Toshiba GULF FZE has announced the appointment of MBUZZ as a distributor of its storage solutions across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition, MBUZZ will also be the regional distributor for Toshiba’s range of NAS products. The demand for storage continues to be driven by the exponential growth in data being generated. Hard drives continue to address most of this demand, and it is forecast that by 2025, 58% of data storage will be on hard drives with SSDs accounting for 16% of data storage and NAND making up 10% of the storage. 

The partnership between Toshiba Gulf and MBUZZ will seek to address the growing requirement for storage in the region with advanced solutions from Toshiba. Especially across the region, as Smart City projects accelerate, there is an exponential growth of video footage being generated by surveillance systems, which in turn is creating a huge demand for reliable, high-capacity storage solutions. The rising demand for video storage also needs to comply with the strict regulations of local authorities which can be met with robust solutions from Toshiba. 

Toshiba offers purpose-built surveillance storage solutions targeting the different requirements of application areas in today’s growing surveillance market. They provide stable 24/7 operation and are optimised for the needs of leading surveillance DVRs and NVRs. “This collaboration between MBUZZ and Toshiba Gulf comes at a crucial time when the demand for Smart Secure Cities and reliable video storage solutions is skyrocketing. In addition to this Big Data is driving demand for more distributed storage in the cloud & on-premise enterprise server & storage systems. Toshiba HDD products provide higher capacity and advanced technology to meet the special demands of datacenter and cloud-scale Infrastructure,” said Santosh Varghese, Vice President at Toshiba GULF FZE.

Toshiba’s advanced storage systems efficiently handle and manage vast amounts of video data, meeting the increasing demands of video storage in Smart Cities. Toshiba’s innovative products empower cities to store and manage video footage effectively, enabling efficient analysis and retrieval when required. “By leveraging Toshiba’s product and technology expertise with MBUZZ’s market reach in Saudi Arabia, this partnership delivers state-of-the-art storage solutions that empower cities to become smarter, safer, and more efficient,” added Santosh.

Through its successful ‘Build your own Data Centre’ initiative in the past year, Toshiba has helped educate the channel including System Integrators and VARs about how enterprise customers can ramp up their Business-critical Enterprise Server Storage Systems, Cloud Storage, Industrial Server, and Storage systems with high-capacity hard drives and meet their growing Data Centre storage requirements. Along with its distributor MBUZZ, Toshiba will seek to further drive this awareness among enterprises of how they can achieve cost-effective enterprise storage for their growing data centre storage requirements.  

MBUZZ, a leading distributor of IT products from leading Technology brands, has in recent years expanded its channel across the region and offers a comprehensive product portfolio that allows for unique solutions to be custom-crafted by a specialised product management team and certified IT and Services Team. This ensures that the best solutions are available for their customers. “We are excited to represent Toshiba, a global leader in storage and to bring their industry-leading storage solutions to our customers,” said Sabir Saleem, CEO at MBUZZ Technologies. “Combining Toshiba’s cutting-edge technology with our expertise in delivering comprehensive solutions allows us to meet the growing needs and provide our customers with top-of-the-line video storage solutions.”

Evanssion has announced a strategic distribution partnership with ThreatQuotient. This partnership signifies a pivotal step towards providing structure to cyber intelligence and performing core workflows, thus enabling organizations to regain the analytical productivity and efficiency of Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts across the Middle East region.

“ThreatQuotient improves security operations by fusing together disparate data sources, tools and teams to accelerate threat detection and response. ThreatQuotient’s data-driven security operations platform helps teams prioritize, automate, and collaborate on security incidents. ThreatQ enables more focused decision-making and maximizes limited resources by integrating existing processes and technologies into a unified workspace. The result is reduced noise, clear priority threats, and the ability to automate processes with high-fidelity data. Their industry-leading Data Management, Investigations, Orchestration and Automation capabilities support multiple use cases including incident response, threat hunting, spear phishing, alert triage, and vulnerability prioritization, and can also serve as a threat intelligence platform,” the company said.

“Traditional security measures often fall short, and ThreatQ’s Threat Intelligence Platform emerges as a beacon of proactive defence. At Evanssion, we understand the urgency of adopting advanced security strategies. Through this partnership, we aim to infuse our regional expertise and capabilities, working hand in hand with ThreatQuotient to fortify our customers and partners against emerging threats. Together, we’re poised to redefine cybersecurity in our region,” said Ahmed Al Qadri, Chief Executive Officer at Evanssion.

“This strategic collaboration marks a significant milestone in ThreatQuotient’s mission to expand the reach of our cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions,” said Bassam Sartawi – Regional Director for MENA at ThreatQuotient. “The partnership with Evanssion enables us to deliver our comprehensive threat intelligence platform and services to organizations across the region.”

Evanssion will be at GITEX Global 2023 along with ThreatQuotient and other giants in the cybersecurity industry. Executives from Evanssion will be at Stand B15 in Hall 25’s Cyber Valley, engaging with customers and channel partners to discuss threat intelligence needs and other cybersecurity solutions such as API Security, NDR, and DSPM. GITEX Global 2023 is taking place from 16^th to 20^th October at Dubai World Trade Centre.

ZorroSign has entered into a strategic partnership with Vision Tech Solutions to bring its data security platform and blockchain technologies to the Gulf region via Vison Tech Solution’s IT infrastructure and services. ZorroSign’s platform is a comprehensive digital signature and digital transaction management solution that includes robust document management capabilities, advanced forms filling functionality, and state-of-the-art document security features.

“We are thrilled to partner with Rajab and his team at Vision Tech,” said Shamsh Hadi, CEO and co-founder of ZorroSign. “Their customer service focus and top-quality IT services map well to ZorroSign’s values and data security strengths, and we are eager to see what our combined technology solutions can achieve for companies in the UAE and later into the larger Middle East and North Africa region and Europe.”

“ZorroSign was founded to advance technology and sustainability towards helping customers adopt sustainable practices and securely transform paper-based workflows into digital workflows. This conscientious approach to operations helps decrease costs, lower resource consumption, reduce data errors, and increase productivity. Businesses, educational institutions, financial organisations, governments, IT firms, legal service providers, real estate companies, and others use ZorroSign to privately and securely manage their digital transactions,” the company said.

“Vision Tech aspires to be a global leader in Information Technology, driving technological advancements and delivering sustainable solutions that improve the lives of people around the world,” added Vision Tech Solutions CEO Rajab Virani. “ZorroSign is an ideal technology partner for us that brings a practical, scalable blockchain solution to data security and digital signatures with an overarching commitment to sustainability.”