of all internet traffic, according to new research from Barracuda, provider of cloud security solutions. While many bots are perfectly harmless – such as those used to crawl search engines,...
Mindware, a leading Value Added Distributors (VADs) in the Middle East and Africa, has signed an agreement with Barracuda, a leading provider for cloud-enabled security solutions, to offer the entire suite of the vendor’s security products to enterprises across North, West and Central Africa. The new...
Eagle Eye Networks, global leader in cloud video surveillance has introduced the first-of-its-kind 4G, direct-to-cloud body camera designed specifically for commercial use. This new offering provides commercial customers with affordable access to feature-rich, professional-grade body camera services, which improve staff safety and accountability, trigger immediate response,...
Moro Hub has signed a Managed Service Provider (MSP) agreement with Trend Micro to provide cloud workload protection services to its customers. The agreement was signed between Marwan Bin Haidar, vice chairman and group eco of Digital DEWA and Majd Sinan, country manager, Trend Micro UAE. "Our cooperation with...
Dr Mohammad Hamdan, associate professor of Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Dubai addresses the 3C's (Concerns, Challenges and Costs) critical to effective and secure cloud adoption IT infrastructure networks in the modern age are increasingly shifting towards the cloud, to benefit from cost, scalability, and management-related advantages....
Sherif Shaltout vice president operations, Cysiv Middle East & Africa addresses the key frustrations facing security operations operatives and how SOC-as-a-Service can help solve them Enterprises are constantly adopting new tools and technologies to make threat detection and response more efficient. However, these solutions need to...
NDR, EDR and XDR – these buzzwords often cause confusion among IT decision-makers who are responsible for their company's cybersecurity. In many cases, due to the numerous offers and the differently advertised scopes of services, it is not clear what exactly is hidden behind these...
Multi-location businesses, such as retail franchises, building management companies, and chain establishments, are often challenged to understand why certain sites are more successful, productive, or optimised effectively for safety than others. Leadership is left wondering what factors are responsible for success, how less profitable stores...
A new IBM study conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed that 85 percent of C-Suite executives surveyed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are pursuing or planning to implement hybrid cloud strategies in their organisations. According to the study, C-Suite executives surveyed in the...
Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), has announced the appointment of international experts in the field of systems security to the Board of Advisors of its Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC). Secure Systems Research Centre...
Close to 4000 participants from technology partners, end customers and media attended the first virtual MIPS conference on March 1st and 2nd. The virtual event brought together this rich community of video, security, and technology solution partners from EMEA, APAC and Americas to discuss the...