INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Infoblox appoints Ashraf Sheet as MEA
Regional Director to drive company’s
regional expansion
Infoblox Inc, the network control company
that provides Actionable Network
Intelligence, has announced that Ashraf
Sheet has been promoted to the role of
Regional Director, Middle East and Africa,
responsible for leading the strategic
development of the business in the
region and further accelerating the high-
growth rates that the company has been
experiencing in recent years.
Cherif Sleiman, Vice President, EMEA at
Infoblox said, “Middle East and Africa is a
core market for Infoblox and as we look to
build our success in the region, having the
right leader is critical to our growth strategy.
Ashraf is an industry veteran with over 18
years of experience in the market. He has
local knowledge, contacts and the leadership
skills that will allow us to build a strong
team and partner community in the region.”
Ashraf is a network and security
expert in the Middle East and has held
various progressive roles, including senior
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security consultant,
leader for Managed
Security services
and head of Security
Business Unit for local
and multinational
companies. In his last
position at Infoblox he
was country manager
for the UAE and
Pakistan.
“I’m very pleased
to undertake this
new challenge at
such a pivotal period
in the company’s
growth,” said Ashraf.
“I am excited to help
our highly talented
sales, marketing and
channel teams achieve
more competitive
advantage in the MEA
region. I look forward
to collaborating
and engaging with our partners and
customers to drive Infoblox’s cloud and
security solutions as part of the digital
transformation taking place in the market.”
As Infoblox looks to ramp up business in
the region, the main focus for Ashraf and his
team will be on creating value to customers
by elevating every aspect of their network
availability, agility, security and performance
on premises, across datacentres and in the
cloud. With the increasing incidents of DDoS
attacks, malware and ransomware affecting
regional organisations, security will be a big
focal area for Infoblox. It has been investing
heavily in leveraging the intelligence of the
network to establish a ‘Threat Containment’
built-in capability in its solution. The
company’s security ecosystem closes the
gap and weaknesses of siloed solutions and
its ActiveTrust threat intelligence platform
enables organisations to proactively detect,
investigate, prioritise, remediate and
prevent cyber threats.
Pure Storage names
Charles Giancarlo
as CEO
Pure Storage has announced that its Board
of Directors has named Charles Giancarlo as
Chief Executive Officer and a member of the
Board of Directors. Mr Giancarlo previously
served in senior executive roles at Silver
Lake Partners and Cisco, and succeeds
Scott Dietzen. “Charlie is an exceptionally
talented leader with a three-decade track
record of driving growth and innovation
at leading global technology companies,”
said Mr Dietzen. “We believe Charlie is the
best candidate to scale Pure to become
a multi-billion dollar global leader in data
infrastructure and solutions.”
“I am thrilled to join Pure Storage at
such an exciting time in the company’s
history,” said Mr Giancarlo. “Dietz has done
a tremendous job positioning the company
for long-term success, and Pure is in a
great position to continue gaining market
share across its three growth segments: its
data platform for cloud, accelerating data-
driven applications like artificial intelligence
and Internet of Things, as well as helping
enterprises that are seeking to derive
more value from their data. I look forward
to joining this great team to help create
the preeminent data innovation company,
expand our growth opportunities and
enhance value for all stakeholders.”
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