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Forbes appointed head of MENA region at Secure Lands Communications A irbus has appointed Andrew Forbes as the new Head of the Middle East and North-Africa region of Secure Land Communications. He has replaced Selim Bouri, who has moved on to another position within Airbus. Forbes will build on Airbus’s previous strong performances in delivering the latest mission-critical technology solutions. They are expecting their systems to follow the same megatrends that the civilian ones are following while maintaining the most important features such as security, reliability, resiliency, and of course, voice. “Our aim is to bring forward hybrid possibilities, seamless connectivity, data- Tetra technology in those regions, targeting new markets, and developing mission critical solutions tailored to customers’ needs. “We strongly intend to intensify efforts made in the fields of public safety networks, defence, transportation, energy and other critical industries such as the mining sector, in order to bring forward innovative and customised solutions that surpass competitors,” said Forbes. driven services, and applications with extremely high security standards while maintaining flawless voice services.” Forbes has 36 years of experience in the implementation, operation, and management of geographically dispersed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems and is an experienced communications and structured cable design engineer. or be s, | INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS Se cur e La nd Co mm unications “In the Middle East region in particular, we can build on our excellent existing customer relations. Our customers, particularly in the Middle East, are forerunners in |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Poloniecki joins Nutanix as General Manager of Western Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa N INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Issue 27 financial services sector, selling scalable systems and virtualisation software. “I’m absolutely delighted to have Dom join our leadership team in EMEA,” said Sammy Zoghlami, Senior Vice President of Sales for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Poloniecki commenced his professional career at Morgan Stanley as an analyst in the company’s M&A practice and gained his first experience of technology sales in the financial services sector, selling scalable systems and virtualisation software. “His extensive experience in cloud services and enterprise sales not only fits the Nutanix market position perfectly, but also our future ambitions. Most importantly, Dom is recognised as a leader with a strong reputation for developing the people working for him.” ˜ utanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, has appointed Dom Poloniecki as General Manager for its Western Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa region. With territories South Africa, as well as emerging markets in central and southern Africa, Poloniecki will be responsible for all sales and customer delivery activities within the region. He joins Nutanix after a 17-year career at IBM, where he built extensive business leadership experience in enterprise technology. For the last six years he was responsible for leading and transforming the company’s software and software-as- a-services businesses in the UK and Ireland, latterly as Vice President of Cloud Software. Poloniecki commenced his professional career at Morgan Stanley as an analyst in the company’s M&A practice and gained his first experience of technology sales in the Po lo n ie cki , Nu tani x 55