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NEC XON achieves Diamond Partner status from Palo Alto Networks
NEC XON has been awarded Diamond
Partner status by Palo Alto Networks, achieving five specialisations that reinforce its leadership in end-to-end cybersecurity solutions. This milestone solidifies NEC XON’ s commitment to cybersecurity platformisation, providing enterprises and governments with integrated, simplified, and highly effective security solutions.
NEC XON is now one of only three Diamond Partners in Africa and the only one with five specialisations, covering Hardware Firewall, Software Firewall, Prisma SASE, Cortex XDR, and Cortex XSOAR. This achievement underscores NEC XON’ s deep expertise in comprehensive cybersecurity strategies, AI-driven threat detection, and zero-trust architectures.
NEC XON’ s Managed Detection and Response, MDR service, powered by Palo
Alto Networks’ Cortex XDR platform, allows for complete security platformisation.
Achieving Diamond Partner status requires a significant investment in skills development and expertise. NEC XON has built a highly trained team of over 12 Palo Alto-certified engineers, ensuring the ability to map Palo Alto’ s cybersecurity capabilities directly to customer needs.
Armand Kruger
“ This recognition is a testament to our commitment to cybersecurity innovation and our deep understanding of Palo Alto Networks’ entire security platform,” said Armand Kruger, Head of Cyber Security at NEC XON.
“ Africa’ s cybersecurity landscape is still fragmented, with multiple decentralised solutions that don’ t work together. Our goal is to drive platformisation, an architecturally simplified and comprehensive security approach, ensuring our customers benefit from unified security across endpoints, cloud, and identity management.”
Justin Lee, Regional Director at Palo Alto Networks Africa, also highlighted the significance of this achievement:“ As organisations in Africa continue to face an evolving threat landscape, our partnership ensures they have access to the most advanced security technologies, backed by a team that understands their unique challenges.”
PROVEN Solution signs MoU with University of Tabuk to introduce courses
Proven Solution is a technology company specialising in AI, robotics, and digital transformation solutions, along with its robotics division, Proven Robotics, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. The collaboration aims to enhance students’ learning experience by equipping them with advanced robotics and AI knowledge aligned with future market demands.
Under the agreement, PROVEN Robotics will introduce Advanced Robotics Training, STEM Robotics Courses, and Research and Innovation Initiatives for students in the University. It will focus on developing an advanced robotics programme to prepare students for future needs, contributing to Saudi Vision 2030’ s digital transformation objectives. PROVEN Robotics will deploy its Advanced Robotics Programme which will provide designed training with practical experience in various robotics applications. The programme will be delivered through multiple learning formats, including classroom sessions, and hybrid approaches, ensuring accessibility and flexibility.
Additionally, courses on STEM Robotics and other Research and Innovation initiatives will offer hands-on learning experiences, exposure to AI-driven robotics, and industry-relevant skills, equipping students with the expertise needed to excel in the evolving fields of automation, and robotics technology.
The key benefits for students include real-world industry engagement, skill development aligned with industry needs, and opportunities for research and innovation.
Commenting on the partnership, Mohammed Aldousari, Regional Robotics Lead at PROVEN Robotics said,“ By partnering
Mohammed Aldousari
with one of the universities in the country, we are focused on reinforcing our commitment to advancing robotics education and supporting Vision 2030. This partnership will expand our impact, develop future-ready talents, strengthen academia-industry collaboration, and position us as leaders in the robotics industry in Saudi Arabia.”
“ As we aim towards equipping our students with industry-driven curriculum, we are thrilled to partner with PROVEN Robotics,” said Dr Anas Bushnag, from University of Tabuk. •
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