StarLink brings its 8th Annual IT Security Roadshow to SA

Issued by StarLink
Johannesburg, 04 May 2018

Yaadhna Singh-Gounden, Regional Manager, Africa.

StarLink, the fastest growing true value-added distributor (VAD) in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region, announced its 8^th Annual IT Security Roadshow, which hit the road on 9 April and is all set to come to South Africa on 10 May 2018. This will be the last stop of the nine-city roadshow covering the META region.

This multi-city event held in Oman, Egypt, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Doha and Dubai so far, has witnessed the presence of top level IT security professionals from various business verticals who participated to gain perspective into the most prevalent IT security trends and updates from product experts and network with industry peers. This year, StarLink brings seven key vendors to South Africa: FireEye, Gemalto, ForeScout, FireMon, LogRhythm, Centrify and LinkShadow.

"With digital transformation taking centre stage, it is inevitable that organisations adopt innovative, integrated solutions to safeguard data spread across systems, apps, devices and the cloud," said StarLink's Managing Director, Nidal Othman. "Hence the theme of our event: 'Securing the Hybrid Enterprise through Innovation' is very timely, and we are excited to support our customers in their endeavor to build a secure hybrid enterprise."

Yaadhna Singh-Gounden, Country Manager, South Africa, StarLink, said: "The African continent is a huge opportunity for StarLink and it was imperative that we made a gradual and steady expansion in this region." She added: "We will continue further in this endeavor with our extensive channel bandwidth until we build a strong foothold in this market."

For the agenda and more information about the StarLink Roadshow in Africa, please visit: https://www.starlinkme.net/en-africa/roadshow/2018.

StarLink

StarLink is acclaimed as the fastest growing true value-added distributor across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa regions, with on-the-ground presence in 16 countries, including the UK and USA. With its innovate Security Framework, StarLink is recognised as a trusted security advisor to over 2 200 enterprise and government customers that use one or more of StarLink's best-of-breed and market-leading technologies, sold through its channel network of over 1 100 partners. The StarLink Solution Lifecycle helps channel partners differentiate offerings and assists customers to identify key risks and define priorities for addressing IT security gaps relating to compliance and next-generation threat protection. For more information about StarLink, please visit www.starlinkme.net.

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StarLink brings its 8th Annual IT Security Roadshow to SA

Focusing on securing the hybrid enterprise through innovation.