NEWS
Kaspersky Lab to open office in Rwanda
to boost East African presence
K
aspersky Lab has announced plans to
open a new office in Kigali, Rwanda, to
support the rapid growth of its business in
East Africa.
This strategic move will provide more room
for development as well as closer proximity
to new partners in the region, allowing
Kaspersky Lab to continue its expansion into
the promising African market.
“Governments and enterprises across Africa
need an integrated approach to complex
threat detection and response as they fight
cybercriminals who have significant financial
resources and are constantly looking to
exploit any vulnerability,” said Eugene
Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab.
The Kigali office will serve the
requirements of the growing number of
partners and customers in the region.
Kaspersky Lab’s award-winning solutions
and services will be offered to all industries
and for all kinds of businesses in Rwanda
and the wider region.
“We see great potential in the African
market, especially with the current Digital
Transformation initiatives that are in place,”
said Amir Kanaan, Managing Director at
Kaspersky Lab for the Middle East, Turkey
and Africa.
“Nations across the continent are adopting
new technologies to facilitate and enhance
the way they do business. While a few years
ago it was enough to have a strategy to
prevent infection, today businesses have to
be able to detect when they are infected
or hacked, predict hacker behaviour and
respond to attacks quickly to ensure minimal
damage and impact. We can support in
achieving this.”
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Ulwembu’s Smart Integration steps up
office automation offering
S
mart Integration, a wholly owned
Ulwembu Business Services organisation,
has achieved KNX Certified Partner status,
which will further empower the company in
offering true integration within the office
automation space.
“KNX is an open protocol that is rapidly
moving up on the list of required
certifications named by companies
operating in the building automation
industry,” said Glenn Noome, Director at
Smart Integration.
“Due to its open nature, KNX can be used as
part of a wide range of products, including
lighting and audio automation, blind control,
security, energy, metering and building
management amongst other solutions
– integrating different manufacturers’
products seamlessly. Quite frequently
businesses would need manufacturer-specific
controls, but KNX is changing things up –
and Smart Integration is excited to be a part
of the disruption.”
Noome says manufacturers that do not
embrace open protocol will soon be left
behind, since businesses simply do not
want to be tied to one specific make
and model anymore. “As a KNX Certified
Partner, we are now playing on a new field,
one that offers our clients many benefits,
including the seamless integration and
interoperability of multiple manufacturers’
products via a future-proof international
standard,” he said.
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