Category: National
Patriarchy in Security Business – A Bias
Diversity is the qualifying criteria for the OSAC Delhi Chapter (DC) Country Council Achievements Awards nomination The general perception is the business of ‘Security’ is a masculine, male dominated and managed domain of human expertise. The social fabric subtly insinuates that security falls under the purview of male responsibility, ability and capability. The bias is thicker in developing countries like India, resulting largely in exclusion of women partnership in this field. Diversity challenges on hand The security functions are and have been challenged by the absence of female security professionals, and cross functional groups such as Business Continuity and Risk Management (BCRM), Travel Security Management, Environment Health and Safety (EHS), thus limiting the 360 degree function security approach. This lack of engagement of the female security professionals and public-private partnership has led to substantive deficit in the cross pollination of knowledge and sharing the best practices. OSAC Justifies The Delhi Chapter of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), US Embassy runs an ‘out-reach program’ for diversity and inclusivity in security domain. It leverages a three-pronged approach to address this challenge. 1. Student engagement initiative OSAC DC initiated an innovative approach for the first time by engaging with Post Graduate students of all the women’s colleges of ‘Vedica Group.’ The initiative aims at helping them understand the various spheres of security functions and to look at it as one of the ‘first career’ options. The overall intention of inviting these young career professionals to Delhi OSAC meeting was the tipping point, and now they have been regular attendees. OSAC’s All-India General Meeting (AGM) in December 2018 had presence of 32 Vedica students out of the total 330 participants. 2. Multi-functional diversity & inclusion approach OSAC believes in the concept of inclusion of professionals in security – especially for the female, others cross-functional units’ members, and all of those who work closely to deliver robust security plans on a day to day basis. This effort is being supported and propagated by a conscious awareness and engagement drive leveraging their strengths. As a strategic step forward, Delhi Chapter has a track record of having a female council secretary right from 2015. In addition, the mentoring program by the senior industry chief security officers (CSOs) has been encouraging female security professionals to opt for core operational physical security roles. 3. Equal opportunity OSAC focuses on enhanced industry engagements in a positive step-up towards public-private partnership. This has been led by way of female OSAC members being invited as speakers/ moderators at large and reputed security industry events/ conferences to share their best practices and technical expertise. Demonstrated result For the first time, Vedica Group of institutions encouraged their students of the batch graduating in 2018 to look at roles within the security domain as part of their campus placements. Vedica students who were already inspired by attending the OSAC meetings opted for security industry for their internships – four (04) of them have already been offered career opportunities by those agencies. Thus, OSAC DC has clearly helped move the security function from the ‘last to the first’ choice for the next generation female professionals. Stepped up membership of female professionals in DC from 05 in 2015 to 50+ in 2018 – an increase of 900% in line with the growing female footprint in the corporate industry. Positive cross functional engagement of professionals from CSR, BCRM and Travel domains helped make security deliver on a 360-degree approach. Delhi Chapter members are being a regular feature in the landscape of all major security events from Security Today summit to IFSEC. The UBM International group has recognized DC members as the trusted jury partner for their annual awards – where out of 04 members, 03 OSAC women professionals are on the panel – recognizing the female talent in the security industry. The enhanced public-private partnerships initiative’s crowning glory was the invitation by UBM to jury members to attend the IFSEC conference as special invitee delegates at Seoul in 2019. Summary Diversity augments holistic growth of a function, and also the ability to deliver its true potential. The Delhi Chapter of OSAC has spearheaded a revolution by pioneering the change management in engaging the new millennial female leaders to lead the security functionalities for 21st century as their brand ambassadors. The enhanced diversity engagement of the female security professional and public-private partnership by OSAC DC have fostered a robust security landscape with enhanced collaboration and sharing of the best practices – thereby accomplishing the overall goals of OSAC.
Snyllo Redefines Future of Workforce Management for Security Business
Snyllo has brought in an easy-to-use software for security professionals which helps them dramatically simplify workforce management, streamline processes, and gain operational insights to gain better business in real-time. A mobile and web based Snyllo suite of tools connects people in the field and clients with the manager in real time and with real data. Live dashboard centralizes and displays key metrics to make better decision supported by data. The platform is flexible enough to ensure the user benefit only from the solution he needs. For instance, unsurpassed guard management tools are to keep everyone on point, penetrating business intelligence module is drive insight, and automated process to reduce paper work. Snyllo aims to provide technology for professionals, employees and facility managers that makes their personal lives better and professional lives more efficient, productive and contributes to improved outcomes and reduced costs. It also provides an efficient solution to enhance staff productivity by means of live reports which augments adjustments during exigencies. “This is just the beginning. We stand at the intersection of cloud computing, mobile technology and big data. Together, these three will enable astonishing and disruptive innovations” – Sabgun Thapar Founder and CEO, Snyllo
Hikvision Expo Successfully Concluded in Jaipur, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Patna
The third phase of Hikvision Expo was organized in Jaipur (12 October), Chandigarh (15 October), Kolkata (6 November) and Patna (9 November). At Jaipur, 5 police personnel were presented with the Bravery Awards for their exemplary services. “We are glad to present the Hikvision Expo in Jaipur, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Patna with latest product knowledge and technology updates. We are committed to our vision of making citizen’s security a top priority. The Bravery Awards is an initiative to inspire the police professionals to go beyond their call of duty and enable a secure environment for the citizens across the country. It reiterates our vision of pursuing excellence in security technology implementation in India and encourages us to further set higher standards in security and surveillance industry through breakthrough solutions,” commented Ashish P. Dha kan, MD and CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. At the events, Hikvision’s team of experts presented the best-in-class technologies and product innovations through technical sessions. They also showcased the latest products applications and innovative solutions including artificial intelligence, AI cloud, big data and IoT. They got overwhelming response for their latest range of IP cameras, PIR cameras, access control products, video door phones, EZVIZ cameras, face recognition terminals with swing barrier gates, smart pole, ECS (emergency call switch) etc. At Jaipur, the Expo was presided by Ajay Pal Lamba, Additional Commissioner of Police, Jaipur who in his keynote address reiterated the importance of video surveillance as effective crime prevention tool. Five Police Personnel namely Mohan Singh, Assistant Sub-inspector, Rakesh Kumar, Constable (11442), Surendra Yadav, Police Inspector, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Assistant Sub-inspector, and Premlata, Lady Constable 3972 (Nirbhaya Squad) were presented with the Bravery Awards for their bravery and exemplary services on the line of duty. The Hikvision Expo in all four cities received good response from the security professional community including regional distributors and sub-distributors. Further, participations of system integration partners added value to them. Hikvision Expo is organized with the core objective of promoting security technology awareness among the security professionals, citizens and channel partners. As a part of their pan-India initiative, Hikvision Expo is organized by inviting all the key stakeholders of security ecosystem partners. The Expo provides the latest security and surveillance technology updates by experts in special interactive sessions and live demonstrations.
CAPSI Participates in Global Exhibition on Services 2019
The 5th edition of Global Exhibition on Services (GES) 2019 was held at the Bangalore Palace, Bengaluru from 26 to 28 November 2019. Conducted under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce, the event was jointly organised by the Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Services are the key driver of global trade. In terms of contributing towards GDP, FDI, exports and employment generation, services are becoming increasingly salient, both in developed and developing countries. In India too, the service sector has been contributing significantly to India’s gross value added with a share of approximately 60%, and India’s overall exports with a share of 38% in recent years. GES 2019 was conducted with the aim to engage Industry and Governments across the world to promote greater exchange of trade in services between India and the rest of the world and attempt to give the multifaceted Indian services the global visibility they deserve, simultaneously encourage trade at a global level. The previous edition of GES witnessed the formal recognition of 12 service sectors as the Champion Service Sectors, including Information Technology & IT enabled Services. This year, realising the potential of the Private Security Industry as the most potent workforce capable of generating foreign exchange, the Ministry of Commerce invited Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) to participate in the event. CAPSI established a large pavilion at the site and displayed their might in concert with its member agencies. Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman, Mahesh Sharma, Secretary General, Maj Gen K Majumdar (Retd), CEO – CAPSI; as well as Vikram Vig, Manager – Standards & Quality Assurance attended the event. The Industry was represented by Anil Puri along with his staff from AP Securitas, AM Luthra from L Group, VV Katti, President, CAPSI & MD, Guardwell, Rajesh Raviraj, Exelity Skill Training Academy, and Ravindranath, NST Academy. The spectacular sight of smartly turned out security guards attracted a lot of visitors to the stall, especially the foreign dignitaries. The eminent dignitaries who visited CAPSI stall were Sudhanshu Pandey, Additional Secretary with Darpan Jain, Joint Secretary – Ministry of Commerce, Ashit Mohan Prasad, DG, Internal Security Division, Karnataka Police, and Virendra Gupta, Deputy Director General, CII. The Chairman during his interaction with the dignitaries impressed upon the potential and tremendous work being performed by the private security industry. The theme ‘Securing my Square inch of Motherland’ was appreciated by all. The three day exhibition was inaugurated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry & Railways, GoI. Actively supported by the Government of Karnataka, the event was attended by a large number of luminaries from various service sectors and government officials. Over 100 delegates from various friendly countries interacted with participant sector representatives. Various issues pertaining to the sector were deliberated over the three days. Service sectors established over 200 stalls to show case their prowess. The event is a big success and CAPSI members has said to have gained a lot from attending the event.
IFSEC INDIA 2019
South Asia’s largest Security event by Informa Markets in India to be held at Greater Noida The International Fire & Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) India Expo, one of South Asia’s largest security, civil protection and fire safety shows by Informa Markets in India (formerly UBM India), is gearing up for its 13th edition which is slated for December 19-21, 2019 at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida. Supported by American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Mumbai, ASIS Bengaluru, Asian Professional Security Association (APSA), Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI), Electronic Security Association of India (ESAI), Indian Institute of Drones (IID), Global Association of Corporate Security (GACS), SECONA along with Assocham as Strategic Partner and Mitkat Advisory as knowledge Partner, the show brings together internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts, and key government officials under one common platform. The show will see participation from over 15 countries and will bring together over 300 domestic and globally renowned brands, key government officials, consultants and business experts. The visitor profile of the expo will include professionals such as CSOs, admin heads, CIOs, CTOs, facility heads, purchase managers, system integrators, and dealers and distributors of organisations. Rapid urbanization, growing population, development of industries, infrastructure and mass transportation systems, the retail boom, rise in terrorist activities, growing crime rates etc., have led to the growth of security market in India which is expected to reach INR 80,000 crores by the year 2020, growing at a CAGR of 20%. This growth is fuelled by creation of additional infrastructure like industrial complexes, public infrastructure, residential complexes and the humungous opportunity presented by the government initiatives like ‘Smart Cities’ and ‘Make in India.’ The private security industry in India also provides employment to more than 70 lakh people, which is expected to rise manifold as the size of the industry increases. The South Asia region, which the IFSEC India Expo brings within its radar, is an especially vulnerable as well as progressive zone when it comes to security and surveillance. Government policies like making guards in schools and ATMs mandatory and instalment of CCTV cameras at various locations have resulted in accelerating the demand. For example, a back of the envelope calculation shows that there are around 15 lakh education institutions in India and the mandatory 3 security guards on a 24 hour basis only translate into 45 lakh new jobs. “Governments, world over are unanimous on the need to provide a safe environment for their citizens. With challenges such as criminal activities, terrorism and crimes against women, cities are expected to manage and control the change to allow their communities to have a standard of living that meets modern-day expectations and induce a feeling of safety among the citizens. India has been a vulnerable as well as a progressive zone with ongoing threats to homeland security, rising urbanisation, proliferating crimes against women and low people-to-police ratio which are some of the most significant factors bringing in the need to augment safety and security in the country. Similarly, several organizations globally, and in India, are realizing the vital need to refurbish their security strategy by considering a lot of factors, some that didn’t even exist a few years ago. This will help monitor as well as surmount avoidable accidents. This has opened up a huge market for leading players in the security and surveillance industry, with global revenue spends on security hardware, software and services projected to reach $103 billion this year. Some trends such as Artificial Intelligence, Could Computing, Cyber security Sensor integration have kept the surveillance industry in India on the path to transformation,” Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director for Informa Markets in India said on the announcement of the 13th edition of the IFSEC India Show, “IFSEC India 2019 aims to act as a medium for the progress of this thriving industry, as it provides a platform for industry players to collectively ideate, innovate, spot trends and enable the shift in India’s security paradigm from a defensive approach to a monitoring and a responsive one.” IFSEC India will include in its already formidable repertoire, products and technologies pertaining to CCTV & surveillance, biometrics & RFID, integrated systems, access control, GPS systems, video management, parking automation, transport, perimeter protection, IoT, smart homes, security & safe cities in addition to surveillance for the knowledge of end users and providers. Key global brands and distributors include Premier Plus Partners: Aditya Infotech, CP Plus, Enterprise Software solutions Limited (eSSL), Ezviz, Globus Infotech, Markon, Ozone Overseas, Prama Hikvision, Syrotech,Teltonika, and Premier Partners such Facego, Hogar, Netgear, Perto Catrax, Pictor, Seagate, True View, Zebronics amongst others. Significantly, in an industry where up-gradation of technology is the very key to surviving competition, the IFSEC India Expo provides high-impact, informative demos and a wealth of opportunities for the visitors to network and learn about new technologies, industry best practices and trends, challenges, market insights and discover the best solutions to keep their business and clients secured. One of the novel ways by which the expo this year is encouraging this vital interaction between key exhibitors with cutting edge innovations to offer and big ticket buyers is through the creation of the Regalia Lounge, an exclusive, private 5 star lounge, meant solely for one-on-one interactions and high octane business on a ‘By Invitation Only’ basis. With security in India continuing to be an onerous task, IFSEC India 2019 has decided to proactively decipher relevant insights gained in the global security market as well as latest technology such as aerial vehicles and drones by conducting a two day conference with the theme – Power Insights into the World of Security – alongside the exhibition. The conference will witness the presence and participation of eminent industry personalities including D.R. Karthikeyan, former Chairman, Assocham Homeland Security Council; Lt. Gen. J. K. Sharma, AVSM, First Senior Defence Advisor to Uttar Pradesh Government; Prof Anmol Deshmukh, Police and Cyber Advisor, Department of Home, Government of Maharashtra; Col V S Chandrawat, SM, CPP, PSC, Group Head Security, Adani Enterprises Limited; Cdr Sandeep Kumar, Director…
IBM Launches Skills Build Platform in Collaboration with Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
IBM recently launched Skills Build platform in collaboration with Directorate General of Training under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). As part of the programme, a two-year advanced diploma in IT, networking and cloud computing, co-created and designed by IBM, will be offered at the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) & National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs). The platform will also be extended to train ITI & NSTI faculty on AI skills for future of work. Skills Build offers digital learning content from IBM and partners such as CodeDoor, Coorpacademy and Skillsoft. The digital platform will provide a personal assessment for cognitive capabilities and personality via MyInnerGenius to the students. They will then learn foundational knowledge about digital technologies, as well as professional skills such as resume-writing, problem solving and communication. Students will also receive recommendations on role-based education for specific jobs, that include technical and professional learning. This initiative is part of IBM’s global commitment to create a job-ready workforce and to build the next generation of skills needed for new collar careers. The platform is deployed with the support of leading NGOs like Unnati and Edunet Foundation. IBM Volunteers along with the NGOS will offer students personalised coaching and experiential learning opportunities. “Our collaboration with MSDE will help the next generation to compete in the global economy. Skills are the new currency and this program will address industries’ constant struggle for job-ready individuals. The platform will help students develop the technical and professional skills needed for competitive ‘new collar’ jobs. Skills Build platform will reinforce IBM’s commitment in enabling life-long learning in India and aligning with Skills India initiative by Government of India,” said Chaitanya Sreenivas, Vice President and HR Head, IBM India Pvt. Ltd. Commenting on the collaboration, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship said, “We are delighted to partner with IBM in empowering the students with newage capabilities and professional skills. This initiative will help the next generation to scale themselves to the changing market demands.” “We aim to make constant endeavours to skill our students in this technological age by ensuring that nation’s youth is skilled digitally to make them adapt to the new age technology and ensure industry readiness. DGT strives to digitally revolutionize the vocational training system in India,” said Dr. K.P. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship about this new partnership. IBM joined hands with Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in early 2018 to launch a firstof-its kind ‘New Collar Curriculum.’ Post the successful completion of the course, in September 2019, 19 students were offered a five month paid internship at IBM.
Videonetics Positions Number #1 VMS Provider in India
Videonetics, the world’s leading visual computing platform development company has recently achieved No. 1 position as the video management software provider in India with the dominant market share of 36.1% – according to a recent IHS/ Informa Tech research report. Videonetics is the youngest and the only Indian VMS provider in the top 5 listing. Earlier, Videonetics was also ranked amongst the top 5 VMS providers in Asian market with the market share of 5.4%. “It is a prestigious honor to be recognized as an industry leader in VMS by IHS/ Informa Tech. This recognition validates our drive for high performance, innovation, differentiation and scalability,” said Dr. Tinku Acharya, Fellow IEEE, Founder & MD, Videonetics, “Building upon our award winning and patented AI & deep learning framework, we continue to achieve widespread adoption of our unified video computing platform (UVCP™), in smart and safe cities, aviation, industrial, education, BFSI, retail, and healthcare sectors.” Avinash Trivedi, VP – Business Development, Videonetics commented, “The findings of lHS/ Informa Tech research reaffirm our leadership position in the VMS market. We’ve always strived to bring more value to our partners, integrators and customers. I would like to dedicate this achievement to them for their continued support, commitment and excellent contribution to Videonetics growth.” Videonetics Intelligent Video Management Software Videonetics Intelligent Video Management Software (IVMS) is an open architecture, agnostic, scalable, and modular video management and analytics software. IVMS provides enterprise-class features without discriminating on the size of the project, and manages the video effectively, optimally and securely. IVMS offers flexible deployment environments to suit user’s preferences and needs. IVMS is a part of Videonetics’ patented UVCP™ which brings together other applications such as AI and deep learning based video analytics, intelligent traffic management applications and face recognition to address all of the video computing requirements. Built on open architecture, IVMS enables easy 3rd party integration with various sub systems such as access control, fire alarm systems, SCADA, intrusion detection, ICCC, C4I and IBMS systems. Videonetics Unified Video Computing Platform helps make sense of surveillance, by providing an end-toend solution for a wide range of applications. The platform is powered by the artificial intelligence and deep learning engine, which is trained on humongous data sets, making the solutions incredibly robust and smart. All Videonetics products and solutions are integrated yet modular, ONVIF compliant, OS and hardware agnostic, scalable and interoperable.
MPOP – INDIA Concluded at a Positive Note
Milestone Systems has been holding technology events for partners across the world based on region-specific demands for more than 10 years. This year, MPOP took place at Kochi in India during 13-15 November 2019 that witnessed over 140 partners including some of the most successful IP video system integrators, resellers and distributors. MPOP India 2019 served to demonstrate the power of video technology through the advantages of open platform. The event discussed industry hot topics such as access control, intrusion detection, analytics and the latest network camera technology. “Leveraging India’s fast-growing economy and an increasing demand for security, Milestone Systems is committed and focused on capturing the untapped opportunities in India. We are here to offer various open platform solutions to meet our end users’ security and non-security needs. Events such as MPOP serve as a great platform to further strengthen our partner relations and overall network across the country,” said Ritesh Deokar, Country Manager India, Milestone Systems. At the event, Milestone Open Platform Community partners also showcased their Milestone-integrated solutions (integration with XProtect®) such as the latest IP cameras, server and storage hardware, video analytics, cloud solutions, access control, wireless, body worn cameras and perimeter protection. The event also saw many ‘India first’ technologies such as Eins, InnerRange, Boring Lab, Quanergy and Awiros as part of the Milestone Systems portfolio. Sharing his experience at the event, Kandarp Jhala, Business Head, Safety and Security, Sigma-byte Computers Pvt. Ltd. stated, “The event offered an unparalleled opportunity for education, networking and peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. It helped partners like us learn several effective ways to generate new business leads and gain a better understanding of how the Milestone Systems community creates the best video solutions for their customers. This year’s MPOP was full of great information and updates on both strategy and portfolio. The partner and customer success stories shared were also highly valuable.” “MPOP in Kochi provided an excellent opportunity for the world’s leading manufacturers and experts from the open platform community to come together to showcase technologies and solutions that are integrated to the open Milestone Systems software platform. I never knew that there are so many solutions built on the Milestone Systems platform. We are very excited about the future of the video technology industry in India,” said Gaurav Mangal, AGM Head SBU – Security & Surveillance, Toshniwal Industries Pvt. Ltd. Deokar concluded, “We have been contributing to India’s flagship program ‘Smart Cities Mission’ initiative, and we are glad that participants have learned more about the infinite integration possibilities with Milestone Systems’ video management software XProtect®. In the coming years, together with our partners, we look forward to working with both government and private partners to build smarter and safer cities that will go beyond security for the future.” MPOP is a region-specific initiative where Milestone Systems provides in-depth sessions for business partners and IT professionals to share trends and technological advances in video management. Milestone Systems also conducts frequent partner training programs, events, learning days and webinars to help partners align with the latest trends and gain better understanding of the Milestone Systems community.
Gartner End-User Spending on Public Cloud Services in India Will Grow 25% in 2020
End-user spending on public cloud services in India is forecast to total $3.4 billion in 2020, a 25% increase from 2019, according to Gartner, Inc. This double-digit growth will position India as the No. 3 country for end-user spending on public cloud services. China and Indonesia will be the countries with the highest growth rates in end-user spending on public cloud services in 2020. “Moving to the cloud and investing in public cloud services have become imperative to the success of digital business initiatives. It’s no longer a question of ‘why,’ but a matter of ‘when’ organizations can shift to the cloud,” said Sid Nag, Research Vice President at Gartner, “We have entered the cloud 2.0 era, where organizations are adopting a cloudfirst or a cloud-only strategy.” Cloud application services (SaaS) remains the segment where end-user organizations in India will spend the most and will represent 42% of overall public cloud services end-user spending in 2020. End-user spending on SaaS cloud application services in India will total $1.4 billion in 2020, an increase of more than 21% year over year. Organizations are moving their legacy applications to SaaS because it provides them with the flexibility of subscription-based consumption, in contrast to expensive license-based on-premises consumption models. “SaaS adoption is associated with a lower cost of entry, which is one of the reasons for the high investment in this segment in India, which is a price-sensitive market,” said Sid Nag. The next wave of changes that Indian CIOs foresee is consolidation in the cloud services market. “The disinvestment in data centres by small and niche cloud service providers has increased the opportunities for hyperscale vendors, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Alibaba, to disrupt the cloud infrastructure services market rapidly,” said Sid Nag. Market leaders such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba and IBM currently dominate global cloud infrastructure services market, and will retain the lead as the market grows. Gartner predicts that, by 2021, 90% of global enterprise customers using cloud IaaS will take a multicloud approach. “Multicloud and hybrid approaches are becoming inherent to cloud adoption. Organizations want to take full advantage of best-of-breed solutions, and are therefore working with one or more cloud service providers,” added Sid Nag. Gartner clients can read more in the report “Forecast: Public Cloud Services, Worldwide, 2017-2023, 3Q19 Update” Gartner, Inc. is the world’s leading research and advisory company and a member of the S&P 500. They equip business leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities today and build the successful organizations of tomorrow. Their unmatched combination of expert-led, practitioner-sourced and data-driven research steers clients toward the right decisions on the issues that matter most. They are a trusted advisor and objective resource for more than 15,000 organizations in more than 100 countries – across all major functions, in every industry and enterprise size.
Axis Innovation Summit 2019 in Abu Dhabi Stimulating the Channel Partner Ecosystem
Axis Communications concluded their three-day annual India SAARC partner summit – Axis Innovation Summit 2019 in Abu Dhabi. The summit, a combined event for the entire region, provided a platform to interact with key Axis channel partners from 5 countries as well as the Axis leadership team both from the region and Sweden. The event also helped facilitate a platform for technical showcase, and understand the challenges of key partners and cross pollination of ideas among key partners. The conference hosted interactive discussions around the growing importance of security in different verticals – retail, manufacturing, critical infrastructure, and education etc., in-depth panel discussion on innovation in cyber security and how it is interwoven with the organisation’s physical security needs, growing importance of surveillance in the middle-east, demonstration of new product launches and company’s vision, and way-forward. Axis Communications also felicitated their loyal partners and distributors for outstanding works in their respective fields. Speaking on the success of the Summit, Sudhindra Holla, Sales Director, India and SAARC said, “With a rich lineage of over 35 years globally and a strong Indian presence from 2007 we understand the pulse of the Indian market. At Axis Communications, we consider channel partners as our extended family and our strongest support system Axis Innovation Summit 2019 in Abu Dhabi Stimulating the Channel Partner Ecosystem in building customer relationships. We owe a significant amount of our success to our partners and we believe in recognising their efforts and contributions. Axis is a strong channel focused organisation and our association fosters company’s growth and helps in achieving our vision.” This Summit created a platform to share insights on how Axis can support them in leveraging new market opportunities both for small and mid-sized businesses. Additionally, a view on the business strategy, product innovations and solutions were also discussed in depth. The summit provided the channel partners and distributors an opportunity to engage and interact with top management from Axis Communications.