FEATURE: GITEX 2017
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their IoT and the cloud infrastructure
and everything in between.
As the region gears up for the adoption
of smart technologies, IoT, AI, and
blockchain, Fortinet will highlight its
forward-thinking view of cybersecurity
and how it stands ready to protect
blockchain processes and smart
technology implementations.
Fortinet will also advocate its cloud-
based threat intelligence platform,
FortiGuard Threat Intelligence Services
that provides threat metrics and
activity trends to enable CISOs in the
region to stay ahead of the global
and regional threat landscape and
proactively defend their enterprises
against rapidly evolving threats.
Gemalto
GEMALTO
The vendor will launch the industry’s
first global cloud-based on-demand
encryption as a service platform with
SafeNet Data Protection On-Demand.
Gemalto will also focus on SafeNet
Trusted Access, a cloud-based access
management solution that simplifies
and secures access to cloud applications
and helps companies mitigate risk with
integrated single sign-on, multi-factor
authentication and risk-based analytics.
In addition to these new solutions,
Gemalto will also have live product demos
available for Gemalto’s data protection
portfolio, focusing on its core technologies:
SafeNet Authentication Service, Multi-
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Factor Authentication; SafeNet Mobile
PKI, Bluetooth Authentication Solution;
SafeNet Virtual KeySecure with SafeNet
ProtectFile and SafeNet ProtectDB, Data-
at-rest encryption.
The new Gemalto Cipher Partner
Programme provides opportunities
for partners to align with changing
customer purchasing trends and
provides greater rewards for partner-led
engagements. It is designed to support
different buying models like cloud,
services and embedded solutions and
focuses on empowering and rewarding
“Another
significant
change is the
improvement
to the co-
located Gitex
Technology
Week conference
to include
vertical market
focus.”
partners to succeed in both sales and
technical aspects.
Hitachi
Data
Systems
HITACHI
DATA
SYSTEMS
The Middle East is pouring investment
into Smart Cities to enhance
government efficiency and citizen
services, tied to digital transformation
initiatives such as Dubai Smart City and
UAE Vision 2021, Saudi Vision 2030,
and New Kuwait Vision 2035.
Smart Cities are leveraging connected
sensors, devices, and social media in the
Internet of Things era, which will see
28 billion connected devices creating a
$7 trillion Big Data market opportunity.
Central to Smart City success is for
governments to adopt an open data
platform, which shares citywide data on
a single platform.
InfiNet
Wireless
INFINET
WIRELESS
InfiNet will use this year’s event to
showcase its complete portfolio of
point-to-point and point-to-multipoint
wireless solutions for Smart City
applications including homeland
security, traffic management and
optimisation, remote environmental
and health monitoring. Prominent
among the InfiNet solutions for
Smart Cities is the InfiLINK XG 1000.
Launched during Gitex 2016, this
product family is able to provide
throughputs of up to 1 Gbps over the
air in 5 GHz license-free frequency
bands, effectively doubling the
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