Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, announced thatitis hostinga5-citycybersecurity tourthroughoutMiddleEast &Africa (MEA) under the theme ‘Take Network Security to the Next Level’. The roadshow will kick off on February 24th, 2020 inAmman, Jordan and will conclude in Kuwait City on the 11thof March.   Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director MEA at Infoblox says, “Today’s enterprise is truly borderless. The network perimeter is dissolving with digital transformations like SD-WAN, IoT, and hybrid cloud, complicating traditional security approaches. Remote branches are directly connecting to the internet, losing the protection of the full security stack deployed in the data centre.” “Securing these evolving IT architectures adds … Continue reading Infoblox to Host Cybersecurity Roadshow 2020 across Middle East and Africa

SD-Branch Pioneer Extends Zero Trust Security and New Cloud-native Management Capabilities to Enable Non-stop Retail Operations at Scale Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today announced the next milestone for its SD-Branch solution that enables more secure, streamlined and simplified deployment and management of large distributed retail networks. A critical component of the company’s Edge-to-Cloud strategy, Aruba’s SD-Branch solutionintegrates Aruba Branch Gateways with the Aruba Centralcloud management platform to provide a single point of control and management for SD-WAN, wired and wireless networking to enable secure, simplified branch connectivity at scale. The innovations include:  An expansion of Aruba’s unified branch … Continue reading Aruba Advances Digital Retail Experiences with SD-Branch Innovations

By: Atish Gude – Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) NetApp 2019 was a year of rapid innovation—and disruption—for both the IT industry and the broader business community. With the widespread adoption of hybrid multicloud as the de facto architecture for enterprise customers, organizations everywhere are under tremendous pressure to modernize their infrastructure and to deliver tangible business value around data-intensive applications and workloads. As a result, organizations are shifting from on-premises environments to using public cloud services, building private clouds, and moving from disk to flash in data centers—sometimes concurrently. These transformations open the door to enormous … Continue reading NetApp 2020 Predictions

By: Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director, Middle East & Africa at Infoblox As 2019 draws to a close and expatriates pack their bags and book their tickets to return to their home countries for the winter holiday season, nothing could possibly go wrong—except for a potential cybersecurity attack! Here are eight tips on how to stay protected while you are away on holiday: Avoid travel booking scams Quite a few people get scammed while booking travel plans online. Unfortunately, there are many fraudulent websites that lure customers in by using fake domain names similar to those of well-known travel-booking agencies. To keep yourself protected, do … Continue reading Winter Holiday Travel Tips: Staying Protected from Cybercrime