How Does Your Board Measure Cyber Resilience?

By Deryck Mitchelson, Field CISO at Check Point Software Organizations are facing an uphill battle. The volume of cyberattacks has risen year-on-year, with a 38% increase in 2022 compared to the previous year. In the UAE alone, an organization is being targeted on average 1403 times per week over the last six months. Supply chain attacks continue to challenge organizations. Zero-day vulnerabilities are being uncovered daily, with the most recent prolific incident being the 3CX compromise found in March 2023. The geopolitical landscape has never been more fractured in response to the Russo-Ukraine war, and ransomware has evolved beyond classic … Continue reading How Does Your Board Measure Cyber Resilience?

PROVEN Robotics Integrates ChatGPT with Pepper Humanoid Robot – the First Implementation of its Kind in the Region

The integration offers several benefits including improving Pepper’s natural language understanding and encouraging flexible and personalized communication PROVEN Robotics, a leading provider of robotic solutions worldwide, announced the successful integration of natural language artificial intelligence (AI) technology, ChatGPT, into its cutting edge humanoid robot, Pepper. A regional first, the significant milestone offers several key benefits and solidifies the company’s position as an industry pioneer. PROVEN Robotics also announced a partnership with one of the largest chemical manufacturing companies in the world – the deal saw the Saudi-based chemicals specialist leverage PROVEN Robotics’ advanced robotics solutions at two of its events … Continue reading PROVEN Robotics Integrates ChatGPT with Pepper Humanoid Robot – the First Implementation of its Kind in the Region

Overcoming Challenges and Driving Channel Partner Profitability

By Kinda Baydoun, Head of Channel & Alliances – Middle East & CIS at Veeam With over 35,000 active partners and 450,000 end-customers serviced by our ProPartner network globally, Veeam’s channel gives businesses access to unrivalled expertise and knowledge. Our interactions with channel partners throw up a lot of interesting insights that give an indication of where the market is headed and what players in this space need to do in order to stay competitive. From a technology perspective, we see that our partners are putting a lot of energy and focus into four key areas: CloudInstead of seeing cloud … Continue reading Overcoming Challenges and Driving Channel Partner Profitability

Cybersecurity and Data Sovereignty Concerns are Top Drivers for Public Sector’s 5X Growth in Hybrid Multicloud Deployments over the Next Three Years

Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, has announced the public sector findings of its fifth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption. The research reveals that public sector organisations plan to accelerate their hybrid multicloud deployments nearly five-fold over the next three years. Overall, public sector respondents expect to increase their general use of mixed-IT infrastructure to 73%. Cybersecurity, data security, sovereignty, protection and recovery are top drivers of this group’s IT infrastructure purchasing decisions. “Public Sector CIOs are universally modernising their IT environments to effectively serve their constituents, missions, … Continue reading Cybersecurity and Data Sovereignty Concerns are Top Drivers for Public Sector’s 5X Growth in Hybrid Multicloud Deployments over the Next Three Years