Infrainsights supplement october 2017

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INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS An assimilation of some of the key benchmarks and growth statistics of the infrastructure market in the GCC, Africa and AMU region...  /07

TOP PLAYERS OF INFRAINSIGHTS 2017 ACCELLION

SAP

BITSECURE IT

SCREENSCHECK

CENTRAHUB

SERVICENOW

CISCO

SIGMA TECHNOLOGIES

DELL EMC

SONICWALL

DIMENSION DATA

SOPHOS

EPICOR

STARLINK

EXCLUSIVE NETWORKS

STORIT

FORCEPOINT

STORIT

HID GLOBAL

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COVER FEATURE

ADVERTISER INDEX:

STORIT: ALL ROADS LEAD TO

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TOSHIBA 19, ACCELION 21, VALUE MENTOR 23, REDINGTON 25, NEXANS 29, STARLINK 31, R&M 33, COMMVAULT 35, ARROW 37, GITEX DWTC 39, PALADION43,

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CARBON BLACK 45, STORIT 47, HID 49,

INFINET WIRELESS

STORIT

INFOBLOX

SYNOLOGY

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

TALARIAX

INTERTEC SYSTEMS

VALUEMENTOR

OUTLOOK

57, OMA EMIRATES 61,

MANAGEENGINE

VEEAM

TECH 2018: WHAT TO LOOK

SOPHOS 65, INNOVATIVE

MIMECAST

VMWARE

FORWARD FOR

SOLUTION 67, TALARIAX 69,

FINESSE 55, JUNIPER INFINITEWIRELESS 63,

NEXANS

SERVICE NOW 73, MANAGE

POLYCOM

ENGINE 77, GEC AWARDS 81,

PURE STORAGE

VEEAM 83, GEC OPEN 84

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EDITORIAL

For a Change!

ANUSHREE DIXIT A S S I S TA N T E D I T O R A N U S H R E E @ G E C M E D I A G R O U P. C O M

I recently turned over the leaves ofSatya Nadella’s #Hit Refresh. As the title suggests it is all about breathing change into the existing ecosystems and disrupting the status quo. Indeed, things have changed and changed for good.

ICT infrastructure is no more the same, nor the players leading it. Enthusiastic spirits have revisited the mantra to ruling the roost and we could actually see some emerging or start-up companies making their way to being the choice of the customer who wanted to fuel their business with extra mileage. The reason being very simple— sheer effort in bringing customer-centric solutions.

We came across many organizations who honestly accepted the fact that just being a ‘brand’ no more helped them. And this stands true for a majority of the customers, who were interested in talking to solution providers who could give them dedicated attention while working on a project rather than peppered attention. CIOs and CXOs are also willing to be part of training and networking sessions that can help them usher in value to the organizations. We definitely saw the partner ecosystem playing a major role here.

The InfraInsights 2017 is brought to you to reflect this ‘Change’. Rather than putting up profiles of the leading vendors in each domain, we have also taken the effort to highlight what makes them different from their competitors and we paralleled it with their major customer wins, thereby putting them right on the leader board. What is more interesting is— at par with the leading players you will also find some new entrants in this edition. It is our way of telling the market that it is no more a race to supremacy that has to touch the finish line, but it is a process where you are not running but walking hand-in-hand with the customers.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET GCC

IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE MOVEMENT OF THE REGION FROM BEING OIL-CENTRIC TO FOCUS ON THE OTHER DIVERSIFIED SECTORS. TYPE ‘THE MOST PROMINENT SECTOR IN THE GCC’ AND YOU CAN SEE HOW SECTORS LIKE FINANCE, INSURANCE, EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE FILL THE TOP 10 SEARCHES.

$71 1bn

The UAE’s banking sector topped the GCC region in terms of asset volume, with a total value of about $711 billion (Dh2.61 trillion) in 2016

The GCC healthcare market is projected to grow from an estimated $40.3 billion in 2015 to $71.3 billion in 2020

$ 71.3bn

$121bn

GCC road, bridge, and tunnel contractor awards are forecast to increase from US$ 13,951 million in 2017 to US$ 15,512 million in 2018

O&Ginvestments will rise by 17 per cent over the same time period, amounting to $121 billion in oil and $108 billion in gas

$ 85.6bn

GCC building contractor awards to hit US$ 85.6 billion in 2017

$10.1bn

the UAE telecom market, which generated $8 billion in service revenue in 2013, is on track to record revenue of $10.1 billion in 2018

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THE AFRICAN VISION 2063 REPRESENTS THE ROADMAP OF THE REGION FOR UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. WHILE THIS MAY SEEM A LITTLE ODD, AS THE COUNTERPART COUNTRIES HAVE A GROWTH VISION OF 2020,

2030 ETC, THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IS SET FOR A SLOW BUT VISIBLE GROWTH. THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IS POISED FOR A COLOSSAL GROWTH IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE TRAJECTORY. ACCORDING TO REPORTS , “THE AGENDA 2063’S INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS FOR AFRICA INCLUDE WELL-DEVELOPED ICT AND DIGITAL ECONOMIES, AS WELL AS WORLD-CLASS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES SUCH AS HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY NETWORKS AND ROADS, SUPPORTED BY EFFICIENT SEA AND AIR TRANSPORT.” YET ANOTHER INFRASTRUCTURE MARVEL WOULD BE THE PAN-AFRICAN HIGH SPEED TRAIN NETWORK THAT, ONCE READY, “WILL CONNECT ALL THE MAJOR CITIES OF THE CONTINENT, WITH ADJACENT HIGHWAYS AND PIPELINES FOR GAS, OIL, WATER, AS WELL AS ICT BROADBAND CABLES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.”APART FROM GIVING THE COUNTRY’S TOURISM A MAJOR THRUST, THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE ICT ROADMAP AS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, FINTECH HAS ALSO PENETRATED AFRICA WITH THE CONTINENT WAKING UP TO SOME NEW FINANCIAL REALITIES. ‘PAGA’ IS ONE SUCH EMERGING PAYMENT GATEWAY IN THE REGION MAKING WAVES RECENTLY. AS PER RESOURCES, “PAGA’S SIX MILLION CUSTOMERS CAN MAKE SUCH PAYMENTS THROUGH OPTIONS RANGING FROM SMARTPHONE-SUPPORTED APPS TO SIMPLE CODES PUNCHED INTO BASIC PHONES, OR THROUGH PAGA’S NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF 11,000 AGENTS – SET TO DOUBLE WITHIN A YEAR. CURRENTLY ABOUT 39% OF NIGERIA’S POPULATION ARE FINANCIALLY EXCLUDED, A FIGURE THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA AIMS TO REDUCE TO AROUND 20% BY 2020.”

TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF GROWTH, AFRICAN COMPANIES HAVE STARTED TO FAST-TRACK THE ADOPTION OF CLOUD AND AS A RESULT ARE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES TO MIGRATE. EVIDENCE OF THIS INVESTMENT WAS VISIBLE TODAY AS TERACO, AFRICA’S LARGEST, NEUTRAL DATA CENTRE, LAUNCHED ITS RIVERFIELDS HYPERSCALE CENTRE EAST OF JOHANNESBURG. FEATURING OVER 24 MW OF POWER AND 6000M² OF TECHNICAL DEPLOYMENT SPACE, RIVERFIELDS IS THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL DATA CENTRE OPERATOR IN AFRICA. THE GHANAIAN CLOUD AND MANAGED SERVICES MARKET IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY, OFFERING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROVIDERS. AFRICA’S TELECOM INDUSTRY HAS EXPLODED IN RECENT YEARS, LEAPFROGGING TRADITIONAL FIXED-LINE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOVING STRAIGHT INTO MOBILE PHONES AND INTERNET SERVICES. SERVICES HAVE BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE WITH LOCAL COMPANIES TAKING MARKET SHARE, SETTING OFF PRICE WARS AND SQUEEZING PROFIT MARGINS.

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USD22bn South Africa’s ICT market is valued at over USD 22 billion.

US$40bn

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intra-African trade growing from less than 12% in 2013 to approaching 50% by 2045

Bitcoin’s total market cap was US$40bn as at July 2017, up from $15bn in January

12%

global trade will rise from 2% to 12%,

$1800mn

Green Wish Partners, a renewable energy company run by a former Morgan Stanley executive, is planning to invest $800 million on solar-powered telecommunications towers across Africa

MAURITIUS: Ranked at number six on the global report, Mauritius scored a total of 0.830 overall.

EGYPT: Egypt provides computer emergency response team (EG-CERT) support to several entities in the ICT sector.

KENYA: Cooperation through its National Kenya Computer Incident Response Team Coordination Centre.

RWANDA: Scores high in the organizational pillar and has a standalone cyber security policy addressing both the public and private sector.

NIGERIA: Nigeria’s cybersecurity programmes and initiatives are in “maturing stage”.

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INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET MAGHREB STATES

MOROCCO AIMS TO POSITION ITSELF AS A STRATEGIC HUB IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA BY BECOMING ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING COUNTRIES IN THE REGION IN TERMS OF DATACOM INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. THE INVESTMENT REFORM PLAN PRESENTED IN JULY 2016 BY MOULAYHAFIDELALAMY, MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, TRADE, INVESTMENT AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, MARKED A STRATEGIC STEP IN THE REALISATION OF NEW REFORMS FOR BUILDING A COMPETITIVE AND EFFICIENT ECONOMIC MODEL. THIS ARTICLE AIMS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE REFORMS LAUNCHED AND INITIATIVES TAKEN TO DEVELOP THE MOROCCO DIGITAL PROGRAM 2020.

THE DIGITAL PROGRAMME PLANS TO ACCELERATE MOROCCO’S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND REINFORCE THE COUNTRY’S STATUS AS A REGIONAL DIGITAL HUB. THE PROGRAMME CONSISTS OF A $750M INVESTMENT IN REDUCING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE BY 50% THROUGH THE DIGITISATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, IMPROVED ACCESS TO INTERNET THROUGH FREE WIFI IN PUBLIC SPACES AND DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAMMES, AIMING TO TRAIN OVER 39,007 ICT PROFESSIONALS BY 2020.

LIBYAN POST, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND IT COMPANY (LPTIC), HAS OUTLINED THE LATEST STATUS OF PLANS TO RESTRUCTURE LIBYA’S ICT SECTOR, IDENTIFYING A SERIES OF KEY INITIATIVES PLANNED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2017.

IN ALGERIA, GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 1.5% IN 2017 AND 2018, AS LOWER REVENUES FROM OIL AND GAS EXPORTS NEGATIVELY IMPACT GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS.THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT COMES FROM THE SCORE IN MOBILE BROADBAND, INCREASING FROM 4 TO 7 WITHIN ONE YEAR. AS A STARTER IN ITS EARLY STAGE, ALGERIA ONLY SCORES 2 IN ICT INVESTMENT, FALLING BEHIND FROM THE WORLD AVERAGE SCORED AT 4.8. THE LIMITED PENETRATION OF BROADBAND AND PEOPLE’S ACCESS TO THE INTERNET IS HINDERING THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.

4G WIRELESS IS ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED BY A LEADING TELECOM PROVIDER IN ALGERIA. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS MORE ADVANCED AND FASTER INTERNET CONNECTION AND WOULD HELP THE COUNTRY TO CATCH UP. THE ICT NATIONAL STRATEGY ALSO AIMS TO INCREASE SERVICES SUPPLY AND FACILITATE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES ACCESS TO THE GREATEST NUMBER OF USERS, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREA, AND AT COMPETITIVE PRICES.

US$320m VoIP ban resulted in US$320m of economic loss for Morocco during the first half of 2016.

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Morocco’s 2016 network readiness index remains relatively low, ranking 78th out of 139.

MCINET launched a new Digital Programme for 2020

4.8

Algeria only scores 2 in ICT investment, falling behind from the world average scored at 4.8

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TOP PROJECTS AND BENCHMARKS

THE PLANS FOR BLUEWATER ORIGINALLY INCLUDED ERECTING AN 80 METRE LED SCREEN ON THE SIDE OF THE WHEEL, WHICH COULD BE USED TO BROADCAST MOVIES, ADVERTISEMENTS AND INTERACTIVE INFORMATION, BUT SCHOFIELD CONFIRMED THAT THIS HAS NOW BEEN SCRAPPED AS IT PROVED TO BE “TECHNICALLY TOO DIFFICULT”.

THE DUBAI FRAME THE CHOICE OF ZABEEL PARK TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT IS CONSIDERED A SUCCESSFUL AND DISTINCTIVE CHOICE, AS IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PARKS BUILT IN THE CITY USING THE MOST SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY WITH FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT DISTINGUISH IT SIGNIFICANTLY FROM OTHER PARKS. DUBAI’S SMART VEHICLE RENTAL SERVICE HAS BEEN USED FOR MORE THAN 60,000 JOURNEYS SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE TWO APPS FACILITATING THE SERVICE IN JANUARY. THE ROADS AND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY (RTA) REVEALED THIS AFTER A BRAINSTORMING WORKSHOP IT HELD TO EXAMINE THE EXPERIENCES OF SMART VEHICLE RENTAL SERVICE USERS THROUGH RTAS APPS NAMED “EKAR” AND “UDRIVE.” AMONG THE MAJOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY DEWA IS THE MOHAMMAD BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM SOLAR PARK, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS THE LARGEST SINGLE-SITE SOLAR PARK IN THE WORLD, WITH A PLANNED CAPACITY OF 1,000 MW BY 2020 AND

5,000 MW BY 2030, AND A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF DH50 BILLION ($13.6 BILLION). IT WILL EVENTUALLY SAVE APPROXIMATELY 6.5 MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM IN EMISSIONS. THE EXPO 2020 DUBAI WILL TAP THE MOHAMMAD BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM SOLAR PARK, WHICH WILL PROVIDE IT WITH 400MW OF POWER. DEWA IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO ESTABLISH AN R&D CENTRE AT THE MOHAMMAD BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM SOLAR PARK, WITH A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF DH500 MILLION UP TO 2020. THE WORK OF THE CENTRE REVOLVES AROUND FOUR MAIN AREAS OF OPERATION, WHICH INCLUDE THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR ENERGY, SMART GRID INTEGRATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND WATER. THE MOHAMMAD BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM SOLAR PARK ENVISAGES A CAPACITY OF 1,000MW BY 2020, AND 5,000MW BY 2030, AND A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF DH50 BILLION ($13.6 BILLION).

DUBAI IS SET TO BE HOME TO THE WORLD’S FIRST HYPERLOOP ONE TRANSPORT LINK, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS FOR PASSENGERS IN 2020.ONCE OPERATIONAL, PASSENGERS WILL BE ABLE TO BOOK TRAVEL ON THE MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED SYSTEM WITH A SMARTPHONE APP THAT THE CREATORS PROMISE WILL PROVIDE A DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE.

$13bn

The Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park envisages a capacity of 1,000MW by 2020, and 5,000MW by 2030, and a total investment of Dh50 billion ($13.6 billion).

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THE SERVICES MARKET: Vendors, Sis and VADs IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE IS A VERY SWIFT MOVE TOWARDS THE ACCEPTANCE OF MANAGED SERVICES NOT JUST IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT THE WORLD OVER. ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY FROST & SULLIVAN, MANAGED SERVICES MARKET GROWTH WITHIN THE GCC IS SET TO EXPAND FROM USD 1,073 MILLION IN 2012 TO USD 3,112 MILLION BY 2018.

CIOS ARE LOOKING AT MANAGED SERVICES AS A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION WHICH WILL HELPS THEM IN MAINTAINING AND MANAGING THEIR GROWING IT INFRASTRUCTURE. WHILE THIS WAS MAINLY DONE BY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PAST, LATELY SMB’S HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO TACKLE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR GREATER BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY. IT HAS BEEN A SNOWBALL EFFECT. WHAT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED TO BE AN UNLIKELY NCONCEPT HAS GAINED RAVE ATTENTION. MANAGED SERVICES ARE BEING ADOPTED ACROSS INDUSTRIES INCLUDING THE BFSI, AVIATION, GOVERNMENT, TELECOM AND RETAIL SECTORS. THEY ARE MAINLY LOOKING TO EASE THEIR SYSTEMS NOT ONLY FOR EMPLOYEES BUT ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE END CUSTOMERS. IT IS ALSO CLEAR THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT, RELIABLE AND SECURE SETUP WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR BUSINESS GROWTH. A CISCO STUDY PREDICTS THAT GLOBAL CLOUD TRAFFIC WILL REACH 14.1 ZB BY THE END OF 2020, UP FROM 3.9 ZB IN 2015. AND THE GLOBAL CLOUD IP TRAFFIC WILL ALMOST QUADRUPLE (3.7-FOLD) OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS WITH OVERALL, CLOUD IP TRAFFIC GROWTH AT A CAGR OF 30 PERCENT FROM 2015 TO 2020. IT ALSO PREDICTS THAT GLOBAL CLOUD IP TRAFFIC WILL ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 92 PERCENT OF TOTAL DATA CENTER TRAFFIC BY 2020.

THE CLOUD HAS BEEN PROVIDING A RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE, SOFTWARE

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INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN ARCHITECTURES INFO FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. “NEW AI ADOPTERS NEXT YEAR WILL INCLUDE BANKS, RETAILERS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, PREDICTED ANDREW MOORE, DEAN OF CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.” “EACH SECTOR IS ADOPTING AI FOR EXAMPLE, BANKS USE CHATBOX FOR ADVANCED CUSTOMER SERVICES, INSURANCE HOLDERS TO CLAIM PROCESSING TO STREAMLINE FLOW AND ERASE FRAUDS. THESE DAYS AI IS ACCEPTED WIDELY AROUND THE GLOBE SINCE IT IS SECURE, EFFICIENT AND SAVES COST BY ELIMINATING MANUAL WORK TO BE DONE BY THE BACK OFFICE. SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL BUT THE RAPIDLY CHANGING MARKET ENVIRONMENT POINTS THAT A STRATEGY CANNOT ALWAYS BE SUCCESSFUL.” “TAXING IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED PROCESSES THAT MAINLY RELIES ON HUMAN EXPERTISE BECAUSE OF WHICH AI IS BEING SLOWLY IMPLEMENTED. MANY COMPANIES HAVE STARTED USING REVENUE MODELS, EVEN INVESTMENT MANAGERS HAVE STARTED USING AI TOOLS THAT ASK INDIVIDUALS A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN GENERATE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 40% OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25, AND POPULATION GROWTH IS SECOND ONLY TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. THIS GROWTH IS SET TO CONTINUE, WITH THE TOTAL POPULATION FORECAST TO REACH 700 MILLION BY 2050.”

“WITH THE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION COUNT EXPECTED TO RISE, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE GENERATION THAT GREW UP WITH TECHNOLOGY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE GREATER INTEREST WHEN IT COMES TO DEPLOYING AI IN THE OFFICE.”

40%

of people across the Middle East and North Africa are under the age of 25, and population growth is second only to sub-Saharan Africa.

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

INFOBLOX

Intelligence-driven Security INFOBLOX CLAIMS A COMPETENT POSITION IN THE SECURITY MARKET WITH ITS ACTIONABLE NETWORK INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM WHICH IS A UNIFIED, PLATFORM THAT EMPOWERS ENTERPRISES TO ELEVATE EVERY ASPECT OF NETWORK AVAILABILITY, AGILITY, SECURITY, AND PERFORMANCE—ON PREMISES, ACROSS DATA

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Infoblox delivers the industry’s first Actionable Network Intelligence platform to enterprise, government, and service provider customers around the world. So organizations are facing a challenge of breaches and are therefore strengthening their IT security. In this area, we have 3 security solutions provided by Infoblox. nInfrastructure Protection - Because Infrastructure is so critical, Infoblox provides organizations with full visibility of devices, remediates the ones which are vulnerable and non-compliant and most importantly, maintains DNS availability against attacks. This ensures the utmost service continuity. nData Protection and Malware Mitigation which focuses on protecting against botnets and any exfiltration of confidential information. nThreat Containment and Operations.

Infoblox helps ease security operations by eliminating silos, providing better context and consolidated threat intelligence and providing network and security orchestration for automating incident response.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION We classify Distributors as Tier 1. The likes of Exclusive Networks, Starlink and AxizWorkGroup. The Infoblox Technology Alliance Partner Program has more than 30 vendor

integrations today with strategic, ecosystem, and technology partners

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS Our differentiation centres around 3 areas.

The first being the innovative solutions and products that Infoblox introduces. The second area is on coverage. And the third area is the breadth of our solutions. We are playing in network control, security, cloud, virtualization and we operate and integrate openly with an entire ecosystem of vendors that are revolutionizing this industry.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 We have become the DNS Security Standard for Middle East. We have also experienced great success in funding and creating ‘Centers of Excellence’ at some partners who have exceptional Infoblox capabilities Infoblox has also won a number of awards including: n Best Channel Company of the year n Emerging Security Vendor of the year n Emerging Networking Security Vendor of the year n Fastest Growing Vendor of the year

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS

Critical national infrastructure’ category, including n Telecom n Government

n Banking & finance n Oil & Gas n Transportation and aviation

DISTINCT FEATURE Taken our extensive experience in DDI technology to create an industry first Actionable Network Intelligence Platform

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REGIONAL DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AT INFOBLOX

YOUR MARKET VERDICT The persistence of the cyber-security threat landscape and its evolution is the main driver for the network security market in the region, which is fast becoming the biggest opportunity for channel. Evolving threats means evolving market, evolving opportunities, evolving revenues, and new margins for the channel partners. This is where the channel partners need to step–in and seize the opportunity by first educating their customers and prospects about the newly evolving network and IoT security threats, and then offering an innovative solution in order to mitigate, contain, and remediate both existing and evolving threats. ë

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

DELL

UNIQUE VALUE THE DELL TECHNOLOGIES FAMILY OF BUSINESSES INCLUDES DELL, DELL EMC, PIVOTAL, RSA, SECUREWORKS, VIRTUSTREAM AND VMWARE. IT STANDS AS A $74 BILLION MARKET LEADER WITH THE INDUSTRY’S MOST EXPANSIVE PORTFOLIO FROM THE EDGE TO THE DATA CENTER TO THE CLOUD.

WHAT WILL BE THE COMPANY’S FOCUS AT GITEX 2017?

THIS SHOW TO YOUR BUSINESS IN THE REGION?

We are looking forward to GITEX as the launchpad for our one-year celebration since the merger, and as a platform that brings us closer to our partners, customers, and numerous other stakeholders. In a market, wherein Digital Transformation is a priority and is driving disruptive projects, the relevance of Dell Technologies and Dell EMC has never been starker.

This year we are bringing to the market the power of our family of strategically aligned businesses to help organization make digital transformation a reality through information technology solution from edge to core to the cloud. This year the tradeshow will be a great opportunity to share with IT Decision Makers and LOBs our broad capabilities that will enable them to be more competitive, optimize costs and drive innovation.

As a focused networking platform for the technology industry, GITEX is unparalleled in the region. It gives us an opportunity to bring our innovation to the fore, and create an environment for meaningful conversations with customers, partners, and the industry at large. It is also an opportunity for our people to get a view on developments within the industry and the evolving customer requirement, which goes a long way towards informing our strategy and approach in the future.

Conversations sparked at GITEX often result in interesting new avenues for Dell EMC and Dell Technologies to explore, bringing great learning and the chance to build and strengthen expertise along the way.

WILL YOU BE MAKING ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR LAUNCHING ANY NEW PRODUCTS AT THE SHOW? With an attentive and relevant audience, GITEX is the perfect opportunity to share our latest news and plans for the near-term and the longer-term future, around products, solutions, initiatives, partnerships, and much more during the course of the trade show. We will be engaging with key stakeholders during the event, and communicating our vision and expertise through various means.

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HOW CAN CHANNEL PARTNERS MAXIMISE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT GITEX PRESENTS? With the education and engagement opportunities that GITEX affords, it is an unmissable event for the partner community. For the technical people, it is the annual showcase of global innovation in a regional context. For channel leadership, it is an opportunity to understand trends and lay the blueprint for their future business direction and growth. For the channel community at large, it is an opportunity to see innovation up close, whether from vendors on their rosters and even those that aren’t. Channel partners will find this the best regional experience to interact with the entire technology community, a benefit that applies equally to vendors, customers, investors, technologists, and so many more. ë

MOHAMMED AMIN,

SENIOR VP & REGIONAL MANAGER, TEEAM, DELL EMC

ENTERPRISE SECURITY

SOPHOS

Security - Synchronized, Simplified Sophos claims that Synchronized security is made possible through its patented Security Heartbeat, a secure communication link between Sophos products that enables them to share threat, health and security information and automate threat response.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017

Network Protection n SG UTM n XG Firewall n Secure Web Gateway n Secure Wi-Fi n Secure Email Gateway n Phish Threat Enduser Protection n Endpoint Protection n Intercept X n Sophos Mobile n Server Protection n SafeGuard Encryption n Sophos Home

DISTRIBUTORS IN THE REGION Bulwark, Duxbury Networking, Epsidon Technology Distribution, FDC, Mart Networks, Naizak, Sariya Co, NetXactics, Config, Gateworx, Blueway, Sevengate, Komtera, DMZ, A. N. Power Communication, IDSS Zimbabwe and Lythe Solutions Mauritius.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS Sophos has pioneered the synchronized security approach. Through Sophos Central,

you can manage all your Sophos protection in one place: endpoint, mobile, server, web, email, wireless, encryption and firewall.

Next-gen technology is built into our products, so you always have the latest in antiransomware, anti-exploit, anti-malware and ATP protection across all your devices and data.

Synchronized security is made possible through our patented Security Heartbeat™, a secure communication link between Sophos products that enables them to share threat, health and security information and automate threat response. Dozens of technologies are working together in a coordinated fashion to provide the world’s best protection against coordinated attacks. Sophos Security Heartbeat reduces threat discovery, protection, and incident response, which ordinarily could take hours, days, or weeks, to literally seconds.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 n Sophos Placed in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (SMB Multifunction Firewalls) for Sixth Consecutive Year n Sophos Named a Visionary in Gartner Magic Quadrant Report for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites Three Years in a Row n Sophos has also won industry awards in the Endpoint Security Vendor category, Enterprise

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Healthcare

n Government

n Retail

n Service Providers

n Education

n IT & Telecom

DISTINCT FEATURE Instead of trying to recognize attacks by individually approaching each variant, Sophos Intercept X looks for the most common techniques used byb various attacks and immediately stops it.

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VP MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA, SOPHOS

Mobility vendor, Security vendor category and Encryption vendor category

YOUR MARKET VERDICT The Sophos-sponsored InfoBrief Synchronized Security Market Analysis – Middle East & Africa, developed by International Data Corporation (IDC), revealed that the MEA countries represented a total security solutions market potential of nearly $1.89 billion in 2015, which is expected to increase at a CAGR of 9.3% to a total of $2.94 billion in 2020 as per the IDC Worldwide Security Spending Guide, H12016. Close to 42% of organizations in the MEA felt ‘highly confident’ of their security posture. ë

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Extending Your Enterprise Content Securely

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ENTERPRISE SECURITY

MIMECAST

Gateway to Secure emails MIMECAST’S CLOUD-BASED EMAIL SECURITY SERVICES AND CAPABILITIES OF TARGETED THREAT PROTECTION INCLUDING INTERNAL EMAIL PROTECT, A CLOUD-BASED SECURITY SERVICE PROVIDING THREAT CAPABILITIES FOR INTERNALLY GENERATED EMAIL, HELPS REDUCE THE RISK, COMPLEXITY AND COSTS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PROTECTING EMAIL.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Mimecast helps make email safer for businesses around the world and improves their cyber resilience against attack or misfortune.

Mimecast cloud services bring together three core areas where email needs help: security, continuity and archiving.

The security suite Mimecast Targeted Threat Protection helps identify malicious links, weaponized attachments, impersonation emails used to attack organizations. We also monitor for these attacks in internally-generated emails and use data leak prevention technologies to stop confidential data leaving an organization by error or rogue intent.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Mimecast is a channel-focused vendor and works with several strategic partners across the Middle East to offer its products to businesses across all verticals and sizes. Mimecast offer an in-depth overlay team to support the channel in terms of enablement, marketing and relationship management.

Mimecast two main distributors in the Middle East regions, as well as some strategic direct partners. Mimecast selected Bulwark and Nuvias as distributors because of their impressive network of resellers. Mimecast has agreements with IDC, Quintica, Dimension Data, and EtherGulf.

A handful of additional partners will be added in future but Mimecast will keep the

partner network strategic to business objectives in the region.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS Mimecast Targeted Threat Protection Attachment Protect feature adds a transcription service that automatically converts attachments into a safe file format, neutralizing malicious code. Employee can request sandbox on-demand if editing is required, minimizing sandbox reliance. Pre-emptive sandboxing can be configured to deep analyze attachments at the gateway, before delivery.

Mimecast’s third quarterly Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA), measured the effectiveness of incumbent email security systems, by inspecting the inbound email received for 62,323 email users over a cumulative 428 days.

More than 45 million emails were inspected, all of which had passed through the incumbent email security system in use by each organization – of this, 31 percent were deemed “unsafe”

by Mimecast. These assessments have uncovered more than 10.8 million pieces of spam, 8,682 dangerous file types, 1,778 known and 503 unknown malware attachments and 9,677 impersonation emails to date.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 Mimecast completed a Partner Connect roadshow where we launched the Partner Legends

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS Mimecast has won significant customers in the Middle East, including an international-respected aviation brand.

DISTINCT FEATURE Mimecast brings together security, continuity and data replication capabilities

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BRANDON BEKKER,

MANAGING DIRECTOR, MIMECAST MEA

program which recognizes and rewards partners for the enablement activities they complete and for certifying with Mimecast.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Mimecast believes that email security is critical to ensure cyber resilience against targeted attacks and IT failure. As email moves to the cloud such as Microsoft Office 365, advanced security still requires a defense-in-depth strategy. Mimecast protects against evolving attacks, allows organizations to keep email running during an attack and recover to a last known good state once an attack is over. ë

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CYBER SECURITY

“Over 150 Organizations across 22 countries trust us with their Information Security needs”

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

ACCELLION

The Collaboration Strength ACCELION IS CATERING TO THE DEMANDS OF THE DATA-DRIVEN BUSINESS BY PROVIDING THE MUCH NEEDED END-TO-END VISIBILITY INTO THE INFORMATION AND DATA STORED, SHARED AND COLLABORATED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND KEEPING IT SECURE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, THE CONTROL IS STILL WITH THE CUSTOMER.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO Accellion’s secure content collaboration platform, kiteworks, provides a secure governance perimeter around an organization’s most sensitive content, whether it resides on-premises or in the cloud. Easily accessible from email, the web, or a mobile device, kiteworks integrates with an organization’s existing security infrastructure, applications and workflows, to safely deliver content quickly and efficiently.

With Accellion kiteworks, organizations can meet their most critical governance requirements, both through certified compliance with standards like FIPS 140-2 and FedRAMP; as well as by providing detailed audit logs to demonstrate compliance with regulations like HIPAA, FISMA and SOX. Policy controls provide granular access privileges, segregation of duties and the ability to meet data sovereignty requirements for regulations like GDPR. A CISO dashboard and detailed reporting provide organizations visibility into where data is stored, who’s accessing it and what’s being done with it.

Designed from the outset to provide the highest levels of content protection, kiteworks is a hardened virtual appliance that can be deployed on premises, in a hosted private cloud,

or in a hybrid cloud model. Customers have full control of their encryption keys, and therefore full control of their data. Integrations with security technologies like Single Sign-On and 2- or Multi-Factor Authentication; Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP); Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and log analysis tools, allow organizations to leverage investments in their security infrastructure.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION As a channel focused company, we have a strong presence in the partner’s community. We believe in working with SI’s who can add true value to the customers as we completely believe in solution selling approach than just a product sell. We are glad to say that our partners are able to take this vision forward along with us making it a success.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 n KMWorld 100 Knowledge Management Companies that Matter n 2017 KMWorld Trend-Setting Product

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n New York City Health + Hospitals

n Qatar Petroleum

n Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc.

n Queensland Health

DISTINCT FEATURE Accellion key differentiators: n Deployment flexibility:

on-premises; private cloud; hybrid cloud; or public cloud n Content connectors

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for Business; Open Text / Documentum and more n Encryption key n Unlimited file size transfer n Extensive security and file governance features

SAPAN AGARWAL,

COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Market in the ME has been always interesting when it comes to the technology like ours.

Accellion has been active and very successful in the region for over 10 years and we have built a strong and loyal customer base including some of the largest enterprises in the region. We have still long way to go as now market is understanding the concept of the technology and real need of it where we allow them to have complete control, access and flexibility, automation & integration with maximum security. ë

TOP PLAYER INFRASTRUCTURE

CISCO MIDDLE EAST

The Next Era of Networking CISCO’S APPROACH CREATES AN INTUTIBE SYSTEM THAT CONSTANTLY LEARNS, ADAPTS, AUTOMATES AND PROTECTS, TO PROTECT NETWORK OPERATIONS AND DEFEND AGAINST TODAY’S EVOLVING THREAT LANDSCAPE.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Cisco offers an extensive range of products and solutions for Enterprise Networks, Security, Internet of Things, Cloud, Collaboration, Data Center, Mobility, Analytics and Service Provider to name some.

Cisco’s biggest innovation this year is ‘The Network. Intuitive’, which is delivering a new era of networking with a more intelligent, secure platform for customers to maximize digital opportunities. The company’s new intent-based networking platform represents one of the most significant breakthroughs in enterprise networking and uses. Cisco products including DNA Center, Software-Defined Access, Network Data Platform and Assurance, Encrypted Traffic Analytics, Catalyst 9000 Switching Portfolio, Software Subscription, DNA Services, and Developer Center. Today, companies are managing their networks through traditional IT processes that are not sustainable in this new age. Cisco’s approach creates an intuitive system that constantly learns, adapts, automates and protects, to optimize network operations and defend against today’s evolving threat landscape.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Cisco has seen significant growth in the region and this has been made possible because of its strong and enabled network of channel

partners. Cisco works through an extensive partner network of VADs, Distributors, Systems Integrators, Resellers across the Middle East and Africa region. Cisco has five categories of Partner Relationships: Cisco Certified Partner, Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Certified Partner, Cisco Specialized Partner, Cisco Authorized Technology Provider, and Cisco Registered Partner.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS Cisco has pioneered the development of networking technologies for over 31 years and designs and sells a broad range of routing, switching, and other networking-based technologies and delivers its technology and services to its customers as integrated solutions including cloud, video, mobility, security, collaboration, and analytics.

From business to government and every industry in between, Cisco has been helping organizations in the Middle East to evolve their business models to respond to market transitions and new consumption models, and speed their transformation with a digital-ready network.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017.

Globally, Cisco received the J.D. Power Certified Technology Service and Support

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Saudi Arabia’s country digitisation

n Saudi Arabia’s National Water

n DEWA

Company (NWC)

n Saudi Telecom Company

DISTINCT FEATURE The depth and breadth of Cisco’s intellectual capital and technology solutions portfolio that shares this expertise with its partners.

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SHUKRI EID,

MANAGING DIRECTOR – EAST REGION, CISCO MIDDLE EAST

certification. This was the 10th consecutive time Cisco has earned this certification – a milestone accomplishment no other company has ever achieved.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT With the digital shift in the industry and government services, every company and every individual will need to digitize. With a global value US$19 trillion at stake, the bulk majority of this digital wave will not be about traditional technologies but intuitive networking and security solutions, M2M automation, Cloud and Big Data and Analytics. ë

ENTERPRISE SECURITY

SONICWALL

Delivering ‘Fearless’ Security SONICWALL BRINGS OUT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT ARE EASY TO USE AND MANAGE AND ALWAYS STRIVES TO ELIMINATE COMPLEXITIES AT THE ENGINEERING LEVEL ITSELF.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 n n n n n n

Next-Generation Firewalls Wireless Network Security Secure Remote Access Email Security Advanced Threat Protection Policy & Central Management System

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Westcon, Redington – UAE, Rest of Middle East Westcon, Aptec Ingram Micro – Saudi Arabia Aptec Ingram Ingram Micro, Redington - Egypt

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS As SonicWall has always strived to eliminate complexities at the engineering level itself, it brings out products and services that are easy to use and manage. Many customer testimonials speak about the ease of use and management of SonicWall products. Additionally, SonicWall has several patents and unique differentiators’ viz., Re-assembly free deep packet inspection,

multi-core processing technique, multi-engine sandboxing technology, multi-platform email security deployment and multi-AV engines on email gateway etc.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 In the first half of 2017 alone we’ve won nearly two dozen awards nationally and internationally. The accolades include providing outstanding excellence in our products and services, leadership, customer service, innovative spirit, and performance in emerging markets. In fact, SonicWall is on track this year to set a company record with the number of industry awards received in a single year. n SonicWall Wins Gold in “Best Security Hardware” n SonicWall’s Bill Conner, President and CEO was announced as the winner Reboot Leadership Awards in the Top Management category n SonicWall CAPTURE Recognized as the “10 Coolest Network Security Products So Far”

YOUR MARKET VERDICT The significance of IT Security continues to grow in people’s mind drawing their attention in all walks of IT Security needs, we continue

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Oil & Gas

n Hospitality

n Government

n Education

n Healthcare

DISTINCT FEATURE Our next-generation cyber defense platform is built on a cloud-based multi-engine sandbox called SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection designed to discover and stop unknown, zero-day attacks such as Ransomware at the gateway with automated remediation.

SHAHNAWAZ SHEIKH

SALES & CHANNEL DIRECTOR - META & EASTERN EUROPE, SONICWALL

to see customer’s eagerness to learn about new security trends, threat vectors and how different approaches can be applied to mitigate threats and secure their businesses from known and unknown business hindrances caused by Ransomware or related threats. At the same time we continue to see partners and vendors enthusiasm to deliver state of the art class products and services to demonstrate how the security innovation can keep the threats at the bay.

In short security at the nucleus of IT Infrastructure assures every area of IT infrastructure contributing to the functioning of the businesses a peace of mind and a fear-free atmosphere. ë

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TOP PLAYER INFRASTRUCTURE

SIGMA TECHNOLOGIES

A Step Ahead in Digital Transformation Offerings WITH STRONG ALLIANCES ACROSS DOMAINS, SIGMA TECHNOLOGIES IS SET ON A JOURNEY TO PUT MORE VALUE INTO ITS DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OFFERINGS. THEY ARE ALSO SE T FOR SOME MEANINGFUL EXPANSIONS INTO OTHER VERTICALS IN 2018.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Sigma Technologies provides full spectrum of technology solution and services right from IT consulting for Infrastructure & business solutions and to managing turnkey projects.

Sigma Technologies has started its Middle East operation in 2012 having Head Office in Dubai and expanded to India in 2017 and further expanding geographically to other regions of the world. Sigma Technologies is a privately held company by Technocrats working in the Information Technology Business domain in UAE market and have more than a decade experience in providing ICT solutions.

Sigma Technologies demonstrates highest levels of quality, professionalism and service reliability in every endeavor.

SIGMA SOLUTION & SERVICES OFFERINGS

Infrastructure n Converged Infrastructure n Server Consolidation n Unified Infrastructure Management n Enterprise Storage Data Center Solutions n Data Center Design, build up and support

Business continuity Disaster Recovery Cloud Solution Offerings n Microsoft Office 365 n Cloud Services: Create highly-available, infinitely-scalable cloud applications and APIs n Azure Active Directory: Synchronize onpremises directories and enable single sign-on Collaboration Solutions n Unified Communication n Video n Messaging n n

SIGMA ALLIANCES PARTNERS Sigma Technologies Solutions & Services are strengthened by alliances with leading technology partners who belong to Gartner Magic Quadrant. We have certified sales, presales, implementation & support capability.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS In 2017-18 we continue executing our strategy to fully transform our operation into a solutions business in line with the pressing requirements of our enterprise customers and we plan to

OUR MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Multi Hospitality deal signed with

n Awarded two leading educational

Major Hospitality brands n Signed multi-year infrastructure service contract

institutions IT Infrastructure projects with multi-year service contract.

OUR RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS n India Operation started n NetApp Gold Partner n Microsoft Cloud Silver Partner n Advanced Collaboration Architecture Specialization n Advanced Unified Computing Technology Specialization

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GENERAL MANAGER- SALES, SIGMA TECHNOLOGIES

grow our services and outsourcing offerings and we will pay particular focus to our cloud services and digital transformation offerings.

OUR MARKET VERDICT Sigma Technologies has curved a niche for its systems integration business in the region.

For the company that was setup in 2012 with strong sales & service support along with strong business fundamentals poised for further growth in the region. Sigma Technologies to diversify its business into other vertical sectors while at the same time building the necessary skills and competencies that will propel it to new heights in the coming years ahead. ë

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ENTERPRISE STORAGE

PURE STORAGE

A Transformative Approach to Storage THE MISSION OF PURE IS TO HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS PUT THEIR DATA TO WORK TO DRIVE INNOVATION. THIS MEANS BRINGING THEIR BUSINESS THREE CRITICAL ATTRIBUTES - SPEED, AGILITY AND INTELLIGENCE - TO SUCCEED IN THEIR OWN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Solutions include: n FlashBlade - Available in 8TB, 17TB and 52TB blade configurations, FlashBlade offers a raw capacity of up to 4PB at full 75 blade scales, which will allow enterprises to deploy largerscale, higher-performance systems that process more data at higher speeds n FlashArray - With our Purity Operating Environment software, every FlashArray model enables organizations to achieve the highest levels of business continuity with ActiveCluster while enjoying proven 99.9999% availability, completely non-disruptive operations, and support that’s above and beyond n FlashStack - FlashStack, a Cisco and Pure Storage solution, is a streamlined, flexible, transformative approach to IT infrastructure.

It fully supports mission-critical enterprise applications and provides a robust platform for cloud services. FlashStack combines the latest in computing, network, storage components into a single, integrated architecture that accelerates time to deployment, lowers overall IT costs, and reduces deployment risk n Pure1 - Pure1 was specifically designed to meet the demands of Cloud IT, delivering an effortless and cost-effective storage management model via SaaS. As the common management platform for both the Pure Storage FlashArray and FlashBlade, enterprises can monitor all the vital stats of the Pure Storage

fleet by logging into the new Pure1 Global Dashboard. Cloud-connected analytics and reporting will keep IT teams updated on the health and performance of the storage as well as provide recommended actions

PARTNERS IN THE REGION In addition to our two distributors in the region, VAD Technologies and StarLink, we have several partners across the region that are part of our P3 Partner Program. These include Emircom, Cadd Emirates, Fujisoft, MDS Dubai, Cell Information Technology, Intertec System, Gerab and ISIT in the UAE, Mannai and ICT in Qatar, Arabic Computer System, Al Jeraisy Group and Nokia Al Saudi Limited in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Linux Plus in Egypt and Computer Data Network in Kuwait.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 We have retained our position within the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner’ July 2017 Magic Quadrant for Solid State Arrays (SSAs).

For the fourth consecutive year, Pure Storage is positioned furthest along the “Completeness of Vision” axis in the Leaders Quadrant.

Also we have received a Satmetrix-validated NPS score of 83.7 which puts in the top 1% of businesses in customer satisfaction, and the #1 recommended technology vendor by a wide

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Banking

n Government

n Education

n Insurance Sector

DISTINCT FEATURE Only Pure is delivering a complete data platform that is purpose-built for silicon and the cloud era.

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DIRECTOR, EEMEA, PURE STORAGE

margin.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT With the growth in data-driven applications, the center of gravity in the data center is shifting away from compute and toward data storage. With disaggregation, fast networking, RDMA, NVMeoF et al., these trends will only accelerate in the months and years ahead. All of this is happening just in time to provide a far more effective data platform for rich, data-driven prediction including AI and deep learning, and positioning Pure as an ideal partner to help organizations derive maximal value from their data. ë

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ENTERPRISE STORAGE

SYNOLOGY

Powering Storage SYNOLOGY IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING PRODUCTS WITH FORWARD THINKING FEATURES AND CREATES NAS IP SURVEILLANCE SOLUTIONS THAT TRANSFORM THE WAY USERS MANAGE DATA AND NETWORK IN THE CLOUD ERA.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Key products in 2017 include: n DiskStation DS416j: Synology’s 4-bay NAS device is regarded as the total solution for home users who need a reliable backup and multimedia streaming. Equipped with a powerful dual-core processor, DS416j delivers outstanding performance while supporting up to 40TB of raw storage space, making it the ideal foundation for personal cloud storage and multimedia needs. n DiskStation DS1517+: Synology DiskStation DS1517+ is a 5-bay NAS powered by a quad-core CPU with AES-NI hardware encryption engine. Coming with quad 1GbE LAN ports, it can be installed with a 10GbE network interface card (NIC) or a dual M.2 SSD adapter card, thereby enhancing network speeds or boosting performance with SSD cache. n DiskStation DS3617xs: Synology DiskStation DS3617xs is a high-performance NAS server with easy scalability for large enterprises.

Equipped with quad-core Xeon D processor and 16GB DDR4 ECC RAM, DS3617xs delivers stunning reading and writing performance while ensuring data accuracy when handling mission-critical tasks. n RackStation RS4017xs+: Another product for enterprise customers, the RS4017xs+ provides rock-solid storage solution with ultra-

high performance at over 844,000 sequential read IOPS and 5,900 MB/s sequential read throughput1. n Router RT2600ac: The RT2600ac is a powerful wireless router for homes and small offices seeking to work and play smarter, featuring comprehensive VPN solutions, enhanced security, and flexible media and file sharing capabilities.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Synology works with various partners and distributors in the region including FDC International (GCC and Jordan), HIPERDIST Info Tech Trading (UAE and Qatar), Mushor Technology (KSA), Krome Integrated Technologies (Jordan), Quantum Trading Company, (Lebanon), Technomania SARL (Lebanon), Sazgar (Iran) and iCTN (Iran).

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 This year, Synology’s worldwide sales volume of Synology NAS server exceeded 4.7 million, while its operating system – DiskStation Manager has reached 3 million downloads within 3 weeks of its launch. The company has also just launched a beta version of Synology Cloud, which offers comprehensive hybrid cloud backup and disaster recovery services

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n CRESCO Holding n Plaza Premium Lounge (KSA) n Holiday Inn (KSA)

DISTINCT FEATURE Synology offers customers products that bring an all-in-one solution with a competitive total cost of ownership.

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SALES ACCOUNT MANAGER AT SYNOLOGY

for Synology NAS servers. Beta testers exceeded 1000 individuals within one week.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT In the Middle East, many businesses have introduced network-attached storage (NAS) to replace their file or backup servers, especially considering its cost-effectiveness along with a rich and growing set of features. The need for cloud-based collaboration tools that don’t sacrifice users’ privacy and ownership of data will continue to grow. At Synology, we aim to be at the forefront of this trend, helping professionals work together while maintaining an efficient data protection solution. ë

Network Transformation It's time for lime

The world’s greatest network revolutions all began for one reason: People wanted less complexity.

When you set out to ignite business revolutions, the last thing on your mind is MPO polarity management. We made it the first thing on ours to simplify your network. R&M OM5 solutions support duplex transmission up to 200G – so you don’t have to struggle with MPO polarity.

TOP PLAYER INFRASTRUCTURE

DIMENSION DATA

Unleashing The Power of Data WITH UNMATCHED EXPERIENCE TO THEIR LOCAL MARKETS, DIMENSION DATA BELIEVES THAT A DIGITAL JOURNEY MUST START WITH THE CORRECT INFRASTRUCTURE, APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 The digital era holds massive potential. To succeed, we believe that a digital journey must start with the correct infrastructure, applications, and technology platform. We provide clients with technology and insights they require to accelerate their digital transformation.

Data is now core to the digital business – it’s the intelligence that can be turned into business opportunity if accessed easily, understood correctly, and applied effectively. We draw on our capabilities to unify these three key domains of their environments and help our clients to manage this complexity.

To succeed as digital businesses, our clients need to be able to manage their environments down to the level of the individual user, and better control and manage the end-user experience. As such, we’re intensifying our focus on building and delivering robust end-user computing solutions. Today, cybercrime is an issue no business can afford to ignore. Our approach to cybersecurity focuses on helping clients to risk less and achieve more – essentially finding smarter ways of shielding their digital assets. Security is relevant to our clients in each of the above mentioned technology areas and our ability to effectively secure each one, is a compelling differentiator.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION

Cisco, Dell-EMC, Fortinet, Symantec, F5, NetApp, Riverbed, Checkpoint

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS Dimension Data brings global strength and unmatched experience to our local markets.

We offer hybrid solutions providing our clients with agility and cost optimization on premise, or off premise.

Dimension Data is the destination for enterprise production applications and workloads.

Offering cloud in three delivery models: shared resource off premises; OPEX-driven private cloud that can be implemented in a client’s data centre or one of the 16 Dimension Data cloud data centres located on 6 continents. We surround the cloud with managed services and service delivery options that simplify the management of core systems and custom enterprise applications. Simply put, Dimension Data’s scale and experience sets it apart from most system integration competitors.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 Since 2016, Dimension Data has received 150 client, vendor, and industry awards. We’re proud to receive these awards, which is a testament to our commitment to deliver the best value to our clients.

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Fujifilm

n Deakin University

n AME

n ING Direct

n WWF

n Alexander Forbes

n G20 Leaders’ Summit

DISTINCT FEATURE The differentiator that Dimension Data brings to the fore include amongst many, consulting services and fully managed private and public cloud services.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR, DIMENSION DATA MIDDLE EAST

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Our vision is to deliver exceptional value to our clients through our great people. Our employees are highly skilled and have an unwavering commitment to quality execution. We also have world-class operations and competitive offerings.

Ultimately, we achieve client value through excellent, consistent delivery. Our values define our behaviours as individuals and the acceptable norms of our business. They guide us daily, powerfully, in how we behave and make decisions.

Our values underpin our purpose, vision, and strategy – each of which is focused on our clients and our ability to deliver an exceptional client experience. ë

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

HID GLOBAL

Fostering Trust POWERING THE TRUSTED IDENTITIES OF THE WORLD’S PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS, HID GLOBAL MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO TRANSACT SAFELY, WORK PRODUCTIVELY AND TRAVEL FREELY.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 HID Global provides the industry’s most extensive portfolio of trusted identity solutions, which include physical access control, Identify assurance, government to citizen ID, secure issuance solutions, visitor management, embedded solutions, and identification technologies.

We have had a number of significant solution additions to our portfolio, including the HID Approve™ app, which adds a new level of trust for consumers and employees to securely transact online via their mobile devices. The HID Location™ services is designed to address a growing market need for accurate, real-time location of an organization’s workforce. By combining innovative Internet of Things (IoT) technology with the power of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Wi-Fi and cloud-based solutions, organisations can gain increased visibility into the location of their workforce in a facility.

The recent acquisition of Arjo Systems SAS, a provider of physical and digital identity solutions for secure government ID applications, significantly advances HID Global’s capabilities to deploy electronic identification (eID) and ePassport solutions for government programs.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS

Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID technology. We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses and some of the most innovative companies on the planet.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 The enterprise business publication Insights Success named HID as one of the 20 most valuable brands of 2017. Contributing to this recognition was HID’s new “Powering Trusted Identities” brand campaign that captures the company’s impact on millions of people around the world and describes how HID’s solutions power the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. It has also established HID’s credibility for the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud-based mobility and the most secure, convenient and innovative uses of identity in physical and digital environments.

HID Global also won Security Products Magazine’s 2017 Govies Award in the category of User Authentication, Identification, Credentialing and Management. HID scored highest with a converged solution that is the first to enable end-to-end identity and access management (IAM) for both physical and IT

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Banking and Finance Institutions

n Healthcare Institutions

n Universities

n Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Est

n Enterprise & Corporates

(Prestigious Customer)

n Governments

DISTINCT FEATURE Our trusted identity solutions give people secure and convenient access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be accurately identified, verified and tracked digitally.

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VP GLOBAL SALES - IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS AT HID GLOBAL.

security.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Trusted identities are increasingly being employed to help organisations secure, customise and enhance the user experience across a growing range of industry segments that are embracing the power of the IoT. HID Global is delivering the next generation of multifactor authentication capabilities to help increase cybersecurity for digital business and help enterprises improve customer and employee satisfaction. ë

Come meet our experts at Arrow Hall 2, stand G2-1 Geetha Yechana Senior Product Manager M: +971 55 470 0919 Geetha.Yechana@arrow.com

Tariq Othman Channel Manager M: +971 55 941 5173 Tariq.Othman@arrow.com

TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

EXCLUSIVE NETWORKS

Always Ahead of Change WITH A UNIQUE BUSINESS MODEL OF A SINGLE TOUCH/MULTIPLE MARKETS VAD, EXCLUSIVE NETWORKS IS ESTABLISHING A FI FOOT IN THE REGION.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Here at Exclusive Networks we accelerate market entry and growth for innovative cybersecurity, networking and infrastructure technologies. This makes us the go-to choose for market leading technologies and reseller partners. n Our business model of a single touch/multiple markets VAD, is unique. n We combine specialist value-adding technical and marketing support, with the volume and reach of a global distributor. n Reseller partners around the world rely upon us to boost their business opportunities and achieve new revenues from the changing technology landscape.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION As a channel focused company we have a strong presence in the partner’s community. We believe in working with SI’s who can add true value to the customers as we completely believe in solution selling approach than just a product sell. We are glad to say that our partners are able to take this vision forward along with us making it a success.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION

Fortinet, F5, Infoblox, Gemalto, FireEye, Ivanti, Gigamon, SentinelOne, Rubrik & Nutanix.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT The past 18 months has seen Exclusive Networks Middle East rapidly evolve and adapt so we can keep ahead of the challenging market conditions.

We have invested heavily in Saudi Arabia.

Grant Taylor joined us in April 2017 as General Manager, KSA. We’ve opened a new and bigger office in Riyadh to cope with our expanding team, and to offer larger demonstration facilities and training rooms for our accredited training courses. We’ve also added to our team in Jeddah. Our Saudi business is going from strength to strength.

We’ve also added to our team in Egypt and Levant in response to strong growth and demand for our solutions and services in these countries.

We launched a Telemarketing team this year, based out of our Head Office in Dubai, to find qualified leads for our vendors and our channel. We have a number of market leading and disruptive vendors, so the market’s appetite to learn about what we offer has been very encouraging – therefore our telemarketing team has delivered on their promise of providing strong leads.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017

n Fortinet awarded us with the

n “Best Enterprise VAD Of the

‘Best Distributor of the year 2017’ n “Best Security VAD”

n We launched the Infoblox sup-

Year” port service center

DISTINCT FEATURE Exclusive Networks continually challenges traditional VAD models, redefining value and creating differentiation. We call this ‘Disruptive Distribution’.

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Another highlight has been our appointment as an Infoblox Authorised Support Centre. We have a long and successful partnership with Infoblox so it was only natural that we added support to our services portfolio. We now offer local language level 1 and 2 support, across the region.

This brings us closer to our channel and allows us to fill the gaps in their service portfolio to offer a true end to end service to their end users. ë

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INFRASTRUCTURE

SECURITY

36.7%

The Software-Defined Storage market size is estimated to grow from $4.72 Billion in 2016 to USD 22.56 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 36.7%.

13.7%

The Middle East and Africa cyber security market will be worth an estimated 13.43 billion USD by 2019, at a CAGR of 13.7%

25.8%

26.4%

According to Markets and Markets, the application security market is expected to grow from USD 2.79 Billion in 2017 to USD 9.0 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 26.4%.

14.4% • • • • •

The managed services market in the Middle East and Africa is projected to grow from $20.9 billion in 2014 to $47.3 billion by 2019, at a CAGR of 18.0 % between 2014 and 2019.

Public cloud storage will continue to grow High-quality encryption is the go-to standard for information security Public cloud storage will continue to grow Hyper-converged storage continues its ascent Hybrid and all-flash arrays are beginning to take hold beyond high- performance computing

VIRTUALIZATION& SERVERS

Cyber Security Trends for 2017 & 2018 • Skill & organization for cyber security continue to change • Cloud security becomes a top priority • Digital ecosystems drive next generation security

NETWORKING The Middle East & Africa Software Defined Networking market is estimated to grow from $5.1 Million in 2013 to $118.0 Million by 2019 at a CAGR of 77.3% according to Micro Market Monitor.

Data Centre Networking Market to be worth $21.85 Billion by 2018.

4.5%

The global virtualized and nonvirtualized physical servers market to grow at a CAGR of 5.26% during the period 2017-2021.

Network Functions Virtualization Market Worth Over $15 Billion by 2020, says IHS Markit

Enterprise Networking Trends for 2017 • Network assurance grows up, moves into the cloud • Network Functions Virtualization comes into enterprise • SDN moves beyond data centre

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5.26%

$15bn

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14.9%

Mobile Virtualization Market size is estimated to be valued around USD 6 Billion by 2024, growing at over 20% CAGR from 2016 to 2024.

$21.85bn

41%

28.57%

The global desktop virtualization market is projected to reach US$28.345 Billion in 2022 from US$6.276 Billion in 2016 at a CAGR of 28.57%.

77.3%

By 2019, Middle East & Africa will have the worlds highest cloud traffic growth at 41%.

According to Future Market Insights, the Middle East storage market was valued at $1,475.9 million in 2014 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 14.4% during 2015-2025 to reach $6,537.6 million by 2025.

Enterprise Storage Trends of 2017

18.0%

CLOUD

The Cloud Storage market size is estimated to grow from $23.76 Billion in 2016 to USD 74.94 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 25.8 % from 2016 to 2021.

22.1%

Markets and Markets The Middle East cloud applications market is expected to grow from $887.5 Million in 2015 to $2404.5 Million by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 22.1% from 2015 to 2020.

$2bn

Middle East and North Africa public cloud spend to hit $2bn by 2020.

Markets and Markets - the global application virtualization market is expected to grow from USD 1.3 Billion in 2015 to USD 2.6 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 14.9%.

Gartner -Worldwide Server Shipments Declined 4.2 Percent in the First Quarter of 2017; Revenue Declined 4.5 Percent

Virtualization Trends of 2017 • Rise of automation • Using server virtualization for increased security • Adoption of cloud applications & storage • Deployment of virtual desktop hardware

Future Trends in Cloud Computing • Cloud application will continue to trend upward.

• Analytics will become a big cloud feature • Cloud security will become more trusted and standardized

SERVICES

INFRASTRUCTURE

27.9%

32.54%

Markets and Markets - The Global Platformas-a-Service market is estimated to grow from $1.28 billion in 2013 to $6.94 billion in 2018 at a CAGR of 32.54%

16.6%

IDC – Cloud managed services market size is estimated to grow from $35.54 Billion in 2016 to 76.73 Billion by 2021 at a CAGR of 16.6%.

The global Software-as-a-Service market was US$29.33 billion in 2015 and is poised to reach US$ 164.29 billion by 2022, expanding at a CAGR of 27.9%.

Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Trends • Server less Computing • Machine Learning • Data Centre build outs to continue

9.8%

The fibre optics market is projected to reach USD 5.00 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 9.8% from 2016 to 2021.

MANAGED PRINT SERVICES Cloud-based deployment is expected to hold the largest share of MPS market between 2017 and 2023

CABLING

$94.97bn

Key players of global submarine optical fibres market – Alcatel Lucent, Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd., TE SubCorn, NEC Group, Gulf Bridge International.

Transparency Market Research - GlobalManaged Print Services market to reach $94.97 billion by 2024

$294.4bn

7%

BCC Research - Global Market for wire and cable to reach $297.4 Billion in 2019

Technavio - Global power cables market to grow steadily at a CAGR of around 7% by 2021.

POWER SOLUTIONS Trends affecting physical security power solutions

9.01bn

Markets and Markets – Military Power Solutions market worth 9.01 Billion by 2022.

• • • •

MOBILITY

Functionality Remote monitoring as an additional service Infrastructure flexibility Integrated IP based systems

8.1%

2312.5mn

The global hybrid power solutions market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.1% from 2016 to 2021, to reach a market size of USD 689.5 Million by 2021.

Markets and Markets – Blockchain market worth 2312.5 Million USD by 2021

Trends impacting Mobility

BLOCKCHAIN& FINTECH 2312.5mn

• Mobility analytics will rise in prominence • The Internet of Things will see growth • Mobile apps will improve in performance

Markets and Markets – Blockchain market worth 2312.5 Million USD by 2021

Fintech predictions for 2017 • Banking Automation will propel • Mobile payments become mainstream • Investment and financial planning services are on the rise

Blockchain Challenges • • • • •

Uncertain regulatory status Integration concern No sense of urgency or need Lack of understanding & knowledge Cultural adoption

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INFINET WIRELESS

Connectivity ‘Infinet’

BY DELIVERING HIGH PERFORMANCE, UNPARALLELED RELIABILITY AND LOWEST COST OF OWNERSHIP OF A COMPLETE FAMILY OF HIGH-CAPACITY WIRELESS SOLUTIONS, INFINET WIRELESS ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO BUILD FUTURE-PROOF INFRASTRUCTURES.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Key among our offerings are: n InfiLINK XG – An innovative Point-toPoint solution in the sub-7 GHz frequency band. The InfiLINK XG boasts the best-inbreed spectral efficiency, higher-than-everseen-before processing power and distance vs performance ratio. n InfiLINK 2x2 – A comprehensive family of wireless Point-to-Point solutions which delivers throughputs of up to 300 Mbps, with a unique and rich set of features. All InfiLINK 2x2 products are cost effective and available across a number of licensed and unlicensed frequency bands, with a large selection of integrated antenna and connectorized models to cater to all possible data transmission scenarios. n InfiMAN 2x2 – A wireless Point-toMultipoint solutions designed for various applications, from wide area network connectivity to city-wide video surveillance, and from Internet service provision to nomadic Oil & Gas deployments. This family includes various base station types, some of which can be fitted with advanced beamforming technology, and a range of subscriber terminals models, with integrated antennas or connectorized models.

PARTNERS IN THE REGION Our business model has always been based on

working with local distributors, system integrators and technology partners. Our company has created a comprehensive Partner Programme designed to give all our channel partners cutting edge wireless products, outstanding pre- and post-sales support, and valuable marketing tools and resources to help them succeed in their respective target markets.

We currently have dozens of loyal partners in the Middle East, covering all countries and market sectors.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 Specific to the region, the growth we have experienced in the Middle East has been one of our biggest achievements. In 2016, this region outperformed most other regions of the world, growing at over 22% when compared to the previous year. Today, it is our second biggest market after the CIS region where we started life more than 24 years ago.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT It is predicted that in the next 3 to 5 years, the wireless market will become even more diversified. There are already a number of alternative technologies available that are conducive for fixed wireless broadband, one of which is 4G/ LTE. Although 5G will definitely become a

RECENT MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS IN THE REGION n Ooredoo

n Umniah (Jordan)

n ITC

n Khushali Bank (Pakistan)

n Mada/Zain

DISTINCT FEATURE We have optimized our underlying protocols and hardware platforms to carry video streams much more efficiently than anybody else.

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serious competitor to our company in the future, there are currently no products that actually support 5G. This is mainly due to the fact that there is no approved standard to define the 5th generation of mobile wireless systems. The actual deployment of 5G, together with the associated products and services, are in our opinion a few years down the road.

There are other alternatives too - the MulteFire that is 100% unlicensed LTE - there are some new solutions being introduced for frequency bands such as 17, 24, 60, 70 GHz, etc. We still believe that 5 GHz will remain the biggest market in terms of the unlicensed fixed wireless technologies. ë

TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

FORCEPOINT

Re-inventing Security WITH DATA CENTRIC AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, FORCEPOINT ENABLES BETTER DECISION MAKING AND MORE EFFICIENT SECURITY AT THE HUMAN POINT FOR GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTERPRISES WORLDWIDE.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017

SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS

We don’t call out individual partners in the MENA region, however across EMEA Forcepoint has has circa 2500 active channel partners with more than 300 in our tiered partner programme. (Platinum, Gold, and Silver). We also have over 30 distributors.

Gartner – n 2017 Enterprise DLP MQ: Leader for 9th time n 2016 Critical Capabilities for Enterprise DLP: Highest Product Score in Regulatory Compliance Use Case IDC – n Leader in all of the following 2016 IDC MarketScapes: WW Web Security, WW Email Security, SaaS Email Security, Hardware Email Security Forrester: Leader in 2016 Forrester Wave: DLP Suites, 2015 Forrester Wave: SaaS Content Security Radicati Group: Top player in 2016 Market Quadrants: APT Protection, Web Security, Secure Email Gateway NSS Labs: 2016 Recommended: Next Gen Firewall, IPS Awards in Best Web Content Management Solution, Best DLP Solution-EMEA, SureView Insider Threat Review

COMPETITIVENESS OF

YOUR MARKET

n Cloud Security - protecting people from compromise as they use the web and email from any location/any device. n Data & Insider Threat Security - understanding people’s behavior and intent to protect critical IP. n Network Security - giving visibility into people’s actions throughout the network and keeping attackers out of data centers, offices and cloud environments. n Global Governments - enabling people to easily and seamlessly access critical information across multiple secure networks.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION

MAHMOUD SAMY IBRAHIM,

AREA VP, FORCEPOINT EMEA EMERGING MARKETS

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS

n United States Senate

n Dow

n Department of Homeland

n ExxonMobil

Security n Defense Information Systems Agency n Department of Navy n Department of the Army n US Air Forces Central Command

n British Airways n Dell n Walmart n AT & T n Mattel n CVS Caremark

DISTINCT FEATURE We at Forcepoint believe the approach to security the industry has relied upon for years, centered on protecting technology infrastructure, needs to evolve.

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VERDICT The key is for organizations to implement intelligent, integrated security solutions that provide visibility into user behaviour, coupled with robust cyber security programmes. These systems should be capable of observing behaviour and interpreting intent in order to proactively protect users, critical data and, most importantly, the point at which they intersect. It is only by understanding the intent behind a user’s actions that we can recognize the difference between good and bad cyber behaviours. ë

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE APPLICATION

CENTRA HUB

FEATURE-RICH SUITES WITH TAILOR-MADE INDUSTRY SPECIFIC AND PROCESS ORIENTED SOLUTIONS, CENTRA HUB BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE AND PROCESSES THROUGH EFFECTIVE YET EASY TO USE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION

Centra Hub delivers cutting-edge solutions to bring together people and processes through effective, yet easy-to-use CRM, XCM and HCM software systems.

Centra’s portfolio includes: Centra CRM gives the organization a snapshot view of data, with information on demand, and insights into business and sales teams, and tools to analyze, plan, develop and deploy marketing activities and business models to maximize every customer interaction.

Centra REMS (Real Estate Management Systems) is a state-of-the-art management solution that empowers Real Estate Sales, Leasing, Computer-Aided Facilities Management and Owner’s Association Management.

Centra HCM (Human Capital Management) enables the organization to effectively manage all employee information right from recruitment through to retirement & separation within a single automated system.

Centra CAFM (Computer Aided Facilities Management) Suite forms the operations backbone of facilities management companies by providing end-to-end governance of facilities management ranging from preventive maintenance, contract definitions, SLA governance and control, breakdown or reactive maintenance, free or billable services, technician task assignment, scheduling and efficiency management, spare parts management, and customer satisfaction.

Centra works directly with customers and partners from its offices in UAE, India and the Far East. Centra signed Focus Softnet as its sales agent to promote its CRM and HCM solutions across Focus’ 27 offices across India, Middle East, Far East, North America, Africa and Australia. Centra has a strong channel network of established resellers and systems integrators other markets.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS The Centra suite of solutions on the CRM and XRM frameworks is feature-rich, complete from sales automation, service management, and vertical specific, ranging across various industries with tailor-made industry-specific process-oriented solutions, and offers real time analysis of processes, activities, and deliverables tracking.

Centra HCM is a complete human resources management system with sturdy, scalable, reliable, modular, flexible and easy-to-use modules and features. It is highly interactive, adaptable, multi-functional, user-friendly and cost-effective with very strong security features.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT With more organizations going digital, we are seeing an increased uptake of Cloud and SaaSbased applications. With the UAE introducing

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Consent Group

n Advance Employment

n Gulf Islamic Investment

n Servu

DISTINCT FEATURE Centra’s strong local presence, coupled with localization expertise of its solutions makes the product portfolio a compelling “must buy” for SMEs and corporates alike.

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VAT in January 2018, small businesses are now looking at software solutions that are VAT-compliant. Centra is launching CBooks, the Financial & Inventory System on SaaS, which is VAT compliant. With this new software, Centra will help companies manage their sales, marketing, service and other business operations more efficiently and need not depend on third-party applications to maintain their books of account. ë

DATA MANAGEMENT StorIT Distribution fzco P.O.Box 17417 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 4 881 9690 | Fax: +971 4 887 1637 Email: info@storit.ae

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SUREN VEDANTHAM,

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All Roads Lead to ‘Value’ FOR THE REGIONAL VAD , IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT RAISING THE BAR— IT IS ALSO

ABOUT REMAINING CONSISTENT. OUR EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH SUREN VEDANTHAM, MD, STORIT ON THE VAD’S ODYSSEY IN CROSSING THE MILESTONE OF 15 YEARS OF SERVICE EXCELLENCE IN THE REGION.

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onsidering the heavily channel driven nature of the Middle East market, we have seen the partner ecosystem evolving to adapt to the rising needs of the customers and often enhancing the service with vendor extension models. At the same time, we have also seen many partner organizations fading away, just for the simple reason that they could not stand the test of time when it came to making ‘Customer-centricity’ their modus operandi.

StorIT, as we write this story, is busy celebrating their 15th successful year as a VAD in the

Middle East. With a constant pursuit to offer cutting edge solutions and services, the VAD’s undying spirit of commitment has made sure that the resller ecosystem is empowered to achieve the highest level of competence in the rapidly evolving enterprise, whilst powering the customer’s journey to digitization to be and effective.

Suren Vedantham, the Managing Director of StorIT, welcomes me to his office that is abuzz with the celebrations (Yes, the celebrations do not seem to cease, nor does the spirit of the team members). I cannot help but ask Suren- ‘So in these 15 years, for StorIT, what has changed and

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what has not changed?’

Suren says, “Our unwavering commitment to the fundamental principles of business that create extraordinary value to our partners, both vendors and resellers, remains the most consistent factor throughout the last 15 years of distinguished accomplishment in the Data Management Solutions domain. Our enthusiasm to remain at the cutting edge of technology helps us create growth opportunities and stay ahead of the curve. On the other hand, there is an uncompromising commitment to constantly raise the bar in our customer service standards by introducing ingenuity to all aspects of our business.”

With some of its recent partnerships with Tintri, Commvault etc, the VAD is all set to redefine the storage and services market with some new paradigm that is synonymous to nothing but value all the way— value to the partners, value to the customers.

MERGING WITH THE NEW REALITIES Going forward with the new realities of IoT, business intelligence and an extremely sophisticated data-driven business, storage solutions and models are expected to live up to the rising demands of having the capability to be compatible and integrated with virtualization and cloud platforms. Converge infrastructure has also become the most compelling building block of data centre infrastructure today. Talking about how StorIT is enabling its resellers to adapt with these realities, Suren says, “StorIT, with its unparalleled domain expertise in the Data Management Solutions space, acts an enabler to its reseller partners with respect to early adoption of emerging technologies that help them capitalize on the business opportunities presented by the regional economies. This could range from demand generation activities & technology training programs, to enterprise projects management & support services. There is a concerted effort, in collaboration with our vendor partners, to map the emerging business opportunities to the delivery readiness of our resellers.

THE UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION By leveraging on its strong channel network, StorIT has been providing extensive market reach to its vendors that could secure significant market share and a sustained growth opportunity in the region. StorIT has always emphasized on ‘Value’ throughout its journey in the last 15 years. Not only that, the VAD has also been instrumental in pioneering and bringing new and niche solutions to the region. “StorIT’s unique value proposition

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has always been its ability to provide cutting-edge turnkey data management solutions based on the very best of breed technologies. And our vendor partners, who are world’s leading technology providers in their respective areas of expertise, are key to our success,” says Suren.

We have also had the opportunity to talk to some of the VAD’s leading resellers who further testified the sheer rapport that they share with the company and the team mates. “StorIT’s team of certified experts supports its partners right from business development planning through consultancy, design, proof of concept, project implementation and support services. Infact, StorIT was the foremost VAD partner for our vendor to have implemented the first hyperconverged infrastructure solution in the region a couple of years ago,” adds Suren.

ON THE DESK FOR GITEX 2017 The VAD is all set to make some rare customer conversations leading up to the essentiality of investing in data management solutions, whilst having a keen eye on its partner network as well.

As the region’s appetite for cost effective and optimized storage solutions increase, StorIT believes that it is best positioned to addressed this need and be the partner of choice.

StorIT stated that it will promote its turnkey solutions portfolio including data storage, backup, data protection, information management and high performance computing solutions from vendor partners such as Dell EMC, Commvault, Arcserve, Tintri, Quantum, Haszone, Mellanox, SAS, ATTO and Supermicro and also highlight its value added services such as business need assessment, architecture and proof of design to optimise solutions to customer requirement and its managed services. StorIT’s vendors will focus on the latest innovations in the IT space through its presentations.

FINALLY While it is always easy to say that the grass is greener on the other side, few people take the effort to water the grass that they are standing on. StorIT, as a responsibility-driven value added distributor has not only walked the extra mile in possessing commendable domain expertise and an efficient solutions delivery mode but has remained untouched by the fragile market circumstances. Year on year the VAD has just focused on building its worth by adding the right set of partners and vendors, sometimes keeping it a low-key affair but the dart has hit the bullseye and the success has echoed. ë

Top VAD in storage at the GEC Awards 2017

COVER FEATURE

15 STEPS TO SUCCESS Incorporated in 2002

Active operations spanning 12 countries across the region First and the preferred distributor to introduce EMC, Quantum, Mellanox, SAS and QLogic to the Middle East.

StorIT has completed over 1000 unique Project Implementations

StorIT has a dedicated NOC in India as well as in UAE

Expecting a year-over-year growth of around 15%

Recently voted one of the top 10 IT companies to work for.

Best Incremental Distributor for most of our vendors in EMEA

Cross-continental implementations services on behalf of Reseller Partners across 10 countries

The Human-side Of Technology’ (THOT),Perahni School, Nepal adopted by StorIT with Dubai Cares

Marketing campaigns for 2017 - ‘Imagine Possibilities’ was an incredible success

StorIT was the foremost VAD partner for our vendor to have implemented the first hyper-converged infrastructure solution in the region

what has changed in 15 years: The storage and VAD dynamics What has not changed in 15 years: Uncompromising commitment to raise the bar in customer service

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

A ‘Sheild’ of Security INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS HAS BEEN DELIVERING STATE-OF-THE-ART SOLUTIONS FOR THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS FOR MORE THAN 14 YEARS WITH A VISION OF ADVANCING CYBERSECURITY IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Till date, Innovative Solutions flagship products Linq2 and Linq2FA is being used in more than 75% of the banking organisation in the Kingdom. In 2016, Innovative Solutions have launched “InfoShield” - a complete cybersecurity awareness platform which has been deployed in the financial regulator and other critical government institutions. The Deepi Suite is the latest offering by Innovative Solutions, which provides cutting-edge Managed Security Services (MSS).

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION As Innovative Solutions endeavours to provide clients with suitable and tailored solutions to meet individual requirement, we partner with leading cybersecurity vendors. Currently, Innovative Solutions is the preferred partner for more than 35 international partners. Our strategic partners are F5, FireEye, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Carbon Black, Arbor, Symantec, and Forcepoint to name few.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS At Innovative Solutions, we realise that every client has a different business, technical, compliance or regulatory challenges. We make it our mission to fully understand our clients’ challenges prior to embarking on solution proposition.

Our consultants work closely with clients and partners to meet their specific needs and seamlessly deliver the best outcome while we continue to improve our core capabilities in successfully managing and delivering projects.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Due to the new wave of Cyber Attacks, rapid technological advancements, and growing regulations, we have to constantly look at new and out of the box solutions to meet growing needs of the community.

The solutions offered by Innovative Solutions must be agile and flexible to fulfil diverse needs. ë

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Ministry of Finance n Over 100 customers across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in n Telecom n Financial n Education n Government

DISTINCT FEATURE Our mission is to fully understand our clients’ challenges prior to embarking on solution proposition.

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DR LOAI AL OMARI,

VP CYBER SECURITY SERVICES, INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATION

POLYCOM

Communication Re-imagined WITH SECURE VIDEO, VOICE AND CONTENT SOLUTIONS, POLYCOM INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY AND ALSO PROVIDES FLEXIBLE COLLABORATION SOLUTIONS FOR ANY ENVIRONMENT THAT DELIVER BEST USER EXPERIENCE.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017

Latest Polycom solutions in 2017 include: n Polycom Pano: The Polycom Pano is the easiest way to share content at work. Now anyone in a business meeting can share up to four streams of simultaneous content side-by-side, from any device, without the hassle of juggling cables, pucks or dongles. Users can dd a Pano to a touch monitor, and an expanded set of capabilities are available, with rich annotation and interactive whiteboarding features unavailable in other wireless content sharing solutions.

Pano works with any existing video equipment, making it easy to add on to existing conference room technology. n Polycom RealPresence Immersive Studio Flex: It can be customised to your space and budget and offers Microsoft Skype for Business functionality at a 37% lower cost than other leading solutions. n Polycom EagleEye Director II: The Polycom EagleEye Director II camera changes your video conferencing experience from the awkward and distant “bowling alley” view to a professionally produced video meeting when combined with Polycom Group Series video room systems.

Without the need to manually adjust or to use a remote, the camera automatically zooms in on and frames the active speaker from an industryleading 32 feet in less than three seconds,

panning out when the discussion includes more than one person.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Polycom’s key partners in the region include FVC, SITEC, Westcon, Alpha Data, Zahra Technologies, Zerone Qatar, Microhit Technologies, AGC, PAIS Kuwait and QDS Qatar.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 This year, Polycom RealPresence Group Series became the first and only standards based video solution to be certified for Microsoft Skype for Business online in Office 365. The certification of RealPresence Group Series offers more flexibility and choice on how Office 365 customers experience meetings. RealPresence Group Series joins a portfolio of Polycom video solutions certified to work with Skype for Business and Office 365.

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS One of Polycom’s key customer wins this year is Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Courts, whom we’ve worked with to build the Gulf ’s first Smart Small Claims Tribunal using Polycom UC solutions. The partnership focused on enabling seamless video conferenc-

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n DIFC Courts

n International Horizons College

n SOLB Steel

n American University in Kuwait

DISTINCT FEATURE Polycom’s portfolio of video, voice and content solutions are driven by the company’s and long-standing commitment towards providing flexible collaboration solutions for any environment that deliver the best user experience, the broadest multi-vendor interoperability and unmatched investment protection.

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REGIONAL MANAGER & SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, MEA & TURKEY, POLYCOM

ing between the DIFC Courts and third parties, with the ability to record those sessions for future reference.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Video conferencing will become the world’s preferred business communications tool, ahead of email and voice calls. With video technology software available on tablets and mobile devices, secure, enterprise-grade, face-to-face collaboration has moved far beyond the office and will continue to actively transform the ways in which we work. ë

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ROBOTICS According to IDC, the worldwide spending on robotics will hit $135.4 billion in 2019 and explained that the healthcare sector is expected to see a bump in robotics purchases, with spending expected to double by 2019.

FINTECH

3D PRINTING

Technavio’s analysts forecast the global FinTech investment market to grow at a CAGR of 54.83% during the period 2016-2020. Some of the 2017 Fintech trends are Banks partnering with Fintech, Borderless payments, Instant payments etc.

According to MarketsandMarkets, 3D Printing Market worth 32.78 Billion USD by 2023. The CIO’s can evaluate 3D printing for disruptive potential by engaging other C-suite peers in discussions about the possibilities, linking the technology to business goals.

MACHINE LEARNING According to Markets and Markets, machine learning market is expected to grow from $1.41 Billion in 2017 to $ 8.81 Billion by 2022.Rising investments in the healthcare business, emerging multiple options in application areas, enhanced connectivity and enlargement in data from IoT platforms are the current trends in machine learning as a service market.

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TECH 2018

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) The global business intelligence market is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 9.50 % during the forecast period of 2017-2024 and is likely to generate more revenue by 2024.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) According to Statista, in 2017, the global AI market is expected to be worth approximately $2.42 billion. Some current major uses of AI include image recognition, object identification, detection, and classification, as well as automated geophysical feature detection.

DRONES Gartner predicted the global market revenue for dronesis expected to reach $6 billion by the end of 2017 and top $11.2 billion by 2020. Commercial drones are gaining popularity with their increasing demand in several application areas such as search and rescue operations, product delivery and high-altitude mapping among others.

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

VALUEMENTOR

Right Solution, Shortest Time ACCORDING TO VALUEMENTOR, ENTERPRISES NEEDS TO INVEST IN SECURITY PROGRAMS THAT WORK IN TANDEM AND NOT IN SILOS. THIS HELPS BRING FULL VISIBILITY ACROSS NETWORKS, ENDPOINTS, CLOUD, VIRTUAL MACHINES AND LOGS AND PRESENT A COMPLETE PICTURE WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE ENTERPRISE NETWORK.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017

Consultancy n ISO 27001 n PCI DSS Compliance and QSA Assessments n HIPAA Compliance n ISR & ADSIC Compliance n IT Act 2008 Compliance n NESA Consulting n Policies and Procedures n Security Architecture n Incident Management & Response n BCP/DRP n Baseline Security Assessments

Security Assessments Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking n Vulnerability Assessments n Mobile Application Security Assessments n Application Security Assessments n Threat and risk assessments n Digital Forensics n Configuration Review n Code Review n

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS Right Solution, Shortest Time Recognition by Global Authorities n Advanced Monitoring & Reporting system n Professionals with over 18 years of Industry Expertise n Customized SLA response time based on client requirements n State of the Art Security Lab n n

Managed Security n Log Monitoring n Managed Vulnerability Management n Captive SOC n Anti-phishing services n Managed Firewall n Database Monitoring n Enterprise Fraud Monitoring n Managed Compliance n Threat Intelligence Services n Managed IPS

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 n n

ValueMentor is a listed SWIFT CSP Assessor ValueMentor is PCI QSA

CEO & PRINIPAL CONSULTANT, VALUEMENTOR

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Locally Owned

n One of the largest

n Accredited National

Premium Hotel Group n International Hotel Operator with over 80 properties in the region n Among the largest financial solutions provider in the region n One of largest privately held companies in the region n International Bank in Bahrain

Fashion & Lifestyle behemoth in the region with over 75 brands & over 1500 stores n Leading mobile commerce and rewards platform company in the region n Middle East based online travel platform n International Sports Car Manufacturer

Insurer and one of the leading industry player in the local insurance n Among the largest Public Shareholding Insurance Company entirely owned by the U.A.E. nationals. n A leading UAE public shareholding insurance company

DISTINCT FEATURE Inhouse Security Operations Center manned 24 * 7

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ValueMentor is CERT-IN Empaneled Started US & UK Operations n Identified a Zero Day Vulnerability in a Fortune 100 multinational computer technology corporation and received an appreciation for the same. n n

YOUR MARKET VERDICT With high-profile security breaches and hacks becoming more prevalent, nearly half of respondents are putting themselves in the firing line. In this context, the cyber security industry has been witnessing significant growth in recent years. ë

TOP PLAYER STRUCTURED CABLING

NEXANS

Smart Choices for a Clear Network WITH A COMPLETE RANGE OF SOLUTIONS IN BOTH COPPER & FIBRE, NEXANS PROVIDES END CUSTOMERS WITH SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR LAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA CENTRE NEEDS THAT MEET THEIR TODAY’S AND TOMORROW’S REQUIREMENTS.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Nexans has been positioned as a high-end LAN infrastructure vendor that provides complete end-to-end solutions to major customers in the enterprise market. In 2017, Nexans unveiled data centre innovations under the name of ‘Smart Choices for Digital Infrastructure’, which includes different data centre infrastructure technologies and support several consecutive generations of active equipment. Additionally, they are flexible and scalable to adapt to future requirements. As part of the vision towards supporting the world’s growing data needs, Nexans also launched new copper-based solutions to support bandwidths of 25Gb/s and 40Gb/s Ethernet and ultra-high density LANmark ENSPACE fiber solutions for the different DC topologies including EOR (End-of-Row), and TOR (Top-of-Rack).

Nexans is also offering its LANactive solution, based on Fiber-to-the-Office (FTTO)switch in both, office and harsh environments.

This is an advanced technology that proved to have lower OPEX & CAPEX compared to standard LAN infrastructure networks. LANactive is an ideal solution to serve large areas like hospitals, airports, universities, and any facility requires lot of Floor Distribution racks or Telecom Rooms.

Apart from the above products, Nexans

offers a complete range of LAN cabling products and value-added services providing improved reliability and reduced cost of ownership for Network Managers. All offered solutions are supported by the Nexans 25-year warranty program that covers Products, Performance, Channel, and Labour.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Apart from our local offices, we have also invested heavily in establishing a very strong partner network of Value Added Distributors and Systems Integrators across the Middle East region.

The extensive partners’ network ensures end customer satisfaction with regards to installation, and on-site services needed on timely fashion.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 The advent of cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), including mobile wireless usage on network infrastructure, and the consequential trend to higher-speed wireless Ethernet communications, all such needs are making it more imperative than ever for data center infrastructure managers to carefully consider their network architecture. The ever-increasing

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN: n Egypt n Saudi Arabia

n UAE n Jordan

DISTINCT FEATURE The advanced technology and the complete end-to-end solution offering by Nexans, both differentiates us from many other cabling vendors that focus on commodity market.

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REGIONAL DIRECTOR, GULF & MIDDLE EAST, SOUTH & EAST AFRICA, NEXANS CABLING SOLUTIONS

flow of traffic - from the cloud in particular - is putting pressure on conventional network architectures, particularly in terms of ensuring business continuity. These developments affecting the data-center environment place a new series of demands on the network at the level of cabling infrastructure, and are changing data center design from the ground level up. In today’s competitive business environment, there is a need to implement the most cost-effective, future-proof connectivity infrastructure quickly and efficiently while supporting high-density and large bandwidth needs. ë

TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE APPLICATION

EPICOR

Industry Focused Applications

BY DELIVERING INDUSTRY SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF VERTICALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST EPICOR PROVIDES THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH A CHOICE OF HOW THEY WANT TO DEPLOY THEIR ERP SOLUTION.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017

PARTNERS IN THE REGION

We offer four key solutions: n Epicor ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) – Businesses using the latest version of Epicor ERP benefit from several features, including a new dedicated tenancy cloud option, international financial and compliance capabilities, a new data analytics packages, and new tools for greater productivity in front and back-end processes. n Epicor iScala – Epicor iScala features robust global financials and modular capabilities that span customer relationship management (CRM), service management, through to supply chain management (SCM). n Epicor HCM (Human Capital Management) – Epicor HCM is a comprehensive, configurable human resource information system that empowers users by automating HR processes. It streamlines the entire employee life-cycle, provides information and advice to employees and candidates via direct access, gives HR departments the flexibility to deploy Epicor Payroll or connect to third party payroll solutions, and delivers powerful business intelligence to enable strategic analysis of key business trends. n Epicor Mattec MES (Manufacturing Execution System) – With Epicor Mattec MES, organisations can gain access to real-time manufacturing information, and eliminate machine downtime for increased plant productivity, and reduced inventory costs.

To date we have 20 partners across the MEA. Some of the key partners in region include RheinBrücke, Index Infotech, Knowledge Web and Vertical Solutions, all of which have large consulting arms, strong sales and presales functions, and creative marketing teams.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 One of our major achievements for 2017 was the release of iScala for Hospitality, a back-office solution for restaurants, hotels & resorts. The platform is designed to enable its users to meet the unique needs of the hospitality industry by enabling companies to streamline operations by efficiently integrating all processes.Also, our international partner, RheinBrücke has signed a partnership agreement with SmartWorld, to provide businesses in Dubai South with access to ERP solutions to help them better manage their business, automate processes & improve operational efficiency.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT From my perspective, there are two key trends: n Industry 4.0–The advent of Industry 4.0 calls for a future of agile, affordable manufacturing, fueled by technology enablers such as the Internet of Things, 3D printing, cloud computing, mobile devices and big data. This will combine

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n SIDDCO Group

n Ocean Fresh Fish

n Emirates Metallic Industries

n Siniora Food Industries PLC

Corporation (UAE) n Havelock AHI (Bahrain)

n Abu Qafrh Holding (Saudi Arabia)

(Jordan)

DISTINCT FEATURE Epicor ERP allows customers to easily migrate between cloud deployed systems and on-premises licensed deployments with no impact on end-user efficiency.

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REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, EPICOR SOFTWARE

the world of production and networking in a connected environment, and ERP will become even more central to production as the backbone to the network–connecting smart machines, logistics systems, production facilities, sensors and devices as products and machines communicate with each other and exchange commands along the production line. n Analytics - Data is the business resource of the future—both in terms of optimizing processes and services, and as a basis for innovative business models. As technology develops we can expect to see more integration between ERP software, big data and predictive analytics. ë

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE APPLICATION

RIVERBED

The Tool to Transform RIVERBED GIVES BUSINESS AND IT LEADERS THE TOOLS TO TRANSFORM APPLICATION, NETWORK AND CLOUD PERFORMANCE INTO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THAT MAXIMIZES EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY AND CREATES NEW FORMS OF OPERATIONAL AGILITY.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 n Riverbed SteelCentral - A complete performance management and control suite that uniquely provides unified visibility across all aspects of user experience, application, and network performance. n Riverbed SteelConnect - The industry’s first and only product to unify network connectivity and orchestration of application delivery across hybrid WANs, remote LANs and cloud networks. n Riverbed SteelHead - The industry’s #1 WAN optimization solution for accelerating delivery of all applications across the hybrid enterprise. n Riverbed SteelFusion - The first and only hyper-converged infrastructure solution designed to enable a software-defined edge, with zero IT at the branch and 100% of branch data and servers centralized into data centers without compromising local performance or availability.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION We follow a two-tier channel model and work very closely with our value-add distribution partner Starlink and Mindware to develop and serve our channel community in the Middle East.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS Since our founding in 2002, Riverbed has helped over 28,000 customers solve the world’s toughest application delivery challenges. Today, we provide an architecture for maximizing application performance in a cloud-centric world.

Riverbed gives business and IT leaders the tools to transform application, network, and cloud performance into a competitive advantage that maximizes employee productivity and creates new forms of operational agility.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 This year we extended the wireless & wired LAN capabilities of our SteelConnect solution through our acquisition of Xirrus, the leading provider of next generation Wi-Fi networks. By combining the advanced Wi-Fi capabilities of Xirrus and SteelConnect’s intuitive and powerful orchestration, we have managed to bring the power of policy-based network management out to the wireless edge.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Over the last 3 years, we have executed on our strategy to extend our business in the Middle

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Government

n Service Provider

n Military & Defence

n Oil & Gas

n Banking

DISTINCT FEATURE Our solutions uniquely combine products that simplify the deployment and management cloud-connected networks, improve application performance, and provide the end-to-end visibility needed for complete Digital Experience Management.

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SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, METNA AT RIVERBED

East by deepening our engagement with our value-add distributors. We have had a very strong start to 2017 and our strategy to maintain and build upon this momentum is to focus on our partner community. We intend to double down on our engagement with our existing value-add distributors, and keep driving business through our partners while also expending our channel community with the right focus partners. ë

TOP PLAYER INFRASTRUCTURE

MANAGEENGINE

IT Management Simplified ACCORDING TO MANAGEENGINE, THEY GIVE THE CAPABILITY TO THE CUSTOMERS TO ELEVATE THEIR IT THROUGH COLLABORATION. WITH INTEGRATED DESKTOP AND MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, MANAGEENGINE SIMPLIFIES IT TO MAKE IT ANSWER TO WHATEVER THE DEMAND IS.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017

Active Directory management Advanced IT and website analytics nApplication performance management Data Center & server performance management Desktop and mobile device management IT Help desk management IT security management MSP solutions IT management from the cloud

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION n ManageEngine’s partners in the Middle East include: n UAE: Elitser Technologies n Bahrain: Elitser Technologies n Saudi Arabia: Alnafitha International for Information Technology n Oman: Digital Waves IT Solutions (DWITS) n Kuwait: Burhan Technology Co. W.L.L n Bahrain: Hilal Computers - Al Hilal Group n Jordan: TjDeeD Technology LLC n Qatar: Qatar Computer Service n Kuwait: Future Technology Systems Co n Saudi Arabia: Trust Information Technology n Saudi Arabia: IT Pillars

n Saudi Arabia: Naizak Global Engineering Systems n Oman: Zawawi Business Machines LLC

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS ManageEngine has established itself as a leading provider of IT management software in the Middle East. With continuous product innovation addressing various aspects of IT management, ManageEngine has been able to design products that contextually integrate, scale to the needs of SMBs and large enterprises alike. ManageEngine also gives the option to evaluate any ManageEngine products for free for a month before purchase. ManageEngine also believes in nurturing the IT ecosystem.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 n Positioned by Gartner, Inc. for its log management and SIEM solution, Log360, in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management n ManageEngine has also won industry awards in the Network Management Vendor category and Identity and Access Management Vendor category

NIRMAL MANOHARAN,

REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF SALES, MANAGEENGINE

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Abu Dhabi Education Council

n Lamprell

n Khimji Ramdas

n Zulekha Healthcare Group

n Averda

n NMC Healthcare Group

n Commercial Bank of Dubai

DISTINCT FEATURE Most ManageEngine products have a lifetime free version for a limited number of users or devices.

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YOUR MARKET VERDICT The Middle East market is well informed about the technology developments and innovations in various fields. Though the market is not one among the early adopters of technology, they are smart enough to discern the changing dynamics in IT and to adopt the right technology at the right time ë

TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE APPLICATION

SAP

Digital Transformation Made Seamless WITH THE MIDDLE EAST’S RAPID RISE IN INTERNET OF THINGS SPENDING, SAP IS SEEING STRONG INTEREST IN THE REGION, IN THE LAUNCH OF THEIR SERVICES TO HELP BUSINESSES CONNECT NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO USE CASE SCENARIOS WITH THE GOAL OF SHORTENING TIME TO VALUE.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 With the Middle East’s rapid rise in Internet of Things spending, SAP is also seeing strong Middle East interest in the launch of three new SAP Leonardo Innovation Services to help businesses connect new technologies to use case scenarios with the goal of shortening time to value.

In MENA, SAP is seeing strong demand for solutions running on the in-memory platform SAP HANA, and real-time business suite SAP S/4HANA, and the SAP Leonardo digital innovation system for the Internet of Things. SAP’s channel program is driving take-up of solutions across the SAP Business Network Group, with Ariba, Concur, and Fieldglass. Additional solutions seeing strong demand include SuccessFactors for human capital management, Cloud for Customer (C4C) for customer relationship management, and Fiori for mobility.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION SAP MENA has 120+ partners, and the region is one of the fastest-growing EMEA regions for the SAP Global Alliance Partner Program. SAP MENA works closely with the SAP Training and Development Initiative to shape the next generation of talent and create sustainable work possibilities in the SAP MENA ecosystem.

SAP has joined forces with many leading alliances to drive the global Internet of Things-driven Digital Economy, and SAP is

partnered with global technology leaders such as Accenture, Apple, Bosch, CSC, Dell, Deloitte, EY, Fujitsu, GE Digital, IBM, Infosys, Intermec, Microsoft, PwC, Red Hat, Siemens, SUSE, TCS, Unisys, and VMware.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 Supporting regional innovation, SAP recently launched its new MENA headquarters in Dubai, and a 5-year USD 200 million UAE investment plan: n Plans to establish its first SAP Cloud Data Center in the UAE in 2017, to drive cloud take-up by the public sector, n The first Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) in the UAE, its 15th lab across the globe, facilitating project-based co-innovation with customers and partners, n The hub for the SAP Training and Development Institute, which upskills youth, young graduates, and the workforce for job placement.

As Expo 2020 Dubai’s Innovative Enterprise Software Partner, SAP will co-innovate on real-time technology platforms that enable organizers and exhibitors to instantaneously analyze data to identify visitor trends and tailor the experience for an expected 25 million visitors using 20+ SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA solutions.

In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, SAP recently announced a 4-year SAR 285 million investment plan, centered on the launch of the SAP Cloud Hub.

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Saudi Aramco

n Mars Hypermarket

n Souq.com

n ETA Melco

DISTINCT FEATURE SAP Leonardo Innovation Services connect seamlessly with SAP Leonardo system to help customers manage their digital transformation.

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ZAKARIA HALTOUT,

HEAD OF GLOBAL CHANNELS AND GENERAL BUSINESS - MENA, SAP

YOU MARKET VERDICT SAP’s PartnerEdge channel partner program is committed to supporting channel partners in educating Middle East CIOs on the importance of digital transformation in driving new digital business models. Supporting Middle East youth in Digital Economy careers, the SAP Training and Development Institute announced plans to build skills and knowledge among young talents worth USD 100 million by 2022, building on an already-generated in-country value of USD 121 million since 2012. TDI supported skills development with Refugee Code Week and Africa Week, and interacted with more than 950 entrepreneurs through the regional Startup Focus roadshow. ë

TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE MOBILITY

TALARIAX

Information Delivery Re-defined WITH AN AIM TO IMPROVE THE WAY COMPANIES DELIVER INFORMATION TO MOBILE DEVICES, TALARIAX IS GEARED TOWARDS ADDRESSING CRITICAL IT REQUIREMENTS TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION DURING UNPLANNED SYSTEM DOWNTIME AND PROVIDE SECURITY.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 TalariaX develops and offers enterprise mobile messaging solutions for improving business workflow and productivity. Our mobile messaging solutions is geared towards addressing critical IT requirements to minimize disruption during unplanned system downtime and provide security and confidentiality of sensitive business data. They include IT Alerts & Notifications, Secure Remote Access via 2-Factor Authentication, Emergency & Broadcast messaging, Business Process Automation and System Availability Monitoring.

Our brands include sendQuick, TalariaX Cloud,sqoope: an enterprise instant messaging mobile app.

Our flagship brand ‘sendQuick’ is presently being used by many Fortune Global 500 companies among thousands in 40 countries, for various industries such as banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, government,

education, and healthcare etc.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR With sendQuick, you can assimilate alerts, notifications and messages from Devices, Applications and Users across the Enterprise and enable 2-way omni channel interaction via sms, email and social media messaging. It makes the sendQuick platform an indispensable asset for any business keen on improving work force efficiency and effectiveness while saving cost. sendQuick integrates with existing network of companies to provide real-time notification via SMS, sqoope, social messengers for an interactive and spontaneous communication.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS TalariaX is the winner of 2014 Red Herring Top 100 Asia, Golden Bridge Awards 2014 and Healthcare Supplier Awards 2014.

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS

n Central Bank of Bahrain

n Office of Auditor General

n Al Baraka Islamic Bank

n Ministry of Health

n Oman Arab Bank

n Ministry of Islamic Affairs

n DBS Bank

n Civil Service Bureau

n Bahrain Bourse

n Survey & Land Registration

n Oman Refinery & Petrochemicals

Bureau

n Kuwait Oil Company

n Ministry of Commerce

n Gulf Air

n KPMG

n Haya Water

n Ministry of Defense

n GPIC

n Saudi Defense Force

n Tatweer Petroleum

n UAE Army

n Liberty Insurance

n Saudi Ericsson

n Merseyrail

n Diwan Court

n Rwanda Revenue Authority

n National Rehabilitation Center

n Rwanda Online

n Continental International

DISTINCT FEATURE

TalariaX aims to improve the way companies deliver information to mobile devices, giving information immediately to improve the business functions and life of the individuals.

ASHOK KUMAR V

CHIEF OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT , EMEA & SAARC

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS TalariaX builds products that form the central information delivery infrastructure to mobile devices for all companies, interfacing between systems applications (Machine) to mobile devices (Human).

PARTNERS IN THE REGION: Bulwark Technologies, Secure Tech, MDS, MESoft, TransData, Intertec, Mazoon, Al Khalili, Bahwan IT, Ibtekkar, KSoft, Mustafa Sultan, Al Nahla etc. ë

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TOP PLAYER BACKUP

VEEAM

Backing Up the Critical Infrastructure FOR VEEAM, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IS ALL ABOUT HAVING A BUSINESS THAT IS RUNNING 24/7. WHILE ALWAYS SUPPORTING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE BUSINESS GOALS OF VEEAM CUSTOMERS. VEEAM AVAILABILITY SUITE DELIVERS A FUNDAMENTALLY NEW KIND OF SOLUTION

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Veeam has pioneered a new market of Availability for the Always-On Enterprise by helping organizations meet recovery time and point objectives of less than 15 minutes for all applications and data. Veeam Availability Suite, which includes Veeam Backup & Replication, leverages virtualization, storage, and cloud technologies that enable the modern data center to help organizations save time, mitigate risks, and dramatically reduce capital and operational costs, while always supporting the current and future business goals of Veeam customers.

Veeam Availability Suite delivers a fundamentally new kind of solution by providing: n Non-Stop Business Continuity to deliver user confidence that their Digital Life will be available when, where and how they want it.

Instantly recover – cross-cloud anything to anywhere. n Digital Transformation Agility provides easy, secure and reliable cross-cloud data management and migration. n Analytics and Visibility with actionable insights for data management, operational performance and compliance across your entire infrastructure.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION

Veeam works with major distributors such as Aptec – an Ingram Micro Company, Redington and Logicom.

Tier 1 partners include GBM, Alpha Data and MDS. Veeam has extensive ecosystem alliance partners which we work with and continue to build opportunities with the likes of HPE, Cisco, NetApp, Microsoft & SAP, Nimble Storage.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 The company recorded excellent Q2’ FY 2017 financial results in the Middle East n 41% YoY total bookings revenue growth n Number of customers now stands at over 2,300 with 23% net new customers added YoY. There were enterprise customer wins across a wide variety of verticals. n Total number of ProPartners in the region has reached 1,100 with a 32% YoY addition of ProPartners. n The Veeam Cloud Service Provider programme has enjoyed great success with a 42% YoY increase in VCSP transactions.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT From an IT perspective, there are four key trends that businesses in the Middle East will need to embrace in order to exceed the expectations of customers.

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Burj Al Arab

n King Abdulaziz City for Science and

n Al Naboodah Group

Technology in Saudi (KACST)

n Dubai Duty Free

DISTINCT FEATURE Veeam’s Availability Suite enables IT to immediately identify and address potential issues with the data center availability infrastructure before they can harm operations.

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GRAHAM PORTER,

HEAD OF CHANNELS, MIDDLE EAST AT VEEAM SOFTWARE

Blurring Lines between Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds; The explosion of the softwaredefined infrastructure; Stay one step ahead of hackers ; More Data, More Possibilities - For businesses relying on advanced analytics to drive operations, any downtime not only halts the ability to transact with customers and suppliers, but also stymies informed decision-making.

Businesses will need to direct their attention to maintaining availability of mission-critical systems that underpin their analytics. ë

TOP PLAYER INFRASTRUCTURE

INTERTEC SYSTEMS

Combined Strength Under One Roof HAVING UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE, AUTOMATION AND CONSULTING CAPABILITY IN MANGED SERVICES REGIONALLY, INTERTEC SYSTEMS COMPETE WITH THE GLOBAL MAJORS AS THE MID SIZED GCC BASED OPTION WITH THE MATURITY BUILT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 We, as an IT solutions and services provider are aligned to our customers to achieve their objectives. We are invested over the last decade to be one of the most mature providers of end to end Managed Services regionally. Our practice is ISO 20000 & 27001 certified, and follows a high degree of automation with the 24/7 proactive monitoring locally covering 18 countries. We have saved our customers from Government, Retail, Conglomerates and Healthcare on operating expenses and IT operations technology, while improving their customer experience and SLA’s.

Working on customer objectives around cost, risk, revenue and experience, we provide various Digital solutions around process, analytics, UX and Omni-channel. We also develop IP in process automation in addition to our various application alliances. Apart from aforementioned services, we have a mature practice on Cloud, DC, DR, Compute Infrastructure, Networks and Security.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Over the last 26 years, Intertec has long-term alliances with HPE, Cisco, Dell EMC, Microsoft, Infor, Oracle, F5, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, VMWare, Veeam, Solarwinds,

Websense, Auraportal, Ivanti, Nutanix, Nintex, TrendMicro, Yellowfin, and many more.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS We have unparalleled experience, automation and consulting capability in Managed Services regionally. We have large to mid-sized references across Data Center, Networks, End User and Application Management. We compete with global majors as the mid-sized GCC-based option with maturity built over the last 10 years.

Within Digital, we have built user experience and analytics frameworks on popular applications. We also invest in developing software IP within Digital.

Finally, within the IT Infrastructure & Security practices, we have the combined strength of security, consulting, networks and compute infrastructure under one roof. We have architected and delivered complex projects up to the tune of $10M within this year.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 In 2017, Intertec has achieved many milestones and recognitions such as Cisco Best Commercial Partner Award, Cisco Best Growth Partner Award, Fortinet Best Growth Partner, Infor EAM Best Implementation Partner, Palo

PRASANNA TAPKIRE,

SR. CONSULTANT, SECURITY, INTERTEC SYSTEMS

Alto Networks Growth Partner of the Year, and many more.

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Dubai Municipality

n Retail Giant

n Federal Authority

n Retail Conglomerate

n DHA

n Dubai Government Client

DISTINCT FEATURE Have a local 24/7 integrated NOC making Governments and sensitive organizations feel more secure with ISO certifications.

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YOUR MARKET VERDICT With technology cycles changing every 9 months, it is hard to predict. Some of our verdicts include higher adoption and competition in Managed Services, Digital Transformation, Disruptive Business Models, AP Automation, Hybrid Cloud, Networks & Security, and integrated EAM & IOT. We also predict that more companies will go out of business if they planned for short term profits and not focused on adding value, quality and experience to their customers. ë

TOP PLAYER INFRASTRUCTURE

RITTAL MIDDLE EAST

INNOVATING DATA CENTER ARCHITECTURE FOR RITTAL, ITS OFFERINGS ARE CRAFTED TO BE EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE ENCOMPASSING A MULTITUDE OF

OPTIONS FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS AND HELPING PARTNERS FOCUS ON THEIR CORE BUSINESS AND ACHIEVE MORE, TOGETHER.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 n Innovative IT solutions for SMB, SME and Large Enterprise businesses n Innovative Overhead Power Distribution for Datacenters n Specialized Racks for OCP (Open Compute Project) n Rittal Edge Data Center & Datacentre-in-aBox tailored products n TS-IT & Outdoor IT Innovative rack designs delivering greater efficiency n Cooling solutions & Rittal DCIM software. n Physical Security Solutions including Micro Data Centre & IT Security Rooms

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Our Partner network community includes Specialized Distributors, DC Integration Partners & Consultants addressing major verticals, spread across the Middle East region.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS

comprehensive product portfolio for all challenging IT scenarios. Starting from ‘Edge to Hyperscale’ solutions and Innovative technologies. All offerings are sure to be efficient and reliable encompassing a multitude of options for all requirements and helping our partners focus on their core business and achieve more, together.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 Introduction of Innovative data centre architectures, Edge data centres for innovative IoT solutions, Innovative data centre service models etc., representing as an ‘Enabler of Innovative IT solutions’

YOUR MARKET VERDICT IT Infrastructure & Data Centre business and its potential, will only scale higher along with the rising consumer experience engagements taking centre stage, be in regional or global.

Data will grow in line with the customers demanding ‘one-stop-shop’ experiences in all daily activities. Thus, only Innovative & Efficient solution offerings will lead the way. ë

Efficiency and Innovation are portrayed at the highest level with our offering’s that include

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Federal & Banking Verticals (Across ME Region)

DISTINCT FEATURE Efficiency and Innovation are portrayed at the highest level with thei offering’s that include comprehensive product portfolio for all challenging IT scenarios.

IGNATIUS EMANUEL,

MARKETING MANAGER, RITTAL MIDDLE EAST

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TOP PLAYER VIRTUALIZATION

VMWARE

Understanding the ‘Pulse’ A TRUSTED PLATFORM PROVIDER OF CHOICE, VMWARE ARE THE PIONEER IN VIRTUALIZATION AND INNOVATOR IN CLOUD AND BUSINESS MOBILITY.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 VMware enables enterprises to master a software-defined approach to business and IT with its Cross-Cloud Architecture and solutions for the data center, mobility, and security.

VMware solutions include the VMware CrossCloud services, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vCloud, VMware vSphere, VMware vSAN, VMware vRealize Log Insight, and VMware NSX.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION In the Middle East and North Africa, VMware has more than 700 partners: n Across GCC: Gulf Business Machines GBM n UAE: Alpha Data, MDS Computers, Itqan, Secure Tech, Emircom, CNS n Rest of GCC: Mannai (Qatar), Bahwan IT and Mustafa Sultan (Oman), Diyar and EEMC (Kuwait) n KSA: SBM, NATCOM, Nahil, MIS, Naizak n Levant and Northwest Africa: Toptech, SEE (Egypt), Adex, ORSIMA (Algeria), MUNISYS (Morocco), Midware and ICC (Lebanon)

COMPETITIVENESS OF YOUR SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER

PLAYERS? VMware is the trusted platform provider of choice for more than 500,000 customers and 75,000 partners globally, and we are the pioneer in virtualization and an innovator in cloud and business mobility.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 VMware joined the OPEN-O Project, an open source project hosted by The Linux Foundation that enables telecommunications, cable and cloud operators end-to-end service orchestration over NFV infrastructure, along with SDN and legacy networks.

VMware announced partnerships with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd on to simplify IoT deployments, with Fujitsu to bring IoT solutions to the automotive sector, and with Samsung to solve mobile workforce challenges.

VMware also announced a partnership with Google to accelerate Chromebook adoption, and will deliver VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure.

In the Middle East, VMware announced a new partnership with StarLink to help Middle East organizations drive new digital business models.

YOUR MARKET

OSSAMA ELDEEB,

SENIOR MANAGER, MENA PARTNER ORGANIZATION, VMWARE

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Saudi Ministry of Municipal & Rural

n Al Mawarid Bank (Lebanon)

Affairs (MOMRA) n Kuwait National Petroleum Com-

pany (KNPC)

DISTINCT FEATURE VMware launched the VMware Pulse IoT Center, a secure, enterprise grade IoT infrastructure management solution that will enable IT and OT teams to have complete control of their IoT infrastructure and things.

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VERDICT Business models have been disrupted, and digital transformation is critical for Middle East organizations to be competitive, to engage customers and employees, rapidly react to the market, and create brand trust. It is essential for VMware’s channel partners to be fully trained in the latest technology advancements and trends, and to help customers understand how to accelerate their journey to the cloud to drive digital transformation and business competitiveness in the Digital Economy and Internet of Things era. ë

TOP PLAYER INFRASTRUCTURE

SERVICENOW

Modernising IT Services ‘Now’

BY REPLACING UNSTRUCTURED WORK PATTERNS OF THE PAST WITH INTELLIGENT WORKFLOWS OF THE FUTURE, SERVICENOW ALLOWS ENTERPRISES TO WORK AT LIGHTSPEED, UNLEASH PRODUCTIVITY, DELIVER GAME CHANGING ECONOMICS AND CREATE AN INTELLIGENT CONNECTED ENTERPRISE.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 ServiceNow has a strong breadth of solutions: n Modernise IT Service Management - An easy to use service portal makes it painless for end users to submit and track requests without making a call. n Embrace Intelligent Automation - With ServiceNow Intelligent Automation Engine, companies can now prevent outages before they happen, automatically categorize and route incidents, benchmark performance against IT peers and predict future performance. n Eliminate Service Outages - ServiceNow enables the proactive Identification of Service Issues, Pinpoint Disruptions, and Automate Remediation to minimise service outages that can negatively impact customers, partners, and employees—resulting in financial losses and damage to company reputation n Resolve real security threats fast - In bringing incident data from security tools into a structured response engine that uses intelligent workflows, automation, and a deep connection with IT to prioritize and resolve threats based on the impact they pose to organizations, many threats can be resolved faster than ever before. n Consumerize the employee experience - We provide employees with quick and easy access to the HR Services they need while making HR more efficient. It’s easy for employees to be employees if they are provided with fast, personalized, and ever improving levels of service, even for workflows that span beyond HR.

Build business apps at lightspeed - ServiceNow provides a single, mobile and web application development platform to quickly build business applications at lightspeed that power organizations’ digital transformation. n Manage Cloud Sprawl - With ServiceNow organizations can manage cloud sprawl by providing users with a self service catalog, automate provisioning across multiple cloud providers, consistently enforce corporate policies, and control costs. n

PARTNERS IN THE REGION To complement the direct sales team at our headquarters in Dubai, UAE, and in addition to our Global SI partnerships, we have established relationships with four strategic partners across the region—DXC, Fujitsu, Quintica and Unikomm—and work closely with them to expand our sales footprint particularly in Bahrain, Kuwait, KSA, the UAE and Qatar.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 In May 2017, we announced the launch of several new solutions. Key among them are: n ServiceNow Intelligent Automation Engine n Trusted Security Circles n Customer Service Communities n Software Asset Management

YOU MARKET VERDICT Today, enterprises are looking to “consumerize”

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Telecommunication

n Telco

n Critical Infrastructure sectors

DISTINCT FEATURE With the ServiceNow Systems of ActionTM, ServiceNow replaces the unstructured work patterns of the past with intelligent workflows of the future.

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SALES DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST, SERVICENOW

the enterprises user experience and improve employee productivity and efficiency by digitizing workflows and employee interactions, breaking down silos within the organization and automating tasks through machine learning and AI. The cloud is another trend that is disrupting the industry – more and more enterprises are looking to the cloud to increase their agility, standardize processes and reduce cost and complexity. In fact, in a recent survey we conducted, 52% of respondents reported that they are taking a cloud-first approach, a number which is expected to grow to 77% by 2018. ë

TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

FOCUS SOFTNET

Crafted for Customers

WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON R&D, FOCUS SOFTNET HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY INNOVATING AND DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 Focus Softnet strives to consistently provide solutions and products using emerging technologies with high quality standards and zero errors. With a strong emphasis on R &D, the company has been constantly innovating and developing new technologies and solutions. Focus Softnet’s ERP solutions are tailored to suit requirements of Enterprises as well as SMEs. The company’s enterprise solutions are enhanced for mobile and other connected devices further moving to thin-client based cloud solutions. In addition to its ERP solutions, the company also has other industry specific solutions primarily addressing the need of Retail, Warehousing, MRP and Restaurants.

The company’s flagship product – Focus 8 is a next-generation ERP, which integrates business intelligence tools, and provides real-time reporting using multi-dimensional posting of transactions.

The other ERP solutions include Focus i, the middle-tier ERP solution with well-integrated business intelligence tools with the depth of a traditional ERP and Focus RT, A multi-tier application with the capability to work seamlessly over Local Area Network and the internet.

Focus Softnet’s vertical market solutions include Focus RMS (Retail Management Suite), Focus WMS (Warehouse Management System), Focus MRP (Material Requirement Planning),

and Focus e-RMS (Restaurant Management System).

Apart from its solutions, Focus Softnet also offers its customers services including managed services, business process consulting, implementations services, amongst others available across the region

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Focus Softnet works directly with customers in many countries in the region through its 12 offices in the Middle East and Africa. The company also works with business associates globally to bring its state-of-the-art products to the marketplace, which are deemed as absolute value for money. In countries where Focus Softnet does not have a direct presence, it works very closely with System Integrators, IT solution providers and Consultants based on highly rewarding revenue sharing model.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 Over the last 25 years, Focus Softnet has seen consistent year on year growth with respect to product innovation, revenue and market share.

Many of Focus Softnet’s customers have been with the company since its early days upgrading to newer versions of its solutions.

YOUR MARKET VERDICT

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Gulf Graft

n Barakat Group

n Taaleem Schools

n Sharjah University

n Khimji Ramdas

n Sharjah Taxi

n Skyline University

DISTINCT FEATURE Be it the first to develop a GUI based ERP application on DOS or providing built-in report writer or integrating BI tools with the ERP, Focus has always been way ahead of its competitors.

ALI HYDER,

GROUP CEO, FOCUS SOFTNET

SaaS deployment will replace traditional applications and will force organizations to add new applications. With small and medium businesses taking increasing interest in adopting Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, we see SaaS replacing traditional applications in future.

Focus Softnet has optimized its flagship products for mobile and other connected devices, including thin-PC type terminals. We are offering our regional customers the option to migrate to the cloud using a choice of single and multi-tenant options. Enterprises with large volume of transactional data that require a dedicated hosting infrastructure, will be able to select the Focus Softnet’s single tenant SaaS option. ë

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE APPLICATION

SCREENSCHECK

Redefining Secure and Connected Solutions WITH RECENTLY INTRODUCED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SOLUTIONS, IRIS BASED ATTENDANCE AND ACCESS CONTROL SOLUTIONS, RFID BASED KEY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS ETCSCREENCHECK COMES AS A GOOD CHOICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS WHICH SECURE THEIR ASSETS , BUSINESS AND ENHANCE THE BOTTOM LINE.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 The emergence of IOT has created the market for connected solutions. In our domain we have created the platform which integrated Identification, Biometric verification, Secure access and Radio Frequency based Tracking. itprovide the consolidated information of the all the events happening with all the necessary security controls.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION We distribute Zebra, Suprema, Evolis, CMI Tech, Digital Watchdog, Impinj, Datacardetc in Middle East and Africa which are the market leaders in their domain. We have also partnered with the prominent system integrators and Solution providers to extend our reach to the end users.

The right product with the market coverage is the key to the success today. It would not have possible for us to reach this position without our channel network spread across 25 countries in the region.

COMPETIVENESS OF SOLUTIONS AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS

investment and ownership cost. The advantage of our solutions are the running cost is minimum where our competitors offer low cost solutions which are heavy to maintain. We have many cases the customers who choose the competitors first has returned to us later. Customer loyalty and retention is very important today to be in the market for long term.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 In 2017 the market is well recognized our mobility solutions for attendance management and Access control. It is a major shift on the traditional concept. We are in the process of transition of other solutions in to the mobile..

YOUR MARKET VERDICT Security solution market is ever growing. With the current threats in the society every house hold, business unit or institute needed to protect their people and assets. The latest developments in Artificial Intelligence makes the solutions more efficient and autonomous ë

The competitiveness of our solutions and products are the low cost of ownership. We educate our customers on all the aspect of the

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS Our customer portfolio spread in all the segments of the business from Government to Manufacturing. Dubai Police, Emirates, DIFC, Nakheel, SEWA are very few examples of the customers who use our solutions.

DISTINCT FEATURE • Low cost of ownership • Right product with the market coverage

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FAISAL MOHAMED,

GM, SCREENCHECK

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TOP PLAYER ENTERPRISE SECURITY

STARLINK

Secure Strategy COMPRISING OF ONLY LEADERS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL DOMAIN AND WITH A STRICT FOCUS ON PROCESS, STARLINK HAS DEPLOYED THE GLOBAL BEST-PRACTICES TO ENSURE SEAMLESS OPERATIONS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO AS OF 2017 StarLink becomes a full extension of the vendor on ground, from sales through to support. To the channel, StarLink provides a comprehensive partner program called “The Path to Channel Autonomy” focused on maximizing lead passing and generation, enablement, profitability and revenue growth. And to the customer StarLink, has been recognized as a Trusted Security Advisor bringing best-of-breed technologies to them to create awareness and education in the market with a vendor agnostic, technology centric approach.

StarLink’s corporate structure has key functional areas to support the business model including dedicated product management teams, on-the-ground business development teams in each country, customer success for post sales services, back office, finance and operations team, and Marketing.

To maintain the reputation of a Trusted Security Advisor, StarLink’s distribution offering is not just about products, but a Security Strategy, which is comprised of the Security Framework, the Solutions Lifecycle, the Vertical Security Trend Matrix, the Technology Architecture and the Secure Workplace.

VENDORS/PARTNERS IN THE REGION Arbor, Boldon James, Centrify, Citrix, Core Security, Cylance, FireEye, Forcepoint,

ForeScout, Gemalto, IBM, Infoblox, Ipswitch, Ixia, Kingston, LinkShadow, LogRhythm, Lookout, Nexthink, Nutanix, One Identify, Palo Alto Networks, Pure Storage, Quest, Recorded Future, Riverbed, Rubrik, Symantec, Trend Micro, Tripwire, VMware.

RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2017 Amongst the many accolades, in 2016-17 StarLink was the proud recipient of the n ‘Best Rebate & Incentive Program’ award. n ‘Channel Champions Awards for constantly nurturing our relationship with strategic partners and recognizing their support with targeted sales incentives. n Best Growth Initiative by a Distributor StarLink was also recognized by the following vendors: n Most Outstanding Performance Award (EMEA) by Centrify n Excellence in Marketing by MobileIron n Distributor of the Year by Gemalto n 2017 Marketer of the Year (EMEA) by LogRhythm n Distributor Partner for 2017 by IXIA n Best Business Development Partner - KSA by IBM Security n Distributor of the Year (EMEA) by Riverbed n Outstanding Achievement and Dedication to Superior Quality by Forcepoint

MAJOR CUSTOMER WINS n Top 50 Banks

n Top 50 Companies in the Energy

n Top 15 Telecommunication

sector

companies

n Top 200 Government Organizations

DISTINCT FEATURE StarLink’s business development capabilities have fueled opportunity creation for over a decade, accelerating pipeline generation, time-to-value, ROI, market penetration and revenue growth for our vendors and partners.

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FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR, STARLINK

YOUR MARKET VERDICT The market will see an expansion in cyberthreats including DDoS, against the cloud and IoT, as well as, a surge in ransomware which will in turn lead to disruptions in IT and OT networks. Also, mobile attacks and vulnerabilities will rise.

To address these challenges customers will increasingly be looking at: n Automation to accelerate incident response n Orchestration to integrate existing security tools and drive detection and prevention policies from the endpoint to the datacenter n Machine learning to provide effective user and entity behavioral analytics ë

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