The Data Driver

Fidelis Cybersecurity, the leading provider of products and services for detecting and stopping advanced cyberattacks, today announced its participation in GITEX Technology Week 2016 to be held at Dubai World Trade Center, October 16-20.
Fidelis Cybersecurity (Hall 1, stand E1-30) will demonstrate the latest updates to Fidelis Network™ and Fidelis Endpoint™ and invites members of the security community to learn how to improve threat detection accuracy by 30% and recover 50% faster from critical security incidents using integrated network and endpoint solutions from Fidelis.
“Organizations in the Middle East face an array of highly skilled attackers with motives that range from data theft to the destruction of critical infrastructure,” said Jason Mical, vice president of endpoint products, Fidelis Cybersecurity. “It’s no longer simply a case of perimeter security and remediation once a breach happens. Security organizations must incorporate deep and automated threat detection and anal…

Samsung India announced the launch of Galaxy On8, which will be sold online through Flipkart as part of their Big Billion Day sales celebrations  from 2nd October 2016 23:59 hours. The 4G and VOLTE-enabled smartphone is packed with a host of India specific features which will take the smartphone experience to the next level. The Galaxy On8 combines premium design and powerful performance with ultimate convenience and style.

With the convergence of devices, bots, things and people, organizations will need to master two dimensions of mobility, according to Gartner, Inc. CIOs and IT leaders will need to excel at mainstream mobility and to prepare for the post-app era.

By: Dan Radak
There used to be a time when individuals and companies could run their ecommerce business by relying on their experience and hunches to guide them. The competition was weaker both in number and expertise and all you needed was a good choice of the product(s) to succeed.

Smartspends, the Times Internet backed personal finance app has rebranded itself into ETMONEY and has extended its services to Mutual Fund transactions. The change of brand name is in line with the team’s vision to create a mobile first home for all personal finance needs of Indians. More importantly, branding it as ETMONEY brings credibility, familiarity and trust of ‘ET’ Brand.

With the growing usage of smart-phones and increasing demand for data while away from office and home, there is a strong need for Wi-Fi at hangouts frequented by people on a regular basis. Keeping this in mind, Café Coffee Day (CCD), India’s leading youth aggregator has tied up with leading and ‘neutral’ Wi-Fi service provider O-Zone Networks to provide free Wi-Fi access to customers at its cafes in select cities across the country. CCD will now provide high-speed connectivity to its tech-driven customers through a dedicated leased line at its cafes.

Ricoh India introduced the launch of Android based Smart Operation Panels for their new generation printers and MFPs. The new smart operation panel is a stylish alternative to Ricoh’s current user interface (UI).  This innovative product is in line with Ricoh’s focus to develop printer solutions that seamlessly fit into the IT and Smart office ecosystem.

Freecharge has partnered with Axis Bank to launch Unified Payments Interface (UPI) enabled payment on its Android app.   UPI will enable instant seamless transactions from a smartphone using a virtual payment address (VPA).

Ricoh India announced the launch of high – end projectors RICOH PJ6181 series and RICOH PJ KU12000. The new launch is in line with the company’s philosophy to cater to the varied requirements from home entertainment to the new world of work. The new products will be launched at Infocomm 2016 being held from 12 Sept to 14 Sept, one of the leading AV events in India at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.

WinMagic, a global leader in encryption management, has entered into a strategic tie-up with RAH Infotech, a leading value added distributor in India. The collaboration is aimed at leveraging the synergies of the two partners to help organizations minimize business risks, meet privacy and regulatory compliance requirements and protect valuable information assets against unauthorized access.

Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, announced the launch of its new brand identity, which aims to capture the pulse of a confident, aspirational India. The new brand identity repositions Snapdeal as the platform that believes in the potential and dreams of its consumers and partners them in their journey to a better life. The heart of the new positioning is about recognizing the real needs of the users and understanding that each purchase is not just a transaction, but an opportunity to upgrade to a better life, expressed in the new brand identity as “Unbox Zindagi”.

The banking sector is laying greater emphasis on providing revamped services to their clients, enhancing their technological infrastructure in order to give banks a competitive edge. There is an uncertainty prevailing in the banking industry as many capital markets are being transformed and experiencing serious existential threats.

Continuing its vision to create a sustainable ecosystem of innovation in the country, Intel India today has announced the Intel & DST Innovate for Digital India Challenge 2.0 (“Challenge”), building off the success of the inaugural Challenge last year. Presented in collaboration with MyGov, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY), and T-Hub Foundation, this year’s Challenge also aims to inspire grassroots innovation and harness local talent, by inviting makers across India to build solutions to accelerate India’s digitization and commercially develop their prototypes on Intel Architecture.

By: Scott Montgomery, vice president & chief technology officer, public sector, Intel Security
Security has long been the principal fear that weighs on cloud investments. While perceptions are improving, Intel Security’s recent State of Cloud Adoption study found that data breaches remain the biggest concern of companies deploying Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and even private cloud models. A 2015 survey by Crowd Research Partners found that nine in 10 security professionals worry about cloud security.

By: Mohsin Shah, Channel Sales Manager at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

The explosion of smartphones and tablets is transforming the way we communicate, work and manage our personal lives. We stay connected everywhere, and collaborate on the go at every opportunity we get. We need the ability to access business applications at the highest speeds and quality possible – regardless of where we are or which device we are using.

Arkadin, an NTT Communications company, and one of the largest and fastest growing providers of Unified Communications and Collaboration services, announced today the acquisition of Applicable Ltd., a leading provider of Cloud Unified Communications and enterprise voice services with offices in Bristol (UK), Brisbane (AUS) and Houston (USA).

By: Gregg Petersen, Regional Director, MEA and SAARC, Veeam Software

At almost every conference, event or analyst meeting you attend, you’ll hear someone discuss how your business can benefit from the Operating Expense (OPEX) model, greater agility, and faster deployment speeds offered by the public cloud.

A new global report from Ericsson , “Opportunities in 5G: The view from eight industries”, reveals the anticipated impact of 5G, the next-generation mobile technology, on specific industries. It examines how these industries expect to apply 5G, which specific uses of the new technology are likely to dominate in their industry, and what business reasons will drive them to move to 5G.

Lenskart.com, the brand responsible for revolutionizing eyewear in India has raised funding from Premji Invest, the investment office of Mr. AzimPremji, Chairman and Founder of the Wipro Group. Lenskart’s aim is to expand access to high-quality and affordable eye-care products across India.

By: Siddhartha Bhattacharya, VP Marketing, Kodak Alaris Information Management

The Era of Data Chaos has arrived. Businesses need a better way to face the mountains of data created every day. Depending on the industry, your company possesses between 1 million and 12 million gigabytes of information. Most of that data is unstructured. Of course, this makes document management chaotic. Unstructured data is the information that does not fit into neat rows and columns. It overtook structured data several years ago, and by 2020 it’s estimated that unstructured data will total over 9 times the volume of structured data.

Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that delivers Availability for the Always-On Enterprise, called for education institutions in the UK to reassess investments between IT infrastructure and digital content ahead of the new academic year.

Consumer trends like smart homes, e-health and the internet of things are steadily moving into European households. However, threat complexity is growing along with the number of networked devices. These need simple yet efficient protection, despite the fact that they use a wide variety of different software and standards. The Hamburg-based security specialist Secucloud has developed a solution that responds to this requirement.