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Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, MessageLabs collaborate to enhance information security

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), announced today the selection of MessageLabs, one of the UAE's leading email service providers, to provide a comprehensive email solution that enables DSOA to offer a range of advanced managed services for both their tenants and external clients.

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, September 24 - 2008 at 14:43
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(L-R_: Abdul Salam Al Bastaki, Director of IT and Services at Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, and Gareth Palmer, Regional Sales Manager for MessageLabs in the GCC.
(L-R_: Abdul Salam Al Bastaki, Director of IT and Services at Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, and Gareth Palmer, Regional Sales Manager for MessageLabs in the GCC.


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The comprehensive solution goes inline with DSOA's policy to apply and utilize internationally recognized practices. The new set of products enables DSOA to provide best of breed services that protect, encrypt, and archive electronic communications. The new solution tailored by MessageLabs enhances DSOA's information security levels and protects its users from converging threats of viruses, spam, phishing and targeted attacks.

Commenting on the partnership agreement, Abdul Salam Al Bastaki, Director of IT and Services - DSOA, said:

'Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority is always on the lookout for innovative solutions to companies operating within the region's integrated Technology Free Zone. Moreover, we are glad to embark on a major upgrade initiative to enhance the level of information security provided to our valued partners and clients.'



Electronic Communications have become a mission critical application that is vulnerable to an increasingly sophisticated range of online threats such as viruses, spam, inappropriate content, spyware, and phishing attacks. These threats present real business risks such as impact to business continuity, loss of confidential information, legal exposure and failure to enforce regulatory compliance, all of which can have significant financial implications.

Gareth Palmer, Regional Sales Manager for MessageLabs in the GCC, added:

'MessageLabs and its regional distributor - COMPUTERLINKS are pleased to work with Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority as they have earned their well-deserved reputation as a leading integrated hub for technology companies. With an annual growth of 400% in the GCC region during 2007, we are confident that partnering with Dubai Silicon Oasis will boost our record growth rates and cement our leading market position in email security, continuity and encryption services.'



MessageLabs enjoys an established client base in the Middle East with over 200 enterprise customers including Dubai Bank, RAK Bank, Emaar, Thuraya, Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), Jumeirah Group, and Kuwait Petroleum. MessageLabs is featured strongly in the IDC Worldwide Messaging Security report 2007-2011 and is described as 'the worldwide leader for hosted messaging security services.'




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About Dubai Silicon Oasis:

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), a 100% owned entity by the Government of Dubai is a free zone, strategically placed on the Emirates road. DSOA's urban master-planned community spans 7.2 square kilometers of state of the art office towers, R&D and industrial zones, educational institutions, luxury apartments, villas, hotels, healthcare and a full range of lifestyle facilities which translate into a dynamic commercial and social environment. Businesses can flourish under the unrivalled package of incentives, including 100% ownership, and high end IT infrastructure that allows companies to begin operating immediately.

About MessageLabs:

MessageLabs is a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services, with over 18,000 clients ranging from small business to the Fortune 500 located in more than 86 countries. MessageLabs provides a range of managed security services to protect, control, encrypt and archive communications across Email, Web and Instant Messaging.

These services are delivered by MessageLabs globally distributed infrastructure and supported 24/7 by security experts. This provides a convenient and cost-effective solution for managing and reducing risk and providing certainty in the exchange of business information.

About COMPUTERLINKS:

COMPUTERLINKS Middle East, formerly Fusion Distribution, is one of the region's leading value added distributors for international manufacturers in security technology. The company's security reseller network runs the entire Gulf region. The COMPUTERLINKS product portfolio is geared to the growing needs of customers for security in the field of ever more complex, global IT structures. Under the criterion 'quality versus quantity' COMPUTERLINKS evaluates hardware and software products internationally, which excel by their innovation and quality and which have the best chances of surviving in the strongly contested IT market characterized by high demands with regard to security.

For further information, please contact:

Mazen Mohamed El Dirany
Associate Manager- Corporate Communications
Business Development
Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority
Government of Dubai
P.O. Box 6009, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 501 5102
Fax: +9714 501 5200
Siba Sami Ammari Posted by Siba Sami Ammari
Wednesday, September 24 - 2008 at 14:43 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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