FEATURE: GITEX
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rends that will shape the growing demand for
fibre across the Middle East will be the focus for
CommScope during GITEX.
“Given the focus on a post-oil era, it’s no surprise
the region is in the early stages of the greatest
transformation of networking yet,” said Ehab
Kanary, vice president of Enterprise, Middle East
and Africa, CommScope. “It’s an exciting time as
exponential growth in video, mobility and cloud
are revolutionising how we connect to each other.
CommScope is helping organisations across
the Middle East and Africa plan for the future
as communications technology evolves at an
astounding rate.”
As the world embarks on a potential fourth Industrial
Revolution, it is the 30 billion to 50 billion connected
devices that will spur the unprecedented growth
in bandwidth. The next few years are critical to
building the networks that will meet the demand. In
anticipation of this need, CommScope, a leader in
communications network infrastructure solutions, is
preparing the Middle East and Africa for decades of
increased bandwidth.
“The Middle East is encouraging investment in
high capacity networks as leaders see fibre as the
infrastructure of the 21st century. High speed
fibre broadband and cellular connectivity supports
economic growth and an improved quality of
life for everyone, as users expect fast and reliable
connectivity anywhere, anytime from their devices,”
said Femi Oshiga, vice president of service providers,
CommScope Middle East and Africa.
“CommScope’s combination of fibre and wireless
technology will meet the needs for today’s and
tomorrow’s expanding bandwidth demands.” n
GITEX 2017 SPECIAL
Savitha Bhaskar, COO, Condo Protego
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epresentatives of Condo Protego will be
available to discuss cybersecurity at GITEX.
Some cybersecurity experts have described
Malware attacks as an ‘arms race’ because hackers
have developed increasingly complex approaches
and security vendors have countered with stronger
technology defences.
“WannaCry and Petya malware attacks are not
isolated incidents – every Middle East CIO needs
to be prepared for malware attacks increasing in
quantity and complexity, or risk massive losses,” said
Savitha Bhaskar, COO at UAE-based IT infrastructure
and information management consultancy and
solutions provider Condo Protego.
“The good news for Middle East CIOs is that most of
them already have the technology solutions to fortify
their cyber defences.
“GITEX provides the platform to educate Middle East
CIOs on the importance of working with specialised
cybersecurity channel partners. Partners and clients
can reinvent systems and processes to prevent,
mitigate, and restore their data and enhance
customer trust.”
Condo Protego has seen strong Middle East success
in deploying data protection strategies centered on
industry-leading Symantec and RSA solutions.
Among verticals, the services sector is at highest
risk of ransomware attacks, bearing the burden of
38% of total attacks, according to a recent report by
Symantec. Manufacturing, public administration, and
finance and real estate also present high risk.
Ehab Kanary, vice president of Enterprise, Middle
East and Africa, CommScope
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INTELLIGENTCIO
Condo Protego, which is Latin for ‘to store and protect’
is a leading regional ‘consultative solutions provider’.
It serves enterprises of all sizes, focusing on data
storage, virtualisation, data protection and security. n
www.intelligentcio.com