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Vishak Raman To Lead FireEye As India Head

Famous personality in the security industry, Vishak Raman, has come back to mainstream security business. After quitting Fortinet, Raman was with Tata Communications. In his new role at FireEye, he is designated as senior regional director for India and SAARC and will be based out of Bangalore. An industry veteran, Raman has worked for major security companies like WatchGuard and Fortinet. His career’s longest stint was with Fortinet—he was there for over a decade from 2003. He was senior regional director for India and SAARC when he quit in 2014...
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Polycom’s MD Promoted To Global Role

Minhaj Zia ,the Managing Director of India & SAARC at Polycom has been elevated to a larger global role, as Vice-President – South East Asia, India & SAARC in less than three years. Zia, who will be based in Singapore, and will be responsible for sales and revenue growth, gaining market share in core and adjacent markets, establishing government relationships, building a strong leadership team, collaborating and supporting APAC-wide initiatives to deliver growth. Read Also: Mitel Acquires Polycom To Strengthen VC Business “In addition to India and SAARC, I will also...
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Jagdish Mahapatra Becomes New APAC Channel Chief Of Intel Security

As part of its global restructuring strategy, Intel Security has announced crucial changes in its India leadership. Jagdish Mahapatra, who was leading India and SAARC operations of the company, has been elevated to the role of APAC Channel head. Mahapatra will be reporting to Gavin Struthers, President, Asia Pacific for Intel Security Group. Intel Security has not yet revealed the name of the new India and SAARC head, but the company is expected to make an official announcement soon. In his new role, Mahapatra will lead the Channel and Alliances...
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Avaya Unveils New Customer Engagement Solution

Avaya has rolled out Aura Experience Portal (7.1) customer engagement solution which connects visual self-service mobile applications and on-demand assistance to a contact center agent or expert,together with complete context of the customer journey. With 89% of companies now competing primarily on customer experience, according to Gartner Inc., organizations need to deliver market-differentiating digital Omni-channel customer journeys. According to global research commissioned by BT and Avaya, 82% of consumers believe it should be easy to contact organizations by all channels. The research also finds that 86% of the consumers in...