Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 55 | Page 33

NEWS ce to support Egypt’s Having a local presence in-country will support VMware’s vision to help companies build, run, manage, connect and protect any app on any cloud and any device. This is especially important in Egypt, which has a large population of young people, creating strong demand for quality customer experience and employment opportunities. ve the local and ing on a range of port, commercial and t management and ware intends to hire in Egypt in the first new office. The company is expanding ICT knowledge in Egypt through its partner programmes and through recent initiatives such as its collaboration with Egypt’s National Telecommunication Institute (NTI). VMware also formed a collaboration with Egypt’s Information Technology Institute (ITI), an affiliate of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in April 2019, to support Egyptian ICT students with professional training. ///////////////// corporate users in Egypt has remained fairly ious three years. the rationale of this B2B sector could ss to banking or unts, but, through employee exposure, could also compromise a company’s financial resources. The collected data also shows that Egypt held its position as the most targeted country in the Middle East in 2019, accounting for 43% of corporate users out of all attacked by banking malware. INTELLIGENTCIO 17