Hackers will now find it even harder to steal customer information from companies after Microsoft rolled out new security features in its UK data centres. The technology firm announced that Azure SQL Threat Detection will send users an alert when their website is being attacked and suggest how to deal with the threat. The feature, […]

As distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to rise dramatically in size, frequency and complexity, it has become clear that automation is now increasingly critical in protecting the network against these attacks. This is according to Arbor Network’s Territory Manager for sub-Saharan Africa, Bryan Hamman, who says, “Arbor has recently released a new version […]

Continuing its commitment to cloud customers through extensive engineering and infrastructure investments, Oracle today expanded its UK presence with the addition of an Oracle UK Government cloud region. This news builds on Oracle’s recently announced expanded UK and EU-Germany Regions, which are expected to come online in the second half of this calendar year. Oracle’s dedicated […]

Article by Shiraaz Singh, Aptronics Networking Solutions Specialist It’s no secret that organisations have been slow to warm up to the idea of cloud – and with good reason. Where digital data security was once as simple and straightforward as ring-fencing a network perimeter with a single physical gateway to control access, the cloud has […]

Empowering organisations to move workloads to the cloud whilst keeping their data on their own premises. Oracle today announced significant expansion of the breadth of services available through Oracle cloud at Customer. The portfolio now spans all of the major Oracle PaaS categories and for the first time, also features Oracle SaaS services. Since its introduction […]

There’s an interesting time ahead for IT service management  (ITSM) as it moves into the cloud and evolves to support a mobile workforce. Aparna TA, Marketing Analyst, ManageEngine, says help desks will have to adapt as end users’ expectations of ITSM solutions start to mirror those of consumer applications. Every year Mary Meeker, a partner […]

FireEye, Inc., the intelligence-led security company, has held its Cyber Defense Live event in Dubai, with the endorsement of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). FireEye Cyber Defense Live in Dubai brought together global and regional FireEye executives as well as experts from the TRA, Etisalat Digital, other specialist companies, and customers to discuss best […]

Fidelis Cybersecurity, the leading provider of products and services for detecting and stopping advanced cyberattacks, has announced its participation in GITEX Technology Week 2017 to be held at Dubai World Trade Center, 08-12 October. Fidelis Cybersecurity (Hall 1, stand E1-30) will demonstrate how its latest platform, Fidelis Elevate, empowers security teams and raises an organisations’ […]

Dimension Data, the global ICT services and solutions provider, and Cisco, have joined forces and published a White Paper to help organisations stay ahead of ransomware threats. Called Ransomware: The Pervasive Business Disruptor the paper looks at ransomware trends and impacts, and how to respond before a threat becomes a business disruptor. According to a […]

GE has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise that will bring GE Digital’s breakthrough digital industrial solutions at scale to the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. The three-year agreement with HPE is the first collaboration of this scale and scope in the region, and will focus primarily on cybersecurity solutions in operational […]