NEWS
ServiceNow
appoints
new regional
director for
Middle East
HID Global supports
facial recognition with
HID Approve mobile
authentication platform
Mark Ackerman, Regional Director for
the Middle East, South Africa, Turkey and
Eastern Europe at ServiceNow
S
erviceNow has announced the promotion
of Mark Ackerman to the position of
Regional Director for Middle East, South
Africa, Turkey and Eastern Europe.
Joaquin Reixa, Senior AVP EMEA South at
ServiceNow, said emerging markets such
as these require a team with an intimate
understanding of their cultural and political
nuances. He said: “We have set some
extremely ambitious objectives for the region
over the next three to five years, and given
Mark’s track record and understanding of the
market and opportunity, I have full confidence
that he is best suited to lead the team and
spearhead our growth in the region.”
Taking full responsibility for the emerging
markets territory, Ackerman has been
tasked with accelerating regional revenue
contribution for EMEA to US$1 billion by 2020.
To that end, his focus for 2018 will be on
growing ServiceNow’s footprint and market
share, particularly in the UAE, KSA, Kuwait
and Bahrain, via additional direct hires and
further investments in existing channel
partners and alliances.
Ackerman added: “At the same time, security
still remains a top priority for CIOs in the
Middle East and this trend does not show
signs of letting up anytime soon.”
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ID Global, a leader in trusted
identity solutions which operates
in the Middle East, has announced
that its HID Approve two-factor mobile
authentication and verification platform
now supports Apple’s iPhone X Face ID
facial recognition system.
The company expects facial recognition
to play an increasingly important role
in its authentication offering, combined
with threat and fraud detection.
“With the growing demand for an
optimised user experience, facial
recognition is a great addition for banks
and enterprises that also want a high
level of security,” said Martin Ladstaetter,
Vice President of Product Management,
IAM Solutions, with HID Global.
“HID Global now delivers an easy way
for organisations to take advantage of
Apple’s Face ID capability with our HID
Approve mobile authentication solution.”
Facial recognition is featured on Apple`s
new iPhone X phone to secure access
to online or mobile banking and digital
signatures used in banking transactions.
Apple’s Face ID feature can also be used
to secure remote access to employee
data and applications. HID Global
customers now have an easy way to
implement Face ID using the company’s
mobile authentication platform, either
as a turnkey application or directly
integrated into existing corporate
apps using the HID Approve software
development kit. n
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