Pointsec chooses Dubai Internet City to set up its global hub
Pointsec Mobile Technologies, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, today announced that their Dubai Internet City (DIC) office will be the global hub for their operations in Asia and Australia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Dubai – January 3, 2006 - The announcement marks Pointsec as the first multinational organizations to run Middle East, Asia Pacific and Australia operations from DIC.
"We are very happy that Pointsec is establishing its hub for its Middle East, Africa and Asia operations in DIC," said Jamal Abdulsalam, Executive Director of Dubai Internet City. "Its base in Dubai Internet City will help to reinforce and enhance its ability to deliver solutions and services globally. Pointsec's new move points to Dubai Internet City's rising profile as a potential global base for multinational ICT corporations. We look forward to providing them with the support and services to enhance their operations," he added.
Pointsec has also announced appointments to its senior management team in the Asia & Africa hub office at Dubai led by Vice President Sascha Beyer.
"We have chosen Dubai Internet City because it offers Pointsec a strategic location to setup the company's global hub," said Beyer. "A world class business environment, a high quality infrastructure and a one-stop-shop for business and technical services will pave the road to the success of our operations in the Middle East, Asia and Australia."
The new appointments are key to Pointsec's regional strategy, which is to develop and sustain the market for data security in the region. They span leadership in Africa, Middle East (GCC, Levant), and all of Asia and Australia.
The markets in the region, with the strong industrial growth, are increasingly requiring strong data protection to address key mobile device security and corporate compliance issues. Pointsec provides comprehensive authentication and encryption solutions for laptops, desktops, PDAs and smartphones, supporting all common operating systems. Pointsec's encryption software ensures that all or selected parts of a hard drive's are encrypted automatically and in real time and can only be accessed by an authenticated user.
"Organizations are becoming all the more mobile," said Ayman Majzoub, Pointsec GM Middle East & Africa. "Today's mobile tools allow us to enjoy constant connectivity from almost any location, enabling us to manage our e-mail and business applications from home or on the road. Mobile handheld computers are getting more capable, yet smaller and smaller, making them easier to lose. Even a small USB storage stick can store vast quantities of customer databases and sensitive corporate data. Our mission at Pointsec is to protect corporate data residing on these mobile devices and we will do so by aggressively building a trained & empowered partner channel," he further added.
About Pointsec
Pointsec is the worldwide de facto standard for mobile device security – with the most customers deployed, highest level of certification and more complete device coverage than any other company. Pointsec delivers a trusted solution for automatic data encryption that guarantees proven protection at the most vulnerable point where sensitive enterprise data is stored – on mobile devices. By securing sensitive information stored on laptops, PDAs, smartphones, and removable media, enterprises and government organizations can protect and enhance their image, minimize risk, shield confidential data, guard information assets, and strengthen public and shareholder confidence. Pointsec's customers include blue chip companies and government organizations around the world. Founded in 1988, Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Protect Data AB, publicly traded (PROT) on the Stockholm stock exchange. The company has two U.S. offices, nine EMEA offices, two APAC offices, two offices in India and one office in Dubai, Middle East. Pointsec can be found on the web at: www.pointsec.com.
About Dubai Internet City
Dubai Internet City provides a Knowledge Economy Ecosystem designed to support the business development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies. It is the Middle East's biggest IT infrastructure, built inside a free trade zone, and has the largest commercial Internet Protocol Telephony system in the world. Dubai Internet City is a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 2 billion people with GDP of $ 6.7 trillion. In line with Dubai's liberal economic policies and regulations, Dubai Internet City offers foreign companies 100% tax-free ownership, 100% repatriation of capital and profits, no currency restrictions, easy registration and licensing, stringent cyber regulations, protection of intellectual property. Within a short span of time, a dynamic international community of ICT companies has established itself in Dubai Internet City. The global ICT giants are all here: Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Cisco, Sun Microsystems and Computer Associates, to name just a few. These companies represent a formidable community of over 12,000 knowledge workers. The cluster of ICT companies in Dubai Internet City comprise of Software Development, Business Services, Web Based and e-Commerce, Consultancy, Sales and Marketing and Back Office Operations. Dubai Internet City provides an environment that attracts each and every element of the value chain for an ICT business into the community. In addition, it has developed programmes that can be leveraged by the ICT community to explore and expand 'Channel Development' opportunities. The ICT cluster at Dubai Internet City also offers a high quality of business interaction and networking opportunities that can be utilised for enhanced problem solving and knowledge sharing by the community.