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G
amal Emara, Country Manager –
UAE at Aruba, looks at the various
trends in the enterprise mobility
solutions space in 2019 of which businesses
in the Middle East should be aware.
He says: “The major trend that we foresee
will be the ability to draw insights about
the network and its health and to maintain
continuous uptime, which is a necessity in
today’s world.”
1. Insider threat and cybersecurity
remains a priority
Networking solutions need to be secure, but
more importantly, the ability to know who’s
on the network, know what’s on the network,
know what they’re doing and then doing
continuous monitoring to ensure that bad
things are not happening, is going to be an
equally important priority.
Cybersecurity will remain top of mind for
enterprises in 2019. They must implement
new tools that go beyond traditional
cybersecurity measures, including user and
entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) solutions.
UEBA can identify patterns in typical user
behaviour and alert IT teams when they
notice abnormal or anomalous behaviour,
providing actionable intelligence that allows
quick responses. By detecting anomalous
behaviour and enabling quick remedies,
UEBA solutions can provide real-time
protection that traditional systems miss.
2. Modernising the campus
core network
Enterprises have been on an IT
modernisation journey, and as more
companies embrace mobility, cloud and IoT
as part of their daily operations, they find
that campus networks need to be refreshed
as well.
The campus network must be ready for
demanding applications like voice and
video, while ensuring strong security and
be easily scalable as needs change. The
network will need to be capable of being
programmed and able to leverage analytics
and telemetry to automatically adjust
to changing application demands, while
making the network easier to monitor
and troubleshoot.
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Gamal Emara, Country Manager –
UAE at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard
Enterprise company
“
MSPS WILL GROW
TO BECOME
VIRTUAL CIOS
SERVING SMALL
AND MEDIUM
BUSINESSES.
As networks become more programmable
and smarter, IT teams will spend less time
on manual operational tasks and more time
focusing on innovation.
3. Need for blazing fast Wi-Fi speeds
for connectivity
Next Generation Wireless will connect even
more users, devices and remote locations at
wired speeds in 2019. With BYOD devices
expected to rise throughout 2019, the need
to rapidly connect employees, offices and
buildings rises too.
As new and innovative technologies are
increasingly being used in campuses, legacy
wireless networks can be bottlenecks.
The need for advanced wireless networks will
become more prevalent as institutions, like
schools for example, expand deployment of
digital, collaborative and immersive learning
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