FEATURE : GITEX PREVIEW
Avaya ready to present its ‘ greatest show ’ at UAE ’ s GITEX
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company Avaya is to broadcast its activities at GITEX Technology Week to almost 150 cities around the world , so that those who cannot attend are able to experience its presence virtually .
This will provide an opportunity for customers unable to attend the Dubai event to find out about its latest technical solutions that enable business sustainability and the globalisation of work .
Nidal Abou-Ltaif , President , Avaya EMEA and APAC , said : “ It goes without saying that difficulties may sometimes impose new patterns and models of business and marketing on companies . And that includes the way we as an industry participate in exhibitions , conferences and other events .
“ But the important thing is that , just as our partners and customers are always present , we will also be there to provide support and achieve success . We have full confidence in the decision of the Dubai World Trade Centre ( DWTC ) to organise GITEX this year through a set of policies that allows social distancing while still enabling the success of the event . We have complete faith that the public safety policies being undertaken by the exhibition management this year allow for the safe participation of our employees , partners , customers and visitors .”
The company has announced its plans to overcome the challenges represented by current travel restrictions .
“ Early on , we recognised that this will be a challenge this year , so we got ready to take Avaya at GITEX live to more than 150 cities and hundreds of our customers around the world , through a daily live broadcast ,” said Abou-Ltaif . •
Trend Micro to promote ‘ The Art of Cybersecurity ’ and latest solutions
continues to surge , with Trend Micro recording 2,392,097 malware detections and another 2,294 banking malware detections in the region . Supporting Middle East organisations in their secure Digital Transformation , Trend Micro will exhibit at GITEX under the theme of ‘ The Art of Cybersecurity .’ The theme combines Trend Micro ’ s proven foresight , its XGen security strategy of cross-generational threat defence solutions and passionate people to make cybersecurity a work of art .
In the run-up to GITEX Technology Week 2020 , cloud security vendor Trend Micro Incorporated , has released the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) results for its annual mid-year roundup report . According to the security vendor , it detected a combined 56,873,271 email , URL , malware and banking malware attacks in the GCC during the first half of 2020 .
In the GCC , Trend Micro detected 41,236,550 email threats , 13,181,016 URL victims and 61,314 URL hosted attacks . Malware
“ The GCC ’ s high rates of cyberattacks across email , URL and malware show that cybercriminals are ramping up their exploits of the weak points in organisations ’ endpoints , network and cloud – especially with COVID-19-related threats ,” said Dr Moataz Bin Ali , Vice President , Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ), Trend Micro .
At GITEX , Trend Micro will showcase cybersecurity solutions across cloud ( Cloud One Hybrid Cloud Security ), user protection for endpoints ( Apex One ), email and web , detection and response , Operational Technology ( OT ) and Industrial Control security ( TXOne Networks ) and network protection from known , unknown , and undisclosed threats ( Network Defence ). • www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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