May has been another very busy month packed with events and plenty of travel! I spent a few days with some of our best sales people at the McAfee President’s Club in Venice and Croatia, followed by a short stop at the McAfee Executive Summit in Frankfurt where I had the pleasure of catching up Read more…
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Last week I was in one of my favourite cities – Istanbul. Not for pleasure unfortunately, but for our EMEA QBR. I was passing time in the airport lounge, flicking between news stories on my iPad, when I was struck by the amount of articles on the ‘right to be forgotten.’ ENISA – the European Read more…
Tags: cyber criminals, data governance, Data Protection Regulation, EMEA, ENISA, EU, Identity, knowledge assets, loggins, McAfee, passwords, personal data, PIN, social media, the European Network and Information Security Agency
My travels have continued over the past few weeks. First stop – South Africa, where I met with some of our customers and partners. It’s an exciting time for Africa at the moment in terms of opportunity. According to Canalys, Africa is leading growth in EMEA with a year-on-year growth rate of almost 15%. The Read more…
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Intel and McAfee welcome European Union resolve to fight cyber threats By David Hoffman, Raj Samani and Christoph Luykx Today, the European Commission and the EU’s External Action Service (EEAS) presented its response to the growing threats presented in cyberspace by releasing a policy document (the “Communication”), outlining the longer term required actions together with Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, cybersecurity, EMEA, global threat intelligence, public policy, Public-Private partnerships
Thanks to all of you that submitted photos for our Profitability Stack contest and to our iPod nano winners, Yves Pauwels from SaaSForce and Liron Carni from Calcom! We are seeing great success with partners that are helping drive McAfee business. One of the areas where I constantly get feedback is around ease of doing Read more…
Tags: Channel Partners, EMEA, Profitability Stack
I hope that you all enjoyed your time off during the summer season. I presume you are back to work fully energized. On my side, I had a fantastic break in Spain with friends and family. I had a flying start for my return; there hasn’t been a quiet minute, as there is so much Read more…
Tags: Big Data, botnets, Compliance, drive-by downloads, EMEA, information growth, IPS, McAfee, raonsomware, Russia, Security Connected, smartphones, tablets, threat report, twitter
Last week I attended the McAfee Executive Summit in New York City. It was such a great event, intense and packed with so much to say and share. Our global senior management team came together to review our strategy for the second half 2012, 2013 and beyond. We discussed strategies we should implement, what we Read more…
This is a busy summer though it can be hard to believe that summer arrived in some parts of EMEA! As soon as Q2 closed, I travelled to Cannes for a series of meetings. First of all I attended the EMEA Talent Forum. This EMEA program brings together on a regular basis some of our Read more…
Tags: DeepSAFE, EMEA, IPS, Magic Quadrant, McAfee Labs, SIEM
Here I am back from my third trip to the US in a six week time frame. During this meeting I worked with the leadership team to finalize the 2012 McAfee planning. I must say that I am really excited. We have a very robust plan with a key focus on France, Germany, UK, The Netherlands, Nordics and Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, EMEA, Nitro Security, quarterly threat report, security management
Part of my hectic schedule across the last 2 months has been supporting and attending the McAfee Focus Conferences. The season started with a very successful Focus in Germany followed by the McAfee Corporate Flagship event in Las Vegas. FOCUS London and FOCUS Paris followed the week after Las Vegas with FOCUS Madrid ending the 2011 Read more…
Tags: EMEA, intel, McAfee, McAfee FOCUS
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