operations teams complete visibility to identify and investigate attacks.

In the past, security solution providers were focused on perimeter security which included firewall, antivirus, IPS and IDS. With the onset of cloud data, mobile hardware, and big data, network perimeters have blurred and the traditional approach to security is no longer valid, says Abdella.

He adds SIEM as a technology can no longer keep pace with the evolving threat landscape. “It creates logs of the activities taking place within the network

Gitex plays a critical role in RSA’s business growth strategy in the region as the show provides an ideal

Miriam Burt, Research Vice President, Gartner is interested in the way we shop. As an expert in

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inform themselves about a product without ever leaving their homes. This is true worldwide as well as the Middle East. “As far as consumers are concerned, our research shows that consumers in the Middle East are no different from consumers worldwide,” says Burt.

Though retailers in the Middle East have traditionally lagged behind in consumer technology, a leap forward is eminent. “Middle East retailers are in a position where they have the resources to leapfrog some of the lessons that the rest of the world had to learn the hard way,”

platform the company to meet its customers and partners from across the region, according to Ahmed Abdella, Regional Director – Turkey, Emerging Africa and Middle East, RSA.

“Last year, we had around 80 percent of growth in the region. First half of 2014 has already marked 42% growth across the region. Within Gulf alone, we have doubled our business within the first half,” he adds.

RSA is launching an Advanced Security Operations Centre (ASOC) at Gitex this year, which is a combination of technology and services that gives security

retail trends, Burt has her eye on what is happening in the world of consumers. “The umbrella trend under which all other trends fall is consumerisation of retail,” says Burt. “By that we mean that there is a shift in the way consumers are powered by technology. They are making retailers realise that they need to deliver a great customer experience.” Essentially, technology is putting the power in to the hands of the consumer.

Consumers, she says, have all the same technologies and capabilities as retailers. They can do research and comparison shop as well as

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However, though consumers may not have the ability to buy online, we are not looking at a store-less future. “We said, and still maintain, that retailers need to invest in the store. The store is not going anywhere, but the layout and function may be changing and the store will be extremely important as far as execution,” she says. For example, consumers may purchase their products online, but pick them up in the store. This is particularly convenient in the Middle East where delivery infrastructure such as postal codes may be lacking. In that way, the store must remain, but perhaps there will be an area dedicated to product pick-up.

Mobile retail surrounds the Gartner booth in Sheik Saeed Hall, though not in the form we are

used to seeing. The stall is flanked by governments demonstrating e-government and m-government solutions. “We are seeing trends that were traditionally limited to retailers moving into education and government,” explains Burt.

It is clear that the Middle East is technically ready for technology

driven consumerism, however, consumers and end-users still need to be trained. “We may have the technology,” says Burt “but it will only grow as fast as it is adopted by consumers, and for that to happen, consumers need to be comfortable and confident in their purchases.”

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and uses these to find correlation of suspicious activities. A drawback of the technology is that it gives half the story where one needs full visibility. That is what led RSA to introduce Security Analytics that gives the end-user ‘eyes’ within the network – it is the equivalent of placing video cameras within your infrastructure.”

The ASOC combines the power of logs with full visibility by bringing both technology to a single platform.

Government, financial and telecommunication sectors will remain the key verticals for RSA in the Gulf region, Abdella says. “It is certain that we will continue to invest in the region with the growth rates we have realized. At Gitex, we look forward to signing partners with strong services and consultancy background.”

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Panasonic Marketing Middle East Africa (PMMAF) has introduced new Video Intercom and Home Monitoring Systems that offer the latest in wireless communication technology. Visitors to Panasonic stand at Gitex Technology Week can experience the performance, remote monitoring ability and benefits of the new products and the upcoming 2015 product line up for Home Monitoring Systems.

The new VL series of Video Intercom solutions include three different intercom systems – VL-SWD501, VL-SW251 and the VL-SF70, providing users with different

convenient ways to watch over the safety of their homes and control access to the main gate from anywhere in the house.

The new Home Monitoring system has four packages: DIY Surveillance Camera Kit (KX-HN6002) and Monitoring and Control Kit (KX-HN6003) that allows customers to monitor indoors and outdoors from their smartphone whether they are at home or on the road; the Home Safety Starter Kit (KX-HN6000) which provides three way alert notifications via smart phone, home phone and to an outside landline; and the Baby Monitoring Kit (KX-HN6001)

with a sensor on the indoor camera that will detect if the baby is crying and alert the parent by smartphone application. The system runs completely on Wi-Fi can be set up easily using a smartphone.

Takayuki Uchinuno, General Manager, System Networks and Communication, Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa commented: “With our new range of Video Intercom and Home Monitoring Systems, we aim to provide the best level of security for our customers, whether it is to control access to visitors or monitor indoors and outdoors, from home or remotely.”

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Taztag, a French company specialist in contactless technology, will participate at the Gitex technology Week between the 12thand the 16th of October 2014. Taztag will present to the region a complete range of products for the deployment of new applications based on a unique association of short range communication (NFC), secure element & cryptography, and Biometric control.

On the display is TazPad-ID, a universal secure tablet using contactless technologies combined with biometric user authentication to access to services in different environments (payments and non-payments transactions, at home or at work, over the Internet, in-stores or in banks).

TazPad-ID embeds machine readable passports, visas and travel cards conforming to ICAO Document 9303 (2 & 3-line MRZ) and ISO-18013 driving licences (1-line MRZ). Taztag’s products are mainly used for Telco, Banking, Police, Army, Retail for ID control, physical or logical access control and payment.

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MTN Nigeria in deal with Alcatel-Lucent to boost connectivity

Alcatel-Lucent is opening up Africa’s most populous nation to the benefits of ultra-broadband

video plus the ever-increasing need from enterprises for storage and data center connections. The new network also gives MTN the capacity and flexibility to offer wholesale services to other service providers in the region.

Lynda Saint-Nwafor, CTO of MTN Nigeria said:  “MTN realised we needed to upgrade our network to meet customer expectations for ultra-broadband connectivity and high reliability within Nigeria’s very competitive marketplace.  We wanted a state of the art solution that met three main criteria: increased network reliability, a high degree of scalability to prepare the network for 400G and beyond, and preservation of our existing 10G investment.  Alcatel-Lucent’s demonstrations showed that they could meet all of our criteria and we look forward to deploying the network overlay in 2014.”

connectivity by launching a superfast, 100 gigabit-per-second fiber-optic network with MTN

Nigeria, a subsidiary of Dubai-based MTN Group and the leading service provider in Africa. 

MTN Nigeria, which covers more than almost 90 percent of Nigeria’s land mass, will deploy a 100G network that re-uses existing 10G optical assets thereby preserving MTN past investments while ensuring future proof and state of art solution. 

Nigeria’s growing economy is fueling a proliferation of mobile subscribers, which number about 275 to every one landline in the country.  As a result, Nigeria has a significant need for reliable, mobile broadband access to support growing demand for bandwidth hungry services such as streaming

Infoblox’s focus at GITEX 2014 is two-fold, first is security, particularly DNS and content security and the second is around helping to deliver on the promise of cloud computing by speeding up the cloud components.

Cherif Sleiman, Regional Director, Middle East, Infoblox, says, “We use GITEX as a platform to fundamentally focus on

educating delegates around the latest and greatest innovations. If you look at Middle East specifically, there are areas where Infoblox can help with the local market such as security and cloud computing.”

The company is launching new solutions around network control portfolio and network virtualisation and will showcase solutions

which help to respond to security breaches in a faster manner. “We are also looking at further integration with VMware and cloud,” adds Sleiman

The vendor has participated at GITEX for the last four years and

Cherif Sleiman, Regional Direc-tor, Middle East, Infoblox

“We use GITEX as a platform to fundamentally focus on educating delegates around the latest and greatest innovations. If you look at Middle East specifically, there are areas where Infoblox can help with the local market such as security and cloud computing.”

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Zebra Technologies is presenting innovations designed to help accelerate the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in the Middle East at Gitex. These include Zebra Link-OS, an operating system that pairs a powerful software development kit and software apps with smart Zebra devices. The operating system allows users to easily integrate, manage and maintain

Zebra’s suite of printers from multiple locations. 

“Zebra is committed to providing innovative technologies from smart printers to real-time tracking technologies to help organizations gain better visibility into their operations, in the Middle East,” says Pratik Kajaria, Territory Manager, Middle East, Zebra Technologies Europe Limited. “Through Link-OS, we are providing

to the region the means to integrate our printers into a rapidly evolving cloud-based wireless world with an ever increasing number of smart devices.”

Link-OS is an operating system designed to easily facilitate cloud-based applications and supports the four essential components that Zebra recommends for a successful implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. 

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finds it as an useful platform to reach out to their customer base. “GITEX is an incredible exhibition, it caters to so many industries and so many technologies. Our objective is to create awareness around the latest trends, innovations and best practices in our industry and to meet potential customers.”

Sleiman is clear on the fact that along with the company’s growth, it is equally important to grow its channel network. Presently, the company has identified win-win partnerships in the market. “It’s not about the number of partners but more on the quality of the partners that we have in our ecosystem,” he explains. The next step is about channel enablement. The company aims to create centres of excellence, increase the level of competencies and provide local support in order to help channel partners to respond to challenges faced by customers.

Currently, it works with distribution partners such as Arrow, Starlink and Exclusive Networks for the Middle East region.

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