INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS & ACQUISITIONS
Veeam completes acquisition of Securiti AI
Veeam Software, a leading provider of Data Resilience solutions, has announced the completion of its US $ 1.725 billion acquisition of Securiti AI, a recognised leader in Data Security Posture Management( DSPM), privacy, governance and AI trust.
The deal brings together Veeam’ s globally dominant Data Resilience platform – trusted by more than 550,000 customers and 82 % of the Fortune 500 – with Securiti AI’ s advanced data security and governance capabilities. The result is the industry’ s first unified and trusted Data Platform, designed to see, secure, govern and recover all data at AI speed.
“ AI investment is exploding, yet nearly 90 % of enterprise initiatives fail because the data powering them cannot be trusted,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam.“ Safe AI at scale requires more than strong models – it requires trusted, governed and recoverable data. By combining Veeam’ s leadership in Data Resilience with Securiti AI’ s strengths in DSPM, privacy, governance and AI trust, we are delivering the first platform capable of seeing everything, securing everything and recovering anything across the entire data estate.”
The shift towards AI-driven operations has turned previously dormant unstructured data into both a strategic asset and a fast-moving risk surface. Traditional, fragmented security and governance tools cannot keep up with machine-speed data access or AI agent behaviour.
Westcon-Comstor names Renton D’ Souza as new Gulf MD
Westcon-Comstor, a global technology provider and specialist distributor, has announced the appointment of Renton D’ Souza as Managing Director for the Gulf as it gears up for accelerated growth in the region.
Renton has held several strategic roles at Westcon-Comstor over the past 18 years, driving expansion into new markets and leading on key alliances with channel partners and vendors across the wider Middle East and Africa( MEA) region.
With a strong emphasis on strategy as well as commercial and operational oversight, D’ Souza’ s new role will see him focus on leading Westcon and Comstor teams in the Gulf to expand market share and build on relationships with partners and vendors.
The company, which connects the world’ s leading IT vendors with a channel of technology resellers, systems integrators and service providers, recently posted
Renton D’ Souza results for the first half of its current financial year( FY26), with gross sales up 9.8 % to US $ 2.78 billion.
The MEA region reported strong performance with year-on-year increases across key metrics, making a meaningful contribution to the company’ s global growth.
“ It’ s an honour to step into this new role at such an exciting and potential-rich moment for our business in the Gulf,” said Renton D’ Souza, Managing Director, Gulf at Westcon-Comstor.“ The region’ s vibrant IT channel and dynamic technology ecosystem offer huge potential, allowing us to build on our successes to date and equip our partners with the solutions, capabilities and skills to be future ready at a time of rapid evolution in both technology and business models.”
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