Value Journal - January 2021

Issue 51 // January 2021
Redington Value is a value added distributor for the following brands in parts of Middle East & Africa
Muna Issa, Distribution Manager
UKIMESA, Channel Leader MESA, HPE,
elaborates on how the company empowers
its expansive channel ecosystem.
Hewlett Packard
Enterprise
Empowers Channel
Collaborations
offering HPE iLO Advanced Trial
Licenses for Free to our customers
as well as providing virtual train-
ings, demonstrations and briefings
to all the channel community. The
improvement in Early Pay Dis-
count Terms last year was made to
alleviate COVID-related liquidity
pressures. Our distributors took the
advantage of extended Early Pay
Discount terms to improve their
working capital and cash positions.
Furthermore, we had taken actions
to Suspend SDI Targets last year to
improve predictability of earnings.
HPE has kept reasonable Strategic
Development Initiative (SDI) tar-
gets this year, providing a pay-out
for distributors from $1.
We are closely monitoring market
recovery in the region and con-
tinuing to provide virtual trainings,
virtual customers and partner demo
tours and supporting our distribu-
tors where needed.
provide technical support, expertise
and reach in the market to cover all
types of channel partners.
At HPE, we are creating smart of-
ferings that fulfill the IT require-
ments of our SMB customers and
we fully empower our distributors
to take the lead and develop those
opportunities and extend their forc-
es to support the demand and fulfill
the need from the SMB space.
How has HPE supported its chan-
nel and distributor partners to
overcome the challenges brought
on by the pandemic?
Businesses last year and to date have
been impacted by the pandemic,
and HPE had taken several actions
to help minimize business disrup-
tion for its channel partners. This
ranged from HPE Partner Ready
Revenue Threshold Suspension, ac-
celerated liquidity for distributors,
Muna Issa, HPE
around us. It’s our belief in team-
work that has inspired us to contin-
ually improve and bring innovation
to our global customer base. We
propose solutions that advance the
way our customers live and work.
These solutions are a result of team-
work that includes not only of HPE
employees but also the collabora-
tion of our distributors, partners
and alliances to bring forward end-
to-end solutions to our customers.
How are your distribution part-
ners, such as Redington Value,
playing a key role in empowering
your channel network?
While HPE continues to evolve as a
corporate entity, the value and im-
portance we place in the partner-
ship with our distributors remains
the same. Our distributors, such as
Redington Value, are our extended
support to the channel partners. We
rely heavily on our distributors to
H
ow important are
channel collabora-
tions for a leading
company like HPE?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
founders understood the value of
people working together towards
a common goal, as well as the im-
pact of collaboration on the world
It’s our belief
in teamwork that
has inspired us
to continually
improve and
bring innovation
to our global
customer base.”

For more information, please write to sales.value@redingtonmea.com
3
Saudi Railway Company
Modernizes Railway
Data Infrastructure
with Oracle Cloud
Emirates Group Security Selects Huawei to
Build Digital Command and Control Centre
Saudi Railway Company will also implement Oracle
Analytics Cloud and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse.
The collaboration between the companies will also promote an exchange program
that covers security, technology, training, education, and other relevant topics.
Saudi Railway Company (SAR), has
initiated a major digital transforma-
tion with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
(OCI) to enhance business agility, cre-
ate a robust cyber security infrastruc-
ture, automate core ticketing system
and reduce costs.
“At Saudi Railway Company (SAR),
we are on a mission to deliver distinc-
tively high quality and reliable railway
transportation services to meet the
expectation of our customers, while
also acting as a major catalyst for Sau-
di Arabia’s economic growth,” Sami
Alawfi, IT Director at Saudi Railway
Company (SAR) said.
According to Alawfi, Saudi Railway
Company (SAR) is rapidly expand-
ing operations, and in order to sup-
port this growth, “we need to set up
a robust disaster recovery system
that complements a fully automat-
ed and paperless ticketing sys-
tem. This project will help achieve
our goals while ensuring full com-
pliance with the security guidelines
for a productive cooperation with
our global partners.”
Under this initiative, Saudi Railway
Company (SAR) will also imple-
ment Oracle Analytics Cloud and Or-
acle Autonomous Data Warehouse.
Besides reducing vital total cost of
ownership (TCO), the implementa-
tion will also empower SAR’ leader-
ship to access real time performance
data with unique data insights to
enable faster and more accurate de-
cision making.
Thecollaborationbetweenthecompanies
will also promote an exchange program
that covers security, technology, training,
education, and other relevant topics. The
exchange program will mutually focus
and aim to heighten security talent devel-
opment and foster innovation.
Dr. Abdulla Al-Hashimi, Chief of Group
Securitysaid,“Ourpartnershipwith Hua-
wei onmultipleprojectsovertheyearshas
strengthened our relationship, making
them the ideal choice for elevating our
security systems with next-generation
technology solutions. Our shared princi-
ples,way-of-thinking,andthirstforinno-
vation will not only support the UAE but
also the global aviation industry.”
EGS’s and Huawei’s shared values of
striving for business excellence and
continual improvement in every as-
pect of security operations led to the
joint-venture. The holistic approach in
the advancement of video cloud solu-
tions and enhanced surveillance sys-
tems will strengthen security screen-
ing and equip the staff to operate at a
higher level of precision.
Jiawei Liu, CEO of Huawei UAE, said,
“Emirates Group Security has been a
long-term partner for Huawei, and we
are very pleased to have been selected
to expand our collaboration with them.
Smart technology contributes signifi-
cantly to improving the efficacy and
reliability of security efforts, with cloud-
based systems providing an ideal plat-
form for robust networks that provide all
of the support, flexibility, and accessibili-
ty that EGS requires.”
security and is solely responsible for
handling the security services and im-
plementation across the entire Group.
Huawei’s partnership with EGS will
enhance its existing infrastructure by
extending EGS’s Solution Architecture
and Design, ensuring that the Video
Surveillance Solution and Command
and Control Centre platform will form
a reliable security model in the UAE
aviation sector.
Huawei has signed a strategic Mem-
orandum of Understanding (MoU)
with Emirates Group Security (EGS)
to build a digitally-driven Command
and Control Centre, incorporating
cutting-edge technologies and video
cloud solutions to amplify its surveil-
lance and security capabilities.
Emirates Group Security, a multi-fac-
eted organization part of the Emirates
Group, is the industry leader in aviation
“Saudi Railway Company (SAR) is a
national asset, and its performance
is vital for the country’s economic
success. With the unmatched ca-
pabilities of our second-generation
cloud infrastructure, that is pow-
ered with machine learning and Ar-
tificial Intelligence, Saudi Railway
will be able to rapidly scale oper-
ations, innovate more and create a
fully automated and truly modern
IT infrastructure,” said Fahad Al
Turief, Country Leader, Saudi Ara-
bia, Oracle.

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Aruba Automates Branch Office
Connectivity to AWS
Fortinet Announces Secure SD-WAN
Appliances for OT Environments
Fortinet has announced the FortiGate
Rugged 60F and FortiGate Rugged
60F with built-in LTE next-generation
firewalls, the industry’s first secure
SD-WAN appliances certified to per-
form in operational technology (OT)
environments. Built for non-environ-
mentally controlled sites, these new
ruggedized versions of the FortiGate
platform enable the easy deployment
of Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN solution
in locations never before possible for
OT organizations in industries such
as utilities and energy, manufacturing,
and transportation.
John Maddison, EVP of Products and
CMO at Fortinet, “The convergence
of OT and IT is changing the way
many organizations do business and
is also opening up new security risks.
It is essential that OT organizations
implement security-driven network-
ing solutions that deliver secure, reli-
able connectivity even in remote and
harsh environments. The FortiGate
Rugged 60F platform delivers Secure
SD-WAN to enable OT system owners
to confidently embrace digital innova-
tion while sustaining safe and contin-
uous operations. This news continues
Fortinet’s commitment to making
Secure SD-WAN available for all net-
work edges and verticals.”
At AWS re:Invent 2020, Aruba, a
Hewlett Packard Enterprise compa-
ny, announced new capabilities for its
SD-WAN portfolio – comprised of the
Aruba SD-Branch and the recently ac-
quired Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect
solutions – designed to centrally mon-
itor, manage, and automate connectiv-
ity from branch locations to Amazon
Web Services (AWS). The Aruba SD-
To address the unique concerns of OT
organizations, Fortinet is releasing the
FortiGate Rugged 60F and FortiGate
Rugged 60F with built-in LTE, rugge-
dized versions of the FortiGate 60 series
– the fastest, most powerful desktop Se-
cure SD-WAN appliance and best-selling
next-generation firewall with over 1.65
million units sold worldwide. The Forti-
GateRugged60Fplatformisafirst-of-its-
kind appliance that delivers the following
way. The new capabilities built into
AWS Transit Gateway Connect deliver
a range of benefits, including:
Enabling IT to do more with less: As
the new AWS Transit Gateway Con-
nect enables automated branch con-
nectivity, IT teams no longer have to
FortiGate Rugged 60F Next-generation Firewalls bring easy-to-deploy SD-WAN
and integrated advanced security to OT networks.
New capabilities assure trusted connections over AWS’s global network.
John Maddison, Fortinet
WAN portfolio integration with the
new AWS Transit Gateway Connect
greatly simplifies network operations
and management and enables cus-
tomers to apply consistent quality of
service and security policies across
branch sites when connecting to Am-
azon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon
VPCs). Branch office users benefit
from consistent performance and a
high quality of experience.
The new AWS Transit Gateway Con-
nect enables tighter, more streamlined
integration between the Aruba SD-
WAN portfolio, resulting in faster de-
ployment, reduced operational costs
and ready access to performance met-
rics and network telemetry data.
Speed, security and simplicity are all
benefits of using native integration be-
tween Aruba with AWS Transit Gate-
features to support OT environments in
safely and securely deploying SD-WAN:
• Small Footprint: The FortiGate Rug-
ged 60F combines industry-leading
SD-WAN, advanced routing and
next-generation firewall securi-
ty in a single, compact form fac-
tor, enabling it to be deployed in
space-sensitive environments. This
has the additional benefit of reduc-
ing costs and simplifying opera-
tions for network analysts.
• Flexible Mounting and Power: The
FortiGate Rugged 60F is designed
specifically for deployment in small-
er OT sites that require different
mounting and power options than
found in traditional IT wiring closets.
• Built Tough: The FortiGate Rug-
ged 60F is specifically designed to
function in harsh environmental
conditions, such as extreme tem-
peratures, electromagnetic interfer-
ence, high moisture, and extreme or
constant vibration.
• Built-in LTE connectivity: For re-
mote locations, the FortiGate Rug-
ged 60F comes with an option for
built-in LTE to provide an additional
WAN connectivity option as well as
easier deployment and operation.
manually configure routing for indi-
vidual VPCs and have more flexibility
in managing traffic and workflows.
Automated branch-to-cloud con-
nectivity at scale: Enterprise-class
SD-WAN features, automation and
orchestration deliver a consistent
operational experience between
VPCs when using the AWS Tran-
sit Gateway as the hub, saving time
and resources. In addition, the AWS
Transit Gateway serves as a cloud-to-
cloud interconnect across the AWS
global network to reach multiple
Amazon VPCs across AWS Regions,
and optimises the middle-mile for
branch connectivity.
Reduced set-up time of branch net-
works with lifecycle workflows and
advanced visibility: Both Aruba Vir-
tual Gateways and Silver Peak Unity
EdgeConnect virtual appliances along
with centralised SD-WAN orchestra-
tion allows customers to easily extend
their SD-WAN fabrics to AWS.
The new AWS Transit Gateway Con-
nect capabilities for Aruba SD-WAN
solutions are available now.
It is essential
that OT organizations
implement security-
driven networking
solutions that deliver
secure, reliable
connectivity even in
remote and harsh
environments.
Speed,
security and
simplicity are all
benefits of using
native integration
between Aruba
with AWS Transit
Gateway

5
Check Point Survey Reveals Security
Priorities for 2021 and Beyond
Avaya Announces Solutions to Assist
with COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Avaya has announced a suite of dig-
ital communications solutions to ad-
dress the unique challenges related to
COVID-19 vaccine administration.
These solutions are designed specif-
ically for healthcare providers and
government agencies, and can be
applied on top of any existing infra-
structure to assist with the critical
requirements of successful adminis-
tration of the vaccine.
Avaya OneCloud CPaaS includes HI-
PAA-compliant innovation that has
been on the front lines of COVID-19
response, used by healthcare providers
and government agencies for Contact
Tracing, responding to high volumes of
medical inquiries, and rapid notification
services, for example. Avaya OneCloud
CPaaS helps these organizations quickly
customize and deploy automated pro-
cesses to address the many communica-
Check Point Software Technolo-
gies has released the findings of a new
survey, which shows organizations’
key cyber-security priorities and chal-
lenges through to 2023, and highlights
the changes to their security strategies
forced by the COVID-19 pandemic
during 2020.
Over half of respondents said their
organizations are seeing more attacks
and threats now than at the start of
2020. The majority believe their ap-
proach to security will not return to
its pre-pandemic state, with just one in
five saying that their security operations
have returned to what they were. Key
findings from the survey of over 600 IT
security professionals globally are:
tion challenges of the vaccine rollout,
includingidentifyingandreachingpri-
ority populations; collecting, tracking,
and reporting key measures of prog-
ress; effective appointment manage-
ment including second dose facilita-
tion; safety monitoring; and ensuring a
comprehensive communications plan
to support the vaccination process.
“The rapid development of
COVID-19 vaccines is a tremendous
dents said their strategies had changed
in the second half of the year, the big-
gest being enabling remote working
at scale. Only just over a quarter said
Avaya OneCloud CPaaS can automate and speed access to
vaccines, helping the massive pandemic recovery effort.
Global survey shows securing remote workers and protecting cloud
deployments are some of the leading challenges for next two years.
Organizations’ biggest security chal-
lenges going into 2021: Security for
employees working remotely was the
leading challenge, followed by pre-
venting phishing and social engineer-
ing attacks, maintaining secure remote
access, and protecting cloud applica-
tions and infrastructure (39%).
Security priorities for the next two
years: The leading priorities through
to 2023 is securing remote working,
endpoint and mobile security, and se-
curing public or multiple clouds, clear-
ly ahead of issues such as IoT security
and email security.
2020’s shift in security strate-
gies: Ninety five percent of respon-
they had accelerated existing security
projects during 2020, showing that for
the majority, their pandemic response
involved an unplanned re-invention of
their business model.
The new normal is here to
stay: About half of all respondents
believed that their approach to secu-
rity will not return to pre-pandemic
norms. While 29% said that they ex-
pect a return to pre-Covid operations
at some point in the future, and just
20% believed their situation has now
returned to what it was.
To block the growing volumes of
cyber-attacks and threats, organiza-
tions need to prioritize closing off
any security gaps across their new
distributed networks, from employ-
ees’ home PCs and employees them-
selves to the data center.
achievement, but effectively adminis-
tering the vaccine to the general pub-
lic is the critical next step to recover-
ing from this pandemic,” said Davide
Petramala, Director Avaya OneCloud
CPaaS, Avaya. “Healthcare providers
need to quickly contact those who
need the vaccine, they must respond
to the massive influx of incoming in-
quiries that is anticipated, track the
effectiveness of the vaccine and any
possible side effects, and manage this
across mobile, web browser, email, and
other digital channels. Avaya One-
Cloud provides simple, flexible and
powerful communications capabilities
in the hands of those helping us all re-
cover from this pandemic, and we are
proud to help.”
Avaya OneCloud solutions can help
accelerate community action by re-
moving resource barriers with auto-
mated work flows. Avaya partnerships
with industry innovators for capabil-
ities such as secure messaging and
remote monitoring ensure Avaya cus-
tomers including healthcare providers
and critical agencies can leverage the
best available technology to drive bet-
ter outcomes.
Over half of
respondents said
their organizations
are seeing more
attacks and threats
now than at the
start of 2020.
Avaya OneCloud
provides simple,
flexible and powerful
communications
capabilities in the
hands of those helping
us all recover from
this pandemic, and we
are proud to help.”

6
WebSprix to Deploy Cisco
Routed Optical Networking
Solution with Cisco 8000
Ethiopia’s population of 115 million
makes it the second largest in Africa,
yet fewer than 270,000 people have
fixed broadband internet access. In
addition, many businesses are ready to
take advantage of high-speed internet,
but the infrastructure for widespread
adoption hasn’t been available.
Over the past decade, WebSprix has
been building the strong information
technology infrastructure critical for
Ethiopia to achieve robust economic
growth. This new solution will signifi-
cantly expand the reach and services
they provide.
The Cisco Routed Optical Network-
ing solution will converge the IP and
optical layers into a simpler, more op-
erationally efficient network, granting
streamlined planning, design, activa-
tion, troubleshooting, and manage-
ment. Reducing the number of devices
Cisco has announced that Web-
Sprix, an IT solutions and services
provider in Ethiopia, has select-
ed its Routed Optical Networking
solution set to launch in the first
half of 2021. The Cisco Routed
Optical Networking solution, part
of Cisco’s overall Converged SDN
Transport Architecture, will pro-
vide a revolutionary reduction in
network cost and simplify manage-
ment of the network.
Ethiopia-based WebSprix to deploy Cisco solution for enhanced resiliency,
reduced cost, and greater network simplicity.
To help them do this, Citrix under-
took the Talent Accelerator, a survey of
2,000 knowledge workers and 500 HR
Directors in large, established corpora-
tions and mid-market businesses based
in the US conducted by Censuswide.
A few key findings as below:
Digital Nomads: Now, more than ever,
employees want flexibility in where,
when and how they work. In fact, 88
percent of those workers surveyed as
part of the Talent Accelerator said that
when searching for a new position,
they would look for one that offers
complete flexibility in their hours and
location. And 76 percent believe that
employees will be more likely to pri-
oritize lifestyle over proximity to work,
Citrix Uncovers What
Employees Really Want in 2021
even if it means taking a pay cut.
Virtual Reality: While the pandemic
and the remote work mandates asso-
ciated with it have physically separat-
ed workers, technology is proving its
worth and keeping them connected,
engaged and productive. As the Talent
Accelerator discovered that 89 percent
of employees believe that technology
makes workers within their organiza-
tion more productive. 86 percent of
employees and 69 percent of HR di-
rectors report that business leaders in
their organization are using technology
to collaborate effectively and innovate.
Outcomes over Output: In the future,
companies will need to rethink how
they measure productivity because
traditional metrics – and views that
real work can’t get done outside the
office - will no longer cut it. Accord-
ing to the Talent Accelerator, modern
employees want to be measured on the
value they deliver, not the volume. And
they expect to be given the space and
trust they need to do their very best
work, wherever they happen to be.
Latest research shows flexibility, agility, diversity and a superior
experience will be key to attracting and retaining talent.
Accordingtothe latestresearch from Ci-
trix Systems, workers believe flexible
models, digital technology, diversity
and inclusion and learning and devel-
opment will drive the future of work.
And they will seek opportunities with
companies that share their vision and
give them the space and tools they need
to succeed and advance their careers.
Tim Minahan, Executive Vice Pres-
ident of Strategy, Citrix, said, “The
pandemic has forever changed the way
employees view and approach work,
and if businesses want to attract and
retain the talent they need to move for-
ward tomorrow, they must understand
their mindset and desires and develop
plans to accommodate them today.”
in the network enhances resiliency,
increases availability, and optimizes
fiber capacity.
WebSprix will be the first ISP in Ethi-
opia to offer high-speed broadband
internet access, IPTV, and voice ser-
vices together. The Cisco Routed Op-
tical Networking solution with the
8000 series routers will enable Web-
Sprix to offer these services at a low
cost, while maintaining outstanding
customer service.
Websprix’s Cisco Routed Optical
Networking solution design will uti-
lize the Cisco 8200 series routers with
400 GbE ZR/ZR+ coherent optics to
build a high-speed network back-
bone that traditionally would have
required building and managing a
separate optical network. The ZR/
ZR+ optics will allow long distance
fiber connections to terminate di-
rectly on the router without the need
for a separate optical layer or a sacri-
fice in router port density.
Bill Gartner, Senior Vice President and
General Manager, Optical and Optics,
Cisco, said, “As an early adopter of
the Cisco Routed Optical Network-
ing solution, WebSprix can continue
to help build a stronger information
infrastructure in Ethiopia and boost
economic growth.”
The pandemic has
forever changed the
way employees view
and approach work,
and if businesses
want to attract and
retain the talent they
need to move forward
tomorrow, they must
understand their
mindset and desires
and develop plans to
accommodate them
today.”

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Cohesity has announced the gen-
eral availability of Cohesity Data-
Protect delivered as a Service. This
SaaS-based offering, the first of
many to come as part of Cohesity’s
comprehensive Data Management
as a Service (DMaaS) solution, gives
customers an incredibly easy way
to make sure their on-premises and
Cohesity Announces SaaS Offerings
for Backup and Disaster Recovery
Palo Alto Networks has announced
that it has completed its acquisition
of Expanse Inc., a leader in attack sur-
face management.
Expanse brings a unique level of vis-
ibility to security through the con-
tinuous scanning of exposed assets.
Expanse is able to provide organiza-
tions with the ability to scan the entire
internet for publicly exposed servers
and analyze outbound behavior to de-
tect compromise.
“We are excited to officially welcome
Expanse to Palo Alto Networks,”
said Nikesh Arora, Chairman and
Palo Alto Networks Completes
Acquisition of Expanse
to customers that want to realize the
benefits of the technology through
a SaaS model where the data infra-
structure is managed by Cohesity
and hosted on Amazon Web Services
(AWS), Cohesity’s preferred cloud
provider for DMaaS. With Cohesity
DataProtect delivered as a Service
customers can:
• Reduce complexity with Backup
as a Service that is built for the
hybrid cloud, freeing up cycles to
focus on other critical tasks.
• Reduce backup setup to min-
utes by automatically discovering
workloads once a secure connec-
tion is established and applying
either preset or custom policies to
begin protection.
• Support multiple workloads in-
cluding VMware workloads and
NAS (file data) today, Microsoft
365 and enterprise databases in
the coming months, and many
more in the quarters ahead – all
CEO of Palo Alto Networks. “Organi-
zations face an ever-expanding attack
surface and increasingly sophisticated
threats. Integrating Expanse’s capabil-
ities into Cortex will enable us to of-
fer the first holistic solution for attack
surface management, threat detection,
and response. Together we can help
CISOs and operations teams proac-
tively address all security threats.”
Palo Alto Networks Cortex product
suite already provides enterprise-wide
visibility, prevention, detection and re-
sponse capabilities. The integration of
Expanse’s internet collection and attri-
bution data will extend Cortex’s capa-
bilities across exposed and untracked
external assets that might compromise
an organization’s attack surface.
Expanse co-founders, Dr. Tim Ju-
nio and Dr. Matt Kraning, are join-
ing Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto
Networks paid approximately $670
million in cash and stock, and approx-
imately $130 million in replacement
equity awards to acquire Expanse.
cloud-based data is backed up and
protected. To take advantage of this
new offering, customers simply sign
up, protect and connect. It’s that easy.
Cohesity DataProtect has already
been deployed by thousands of cus-
tomers globally. Now, the company is
extending that proven functionality
supported through a single con-
verged experience.
• Ensure efficient use of avail-
able bandwidth, accelerating
backups to the cloud and data
recovery from the cloud by only
transmitting data blocks that have
been changed.
In the future, customers will have even
more ways to derive value from data by
taking advantage of AWS cloud-based
services. These services can help en-
sure compliance, enhance security, and
derive additional insights and business
intelligence through ML and analytics.
Cohesity also announced SiteContinu-
ity delivered as a Service, an offering
that supports automated disaster re-
covery and failover of mission-critical
applications and data to the cloud. The
SaaS-based offering can significantly
reduce infrastructure costs by using
on-demand cloud resources instead of
secondary data centers that, although
rarely used, carry a full cost burden.
New SaaS offerings deliver on the promise of data management as a
service and provide an unprecedented level of choice and simplicity.
The integration of Expanse’s internet collection and attribution data will
extend Palo Alto Cortex’s capabilities across exposed and untracked
external assets that might compromise an organization’s attack surface.

8
Tableau Software has announced the
general availability of Tableau 2020.4,
which simplifies enterprise-wide data
preparation and analysis by bringing
the full suite of Tableau Prep capa-
bilities to the browser on Tableau
Server and Tableau Online. This new
addition lowers deployment costs
across the organization, while sim-
plifying the data prep process by en-
abling analysts to build and edit their
data flows without leaving their web
browser. Other capabilities intro-
duced in Tableau 2020.4 include the
ability to add unlimited spatial layers
to maps, a Resource Monitoring Tool
(RMT) now available on Linux, and
additional native data connectors.
“Tableau Prep has taken the tedious
task of data preparation and made it
accessible to anyone by making it easy,
visual, and direct,” said Francois Ajen-
stat, Chief Product Officer at Tableau.
“Now anyone can access, build, and
edit their data flows directly in the
browser from anywhere, putting full
data preparation capabilities in the
hands of anyone in the organization.”
Tableau Prep Builder is designed to
help customers easily combine, shape,
and clean their data prior to analyz-
ing it, using the same drag-and-drop
simplicity familiar to all Tableau us-
ers. New in 2020.4, this process can
now be done completely within a web
browser, simplifying the experience
for organizations while allowing IT
administrators to centrally man-
age deployment and version control
without manually updating individ-
ual machines. Now, analysts are able
Nutanix Extends Storage Services
to its Hybrid Cloud Platform
Tableau 2020.4 Simplifies Data Preparation
with Browser-Based Tableau Prep
to connect to a data source, clean and
prepare their data, build dashboards
to analyze their data, and even share
it - with no desktop required.
Tableau Server on Linux has been an
invaluable solution for customers who
deploy Linux in their IT environments
and don’t want to maintain a Win-
dows instance to host their Tableau
deployment. With the addition of the
Resource Monitoring Tool on Linux
in 2020.4, customers with the Serv-
er Management Add-on are able to
proactively monitor and troubleshoot
the health of their deployments, with
deep visibility into both hardware and
software performance. Previously only
available on Windows-based deploy-
ments, the RMT on Linux can help
customers to identify issues causing
slow load times, extract failures, and
other critical issues that can impact
the experience for end users.
• Cloud Tiering for Objects Stor-
age: Nutanix Objects can now
deliver tiering of object data to
an S3-compatible object store,
including cloud storage such as
AWS S3. This helps enable cus-
tomers to lower the cost of long-
term storage and archival by
taking advantage of public cloud
infrastructure. This new intelli-
gent tiering capability will also
significantly improve data lifecy-
cle management across different
clouds, while still maintaining
visibility and control, as metadata
is retained on-premises for easier
search and retrieval. Customers
can use any S3-compatible target
as a tier to Nutanix Objects.
• Hybrid Cloud File Storage: Nuta-
nix Files is now generally available
to run in public clouds through Nu-
tanix Clusters. A true hybrid cloud
file storage solution, Nutanix Files
now delivers a unified experience,
along with simplified single-pane
management, across cloud deploy-
ment modes, spanning the edge, re-
mote offices, and core data centers,
and public cloud. This provides cus-
tomers with the flexibility to choose
the right cloud, offer easy scalabil-
ity, and deliver more control over
hybrid cloud file storage.
•
Simplified Disaster Recovery:
Nutanix Objects and Files now
deliver improved recovery point
objective (RPO) ensuring data is
always available across datacenters
and clouds in the event of a disas-
ter. Objects now provide streaming
replication, with an RPO of just a
few seconds, particularly helpful
for containerized workloads that
can use S3 endpoints for primary
storage. This allows enterprises to
containerize their mission-critical
stateful applications, and ensure
business continuity even in the
most strenuous of circumstances.
All features are currently available
to customers.
data management and effectively man-
age costs - moving IT teams ever closer
to a true hybrid cloud operating model.
“IT teams around the world are quick-
ly moving to hybrid environments and
they’re looking for technology solu-
tions to help them facilitate this tran-
sition, to help them manage disparate
technologies and simplify operations,”
said Rajiv Mirani, Chief Technolo-
gy Officer at Nutanix. “We recently
extended our hyperconverged infra-
structure software to public cloud with
the launch of Nutanix Clusters to help
companies do just that. Now the focus
is on strengthening the overall plat-
form, including delivering an easy-
to-use, scale out storage fabric across
their different cloud environments.”
Specifically, the new features offer cus-
tomers the following:
Hybrid and multicloud leader delivers Object and File
storage solutions to edge, private and public clouds.
Prep Builder in the browser simplifies enterprise and cloud deployments; other features
include Resource Monitoring Tool for Linux, enhanced spatial analytics capabilities.
Nutanix has announced new hybrid
cloud capabilities for its unstructured
data storage offerings, Objects and Files.
With these advanced features, Nutanix
customers can now deploy an easy-to-
use, scale out storage fabric across their
different cloud environments to simplify
Rajiv Mirani, Nutanix

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Regional Manager for Middle East
at Veeam.
In addition to safeguarding Micro-
soft Teams applications, channels and
tabs, and the data within those com-
ponents, Veeam Backup for Microsoft
Office 365 provides the most custom-
ized, granular recovery experience us-
ing new Veeam Explorer for Microsoft
Teams. This Explorer is built from the
ground up specifically for Microsoft
Teams, providing powerful eDiscov-
ery with the broadest set of search
criteria, combined with most effortless
recovery back to Teams — making
it easier than ever for businesses to
quickly search, find and recover the
Teams data they need.
Ultimately, whether Microsoft Teams
or the entire Office 365 environment,
it’s the responsibility of each business
to protect and control their data.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office
365 v5 is now generally available.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office
365 Community Edition provides free
backup and recovery of Office 365
data for up to 10 users, 10 teams and
one TB of SharePoint data.
Veeam Software has announced the
general availability of the latest version
of the company’s Veeam Backup for
Microsoft Office 365. Version 5 adds
purpose-built backup and recovery
for Microsoft Teams, making it easier
New Veeam Backup for Microsoft
Office 365 v5 Now Available
modate and sustain a remote work-
force. Data is company IP at every
level and this dedicated and custom-
ized approach for Teams will help
to protect Office 365 related data
consistently,” said Claude Schuck,
than ever for users to quickly find and
restore Teams data, including entire
groups, specific channels and settings.
Protecting this data is more critical
than ever, as the shift to remote work-
ing has created an explosion in Micro-
soft Teams adoption over the past year,
with 115 million daily active users last
month, up 475% from 20 million daily
active users almost 12 months ago.
“The premise to drive businesses
virtually has pushed organizations
to leverage this new way of enhanced
collaboration. Providing the pur-
pose-built Teams application feature
in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Of-
fice 365 v5 will be fully embraced by
our Middle Eastern customers. We
have seen a tremendous uptake of
Office 365 in the region as more and
more organizations aim to accom-
Latest version provides a customized, granular recovery experience
for Microsoft Teams, ensuring business continuity for remote workers’
critical Teams conversations and safeguarding against data loss.
Gigamon Channel-First Focus Provides
Partners Unparalleled Support
The company’s Catalyst Channel Program broadens reach through strong
leadership, expanded ecosystem and new technology partners
Gigamon has broadened the
reach of its Catalyst Channel Pro-
gram through delivery of high re-
turn-on-investment (ROI) solutions
that support accelerated digital
transformation (DX) initiative time-
lines. Customer engagement, de-
mand generation and finance pro-
grams have positioned Gigamon
channel and ecosystem partners for
success in these times of unprece-
dented change. The company’s roster
of security, cloud and IoT partner-
ships has also expanded to include
Armis, AWS, FireEye, Fortinet, Or-
acle and Ordr.
The company’s channel-first focus is
driven by strong leadership including
Larissa Crandall, who was recently
promoted to Vice President of World-
wide Channels and Alliances and Gig-
amon CEO Paul Hooper.
“Our partner relationships have flour-
ished under Lar-
issa’s leadership,
allowing us to
deliver world-
class service
and value to our
customers as the
global business
landscape con-
tinues to evolve,”
said Shane Buck-
ley, President and
Chief Operating
Officer at Giga-
mon. “Our chan-
nel-first strategy allows us to quickly
identify opportunities and drive in-
novative solutions that support con-
densed DX initiative timelines and
deliver immediate ROI.”
The Gigamon Catalyst Channel Pro-
gram, which has expanded to over
2800 partners worldwide, is the key
component of a company-wide effort
to fully leverage the Gigamon Indepen-
dent Software Vendor (ISV) ecosystem
and channel to ac-
celerate demand
creation and ex-
pand its reach to
the company’s
global customer
base. The program
features an incen-
tive structure that
rewards outstand-
ing performance,
increasing the
earning potential
of Gigamon chan-
nel partners.
Claude Schuck, Veeam
Providing the
purpose-built
Teams application
feature in Veeam
Backup for Microsoft
Office 365 v5 will be
fully embraced by
our Middle Eastern
customers.”
Ourchannel-
firststrategyallows
ustoquicklyidentify
opportunitiesand
driveinnovative
solutionsthatsupport
condensedDXinitiative
timelinesanddeliver
immediateROI.”

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