Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 16 | Page 7

NEWS Citrix unveils Ultimate Rewards programme to simplify channel incentives Taj El-Khayat, Regional Director for Citrix Middle East and North Africa region by recently appointed Taj El-Khayat, Regional Director for Citrix Middle East and North Africa. By consolidating incentives, increasing automation and adding tracking capability throughout the process, Citrix Ultimate Rewards gives partners more time to work together with customers. It increases transparency and consistency of processes and decisions and through artificial intelligence can approve requests without human interference. Currently, partners often answer more than 30 questions before getting a deal registered, however the new system only requires nine questions for simple registration. While the number of automatic approvals is expected to be conservative at launch, as the AI improves, Citrix will commit to expanding the thresholds until most of the registrations are approved or rejected automatically. C itrix has announced an overhaul of its existing channel programme and introduced Citrix Ultimate Rewards. The programme is designed to make Citrix a better partner by simplifying the process and streamlining the incentives. The initiative is closely aligned with the company’s goal of helping customers make the strategic transition to cloud and is currently being rolled out in the “I’m excited to bring the Citrix Ultimate Rewards to the region,” said El-Khayat. “We believe this cohesive programme is a major milestone in our long history of being a channel centric organisation. Partners will benefit from less complexity, so they can focus on delivering world-class customer experiences, ultimately making for a win-win situation where both parties grow and profit together.” ///////////////// Securex South Africa exhibitors reveal plans for 2018 show E xhibitors are preparing to unveil a host of new products and services to the thousands of visitors expected to attend Africa’s biggest security and fire focused trade exhibition, to be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg from May 22 to 24. New Teltron (stand F21) is launching the Fargo DTC1500 direct- to-card printer at Securex. Field upgradeable to dual sided and lamination, energy efficient and highly versatile, the DTC1500 offers the first ever customisable watermark feature and provides the convenience and lower cost of high-capacity consumables along with innovative, easy-to-implement security elements. The Powell Tronics stand (B07) will offer the latest in advanced access control solutions. The company will showcase biometric control and RFID access control solutions from leading manufacturers, as well as demonstrating working solutions of PT-Rollcall for educational institutions and PT-Guest for visitor management. Suprema (A02B), a leading global provider of biometrics and ID solutions, will be showcasing a handful of exciting new products and solutions, alongside its extensive range of IP access control devices, PC fingerprint solutions and integrated software solutions. Suprema’s most recent additions include BioEntry P2/ R2, CoreStation an www.intelligentcio.com Securex South Africa 2018 will take place from May 22 to 24 intelligent controller and the brand new BioLite N2 and Xpass D2, recently launched worldwide. More specialised products on show include Suprema Live Scanners, ePassport readers and embedded fingerprint modules that can be built into hardware solutions requiring optimal fingerprint biometric authentication for various applications. INTELLIGENTCIO 7