02 September, 2015

Fortinet Announces the Industry’s Most Secure Cloud-Managed Enterprise Wi-Fi Solution



Fortinet’s New Cloud-Managed Wireless LAN Solution Delivers Wi-Fi Access with an Emphasis on Management Simplicity and High-Performance Security for Wireless Networks and Mobile Devices

Dubai, UAE, September 2, 2015 – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, today announced enhancements to its cloud-based FortiCloud management system and a new line of cloud-managed wireless access points (APs), continuing the company’s strategic investments and momentum in the secure wireless networking market. Fortinet’s “FortiAP-S series” wireless LAN (WLAN) APs are the most secure cloud-managed enterprise Wi-Fi products on the market, featuring Fortinet’s cybersecurity technology running directly on the AP and the latest security updates from Fortinet’s industry-leading FortiGuard Labs Threat Intelligence team. Now organizations no longer need to sacrifice security when opting to manage their enterprise wireless LAN from the cloud.

Next Generation Cloud-Managed Wireless Access Points
Distributed organizations face many challenges as they deploy and manage a wireless LAN solution for their customers and employees. Current enterprise WLAN solutions often require complex architectures to segment guest and internal networks, while demanding extra hardware like separate WLAN controllers and security appliances.  While emerging cloud-managed Wi-Fi vendors have helped to reduce the complexity and management issues associated with deploying wireless networks, moving WLAN control into the cloud has introduced security challenges that have yet to be addressed until now.

Fortinet’s new FortiAP-S series of wireless access points empower organizations to forego separate WLAN controllers without exposing the network to cyber-threats. Every FortiAP-S series access point is centrally managed through the cloud-based FortiCloud management system, enabling effortless Wi-Fi network deployment and management, increasing security, visibility and control, and reducing overall infrastructure complexity. This makes it easy for organizations to implement and manage a secure Wi-Fi network, while the scalability of cloud management makes the solution ideal for distributed enterprises that may have thousands of sites.

The Most Secure Wireless LAN Solution on the Market
The FortiAP-S series APs are loaded with advanced security features like intrusion prevention, web filtering, rouge AP detection, antivirus security protection, granular application controls and more, all running directly on the access point. These features are all backed by FortiGuard Labs’ industry-leading threat intelligence to ensure each FortiAP-S is protected against the very latest advanced threats, in real-time. This sophisticated level of hardware and software integration is only made possible by Fortinet’s expertise and dedication to high-performance security engineering and research.

“Fortinet’s new FortiAP-S series combines the flexibility of cloud management, the latest generation of wireless access point technology and the proven security of FortiGuard, all forming a secure wireless architecture for enterprise access networks,” said John Maddison, vice president of marketing at Fortinet. “We can now apply mobile-specific security policies and updates such as application control and virus scanning directly to the wireless access points, giving the customer a layer of perimeter defense for BYOD devices.”

“With the explosion of BYOD in the enterprise, and the subsequent mission-criticality of mobile devices and applications, organizations have struggled to balance the concerns around providing pervasive, easily managed WiFi coverage with WLAN security and compliance,” said Nolan Greene, research analyst, IDC Network Infrastructure Group. “Fortinet's new FortiAP-S series of access points integrates the simplicity of cloud-based WLAN management with the cybersecurity protection that Fortinet is known for.”

“We’ve worked closely with Fortinet to deliver best-in-class, business enabling wireless solutions that are tailored to meet the unique needs of each of our customers,” said Scott Fuhriman, vice president of sales and product development at TierPoint, a national provider of managed services. “We’re excited for the launch of the FortiAP-S series of wireless access points and the prospect of providing our customers with secure wireless solutions, managed completely in the cloud.”

Availability
The FortiAP-S series of wireless access points and FortiCloud wireless security enhancements are available now. Please reach out to your authorized Fortinet channel partner for pricing and details.

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Acronis Recognized as a Challenger in First-Ever Gartner Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service


Dubai, September 02, 2015 - Acronis, a global leader in new generation data protection, announced that the company has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Challengers" quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service" worldwide report. As part of the report, Acronis Disaster Recovery Service was evaluated on completeness of vision and ability to execute, ranking highest among the challengers on ability to execute.

According to the Gartner report, the DRaaS market originally emerged to address IT organizations' need to support increasingly aggressive recovery-time targets, as well as more frequent and lower-cost testing while understaffed - without requiring a significant time commitment by existing IT staff. By 2018, the number of organizations using disaster recovery as a service will exceed the number of organizations using traditional, syndicated recovery services, the Gartner report noted.

Acronis Disaster Recovery Service: A Proven Business Continuity Solution
Designed for mid-size organizations and enterprises with 100 to 1,000 or more employees, Acronis Disaster Recovery Service is an all-in-one solution for backup and disaster recovery that protects files, servers, and entire data centers. With a focus on addressing both recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO), the solution is designed for companies that have extremely low tolerance for data loss, downtime, or risk mitigation.

Acronis Disaster Recovery Service is a hybrid cloud service that replicates and backs up customer's data and systems to an on-site appliance and into one of four Acronis cloud data centers. The solution features built-in automation that significantly reduces the total cost of ownership for customers, including regular automated testing in a virtual private environment that allows you to keep your business up and running at all times and rely on less IT staff.

"We're honoured to be recognized by Gartner and we believe we're best positioned to take on the leaders in this space," said Serguei Beloussov, Chief Executive Officer, Acronis. "We're focused on bringing our customers the best recovery point and recovery time in the industry, and we're doing this with automation. Innovative services like automated, non-disruptive testing are significantly lowering our customers' TCO and our strategy is to build more automation into the product with each release."

Acronis is truly challenging the status quo! Our hybrid cloud Acronis Disaster Recovery Service offers you some unique features like guaranteed recovery time objective (RTO) of 15 minutes or less per server, push-button recovery automation, and scheduled non-disruption testing. We have taken the innovation of DR to a whole new level," said Guurprit Ahuja, Director - Middle East & Africa, Acronis. "Our ‘access anywhere’ recovery console gives clients the power to manage their local and remote DR environment in a very transparent, intuitive way, while our white-glove 24x7x365 support gives customers the peace of mind of knowing that they will never deal with a disaster alone.”

"أكرونيس" تصنف كشركة منافسة ضمن التقرير العالمي "ماجيك كوادرانت لحلول التعافي من الكوارث كخدمة"

"خدمة أكرونيس للتعافي من الكوارث" تتصدر الحلول المنافسة فيما يتعلق بـ "القدرة على التنفيذ"

دبي، الإمارات 2 سبتمبر 2015

أعلنت "أكرونيس (Acronis)"، الشركة العالمية الرائدة في مجال توفير حلول الجيل الجديد لحماية البيانات، اليوم عن تصنيفها كشركة منافسة من قبل "غارتنر" (Gartner) في التقرير العالمي الأول من نوعه لشركة "غارتنر" تحت عنوان "ماجيك كوادرانت لحلول التعافي من الكوارث كخدمة" (Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service). وشمل التقرير تقييم خدمة "أكرونيس للتعافي من الكوارث" (Acrones Disaster Recovery Service) من حيث اكتمال الرؤية والقدرة على التنفيذ، حيث حازت على أعلى مرتبة من بين الحلول المنافسة فيما يتعلق بالقدرة على التنفيذ.

وبحسب التقرير فإن ظهور سوق "حلول التعافي من الكوارث كخدمة" يهدف في مضمونه إلى معالجة حاجة مؤسسات تكنولوجيا المعلومات لدعم مسألة تلبية أهداف وقت الاسترجاع، بالإضافة إلى زيادة معدل تكرار الإختبار بأقل تكلفة في حالة نقص العمالة دون التزام فريق عمل تكنولوجيا المعلومات الحالي بوقت أكبر. ومن المتوقع أن تتجاوز أعداد المؤسسات التي تستخدم خدمات التعافي من الكوارث كخدمة أعداد المؤسسات الأخرى التي تستخدم الخدمات التقليدية والموحدة للتعافي من الكوارث، في حلول 2018، وذلك وفقاً لتقرير "غارتنر".

خدمة أكرونيس للتعافي من الكوارث: أحد حلول استمرارية الأعمال التي أثبتت فعاليتها
تعتبر "خدمة أكرونيس التعافي من الكوارث" حلاً متكاملاً للتعافي من الكوارث والنسخ الإحتياطي والذي يعمل على حماية الملفات والنظم الخادمة ومراكز البيانات بالكامل، وتم تصميمه خصيصاً للمؤسسات والشركات متوسطة الحجم التي يتراوح أعداد موظفيها بين 100 و1000 موظف. وتم تصميم هذا الحل، الذي يعمل بشكل رئيسي على تلبية أهداف نقاط استرجاع البيانات (RPO) وأهداف زمن استرجاع البيانات (RTO)، للشركات التي لا تتمتع بقدرة كبيرة على تحمل فقدان البيانات أو التوقف عن العمل أو التخفيف من المخاطر.

وتتميز "خدمة أكرونيس للتعافي من الكوارث" بكونها خدمة سحابية هجينة تقوم باستنساخ بيانات العملاء والأنظمة ونسخها احتياطياً على أحد الأجهزة الموجودة في موقع العمل وكذلك في أحد مراكز بيانات "أكرونيس" السحابية الأربعة. كما يوفر الحل إمكانية الأتمتة المدمجة التي تساعد بشكل كبير في تخفيض إجمالي تكاليف الملكية للعملاء وتتضمن إجراء عملية اختبار آلية منتظمة في بيئة العمل الافتراضية الخاصة، بما يتيح مواصلة العمل في جميع الأوقات والإعتماد على عدد أقل من الموظفين المتخصصين في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات.

وقال سيرجوي بيلوسوف، الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة "أكرونيس": "يشرفنا أن نحظى بهذا التكريم من مؤسسة "غارتنر"، ونعتقد بأن وضعنا الحالي يؤهلنا أن نكون من بين الرواد في هذا المجال. كما أننا نسعى إلى تركيز جهودنا على توفير أفضل حلول نقاط استرجاع البيانات ووقت استرجاع البيانات لعملائنا عبر عمليات الأتمتة. وتسهم الخدمات المبتكرة مثل الاختبار الآلي المنتظم في خفض إجمالي تكاليف الملكية على العملاء بشكل كبير، وتتمحور استراتيجيتنا حول تطوير نظم الأتمتة في كل إصدار من إصدارات المنتج".

وقال جوربيت أهوجا، مدير شركة "أكرونيس" في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وأفريقيا: "نسير في "أكرونيس" بخطى ثابتة وواثقة على درب التحدي والريادة. إذ توفر خدمتنا السحابية الهجينة "أكرونيس للتعافي من الكوارث" لعملائنا مزايا تنافسية عالية المستوى، تشتمل على تلبية "أهداف زمن استرجاع البيانات" (RTO) خلال 15 دقيقة أو أقل لكل خادم، فضلاً عن إمكانية الأتمتة المدمجة وإجراء اختبار آلي منتظم دون أي انقطاع أو توقف. ويمكننا القول بأنّنا نجحنا في الوصول بتقنية التعافي من الكوارث إلى مستوى جديد من الكفاءة والتميّز. ويتيح الوصول المباشر من أي مكان إلى لوحة التحكم بالاسترداد المجال أمام العملاء لإدارة عمليات التعافي من الكوارث ضمن البيئة المحلية والبعيدة بسهولة تامة ووفق أعلى معايير الشفافية والموثوقية، في حين أن خدمات الدعم المتاحة على مدى 24 ساعة طيلة أيام الأسبوع وعلى مدار السنة تضمن تعزيز الشعور بالأمان والثقة لديهم بمجرد معرفة أنهم يحظون بالدعم الكامل للتعامل مع الكوارث بفعالية وكفاءة عالية."

Assessing The Effects Of The Saudi Government's Debt Issuance Program On The Domestic Banking System


02-Sep-2015

In early August 2015, the Saudi Arabian government issued Saudi Arabian riyal (SAR) 20 billion in local currency debt subscribed by public institutions and local banks. The bonds were issued across three tranches with five-year (1.92% yield), seven-year (2.34% yield), and 10-year (2.65% yield) maturities. The issuance followed a SAR15 billion private placement with non-bank Saudi Arabian financial institutions in July. Looking ahead, we understand that the government is likely to continue issuing debt on a monthly basis under this local currency program to finance its burgeoning fiscal deficit (see "Middle East And North Africa Sovereign Rating Trends Mid-Year 2015," published July 13, 2015, on RatingsDirect).
In this Credit FAQ, we address some of the questions from investors and other market participants about the implications of this local currency issuance on the local banking system.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the likely benefits of the Saudi government's local currency debt issuance program for local banks?
Saudi Arabia has one of the most liquid banking systems in the Gulf. We believe the banks will accommodate government issuance through a gradual shift from low-yielding, short-term liquid assets and private sector credits to higher-yielding, longer-term government exposures. We expect this shift to be positive for the banks' net interest margins (NIMs) and revenue generation. It will also benefit the banks' capital profiles since the government securities are zero-risk-weighted under Basel.
However, the upside from higher yields is likely to be muted to some extent over the longer term due to increasing private sector credit losses related to the slowdown in the Saudia Arabian economy.
We also expect corporate bank loan pricing in Saudi Arabia to increase as the sovereign issuance absorbs the excess liquidity in the banking system. We've already seen the beginning of this trend in the three-month Saudi Interbank Offered Rate (SAIBOR): Over the past 90 days, the three-month SAIBOR has widened by nine basis points (bps).
Do the Saudi banks have the capacity to absorb this issuance?
Yes. We believe the Saudi banking system is ready to accommodate sizable government issuance in case of sustained low oil prices. The system's stock of short-term liquid assets (cash, statutory deposits with SAMA [Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency], deposits with banks, and T-bills) was about $106 billion, or 18% of the banking system's balance sheet, at the end of June 2015. Additionally, Saudi banks hold substantial non-statutory deposits at SAMA ($13 billion, 2% of total assets). While the banks will need to maintain a certain portion of their allocation in short-term liquid assets, we believe through balance-sheet reshuffling they have adequate liquidity to comfortably fund $75 billion-$100 billion or more in sovereign issuance in 2015-2016 without much effect on their overall balance-sheet. In our view, further issuance by the sovereign could also be accomodated, but would entail crowding-out of private sector lending and a level of concentration in government lending.
The banking system operates with a deposit base of about $440 billion, which represents a loan-to-deposit ratio of 81% at June 30, 2015--one of the lowest metrics in the Gulf region. On the same date, the total asset base of the banking system stood at $590 billion, while its equity base was $80 billion. Claims on government and quasi-government institutions were only $25billion, representing just 4% of the asset base of the Saudi banks.
In addition, because the sovereign exposures will carry zero capital charges under Basel, we contend that the additional sovereign exposures that the banking system is likely to carry will not pressure the capitalization of the banks.
Is the likely increased banking sector exposure to the government unprecendented?
No, this is not the first time Saudi banks would carry large sovereign exposures. Before the rise in oil prices to more than $100 per barrel, which began in the early 2000s, the Saudi government had an active issuance program and sovereign exposure was an important asset class for the country's banks.
Between 1993 and 2003, for example, government and quasi-government exposures averaged about 25% of the banking systems' balance sheet. After peaking at 32% in 2003, this ratio subsequently declined year by year, reaching 4% at June 30, 2015, as the Saudi government gradually paid down any maturing debt thanks to strong oil revenues (see chart 1).
During this period, Saudi banks reallocated their maturing government and quasi-government exposures to private sector credit exposures, as well as to short-term liquid assets. For instance, the banking system's local short-term liquid assets and private sector credit were 5% and 42% of total assets in 2003, respectively. These ratios are currently 18% and 60%.
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What will be the impact on asset allocation for the banks, in Standard & Poor's opinion?
We expect deposit growth to visibly slow down in the coming quarters due to low oil prices and we expect banks' significant liquidity buffers to gradually tighten. We anticipate that Saudi banks will have to reduce their balance-sheet allocation to other exposures to be able to accommodate the sovereign issuance.
Cash and statutory deposits with SAMA, deposits with banks, and T-bills represented 22.1% of the banking system's total balance sheet at Dec. 31, 2014. This ratio declined to 18% at the end of June 2015. We expect the banks to visibly reduce their liquid asset exposures over the next few quarters. The average yield on the recent 10-year Saudi issuance is 265 bps or 49 bps over U.S. treasuries (Aug. 7, 2015, market close rates), while Saudi banks generate less than 15 bps blended yield on their interbank placements as a result of the historically low interest rates. This means we should see a visible increase in asset duration for the Saudi banks.
Similarly, we expect to see the banks' appetite for private sector lending gradually decline. Since 2003, private sector lending has grown from a base of 42% of system assets to 60%, as banks placed the liquidity from maturing government securities into other yield-generating assets. This shift was supported by the acceleration in the government's capital spending, which fueled growth in the private sector across various economic segments.
Since the financial crisis of 2009, global and local interest rates have declined sharply to historically low levels. As banks generate very limited returns at the short end of the yield curve, these conditions provided an incentive for banks to increase asset duration through increasing exposure to longer tenor private sector credit (see chart 2).
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Meanwhile, owing to increased competition (particularly in the corporate lending market), corporate pricing has softened significantly in the past few years resulting in visible margin erosion for the banks. As a result, the NIM of rated Saudi banks contracted 100 bps on aggregate between 2008 and 2014 (see chart 3). We now expect a reversal in this trend because the banks will be able to generate returns on zero-risk-weighted government securities.
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What changes does Standard & Poor's expect to see in Saudi banks' funding profiles as a result of the government's issuance program?
We expect a further widening of the structural asset maturity mismatch in the system due to our expectation of a gradual shift from shorter- to longer-term assets. Saudi banks are almost entirely funded via local customer deposits that generally have less than six months' maturity and account for 74% of total liabilities.
Although the deposit market is very liquid, we expect to see a gradual tightening since we anticipate a slowdown in deposit growth in line with lower oil prices and slowing economic growth. We believe the government and public sector deposits could prove to be particularly suscpetible to a decline because the authorities might draw on these resources due to declining revenue generation. These deposits represented 21% of the system deposit base at June 30, 2015 (see chart 4). Besides the gradual increase in asset duration as banks reallocate assets from liquid assets into sovereign issuances, we expect Saudi banks to try to increase the average tenor of their deposit base. However, we do not foresee a major change in the liability duration of deposits in the Gulf because of their structural short-term nature, unless the banks try to address this via long-term issuance in the debt capital markets.
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We also expect to see a visible deterioration in the amount of current accounts available to the banks. Before global interest rates began their sharp decline in 2009, the overall current account deposits-to-total deposits ratio in the Saudi banking system was lower than it is at present. Between 1993 and 2009, it averaged 43%. Since 2009, in line with the sharp decline in interest rates and deposit prices, the ratio increased to 66% at June 30, 2015 (see chart 5). Given our expectation of a gradual slowdown in deposit growth, local funding and deposit pricing to move up, and higher deposit prices, we would therefore expect to see some decline in the current account deposits built up in the system over the past few years.
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What is the likely impact of the issuance program on bank profitability, in Standard & Poor's view?
We believe the overall impact will be positive. We expect the blended average yield on earning assets for the banks to improve gradually as they begin to shift from low-yielding, short-term interbank placements to higher-yielding government securities.
Although we expect the cost of funding for the banks to begin gradually moving upward, we still believe asset yields will improve and believe banks' NIMs will expand. NIMs for Saudi banks have visibly shrunk in the past few years in line with declining lending prices and low interest rates, to 2.9% last year from 3.9% in 2009 (see table 1).
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In addition, the Saudi sovereign debt will carry zero-risk-weighting under Basel, and the capital charges for interbank and corporate lending are higher than sovereign exposures. Therefore, the banks' return on capital should benefit from this move, likewise their return on equity generation.
What will be the impact of the issuance program in the corporate loan market?
Over the past few years, due to the very low returns on the interbank market and absence of sovereign issuances or other yield-generating assets, the Saudi banks have had to compete in the loan market, driving down prices. We now expect this trend to reverse and corporate loan market pricing to gradually recover.
We believe this might also provide an incentive for Saudi corporates to begin issuing U.S. dollar debt. Saudi Arabia is the largest bond and sukuk market in the Gulf, and traditionally most of the issuance is unrated local currency issuance that's taken up by local banks. In the near term, we believe the banks will have less of an incentive to absorb this debt, due to the availablity of higher-yielding sovereign issuance.

31 August, 2015

Riyad Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi and Saudi Hollandi Bank sign on as Platinum Sponsors of 3rd Annual Saudi Trade Finance Summit


The kingdom’s leading financial institutions have renewed their support for the annual summit
(Dubai 27 August 2015) - Riyad Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi and Saudi Hollandi Bank, three of the Middle East’s leading banks, have been announced as Platinum Sponsors of the 3rdAnnual Saudi Trade Finance Summit 2015 – the largest and most influential gathering of trade finance decision makers and senior financial professionals in the kingdom. The event will be held from November 10 to 11 at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh.
Speaking on the significance of their sponsorship, Mohammed Abo Al-Naja, Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking Services at Riyad Bank says: “We wish to create more awareness amongst the Saudi business community on the latest developments in trade finance and how banks can help them in their business. We will be offering various trade finance solutions and also discuss with CEOs/CFOs their expectations and business requirements from banks such as us.”
Frank Hamer, General Manager, Transaction Banking Group at Saudi Hollandi Bank adds: “This is a good opportunity to meet and address the right people from organisations related to the trade finance business within Saudi Arabia and other countries in the GCC. It will also give us the chance to showcase our ability in catering to the future demands of our customers in terms of modern technology, versatile products and market expertise. We consider it our prime responsibility to promote the kingdom amongst our trading partners to further enhance its economic development and fulfil its aspiration to be one of the world’s trade hubs.”
Sidh N C, Director Operations at QnA International has emphasised the significance of trade finance instruments in boosting the Saudi Arabian economy.
“Traditional trade financing has seen exponential growth in recent years and this event reflects that upbeat enthusiasm about the sector. The 3rdAnnual Saudi Trade Finance Summit 2015 will provide an excellent platform for organisations to capture new business opportunities, discuss possible solutions to their various concerns and promote profitability and cost-effectiveness by adopting better technologies and processes in their operations,” he says.
The third instalment is riding on the success of the past summits, making the annual event the most sought-after gathering of corporate and financial institutions in one venue. What sets it apart is its exclusivity, giving invited guests unique access to a wealth of information and top-level insights that only an event of this calibre could provide.
“All in all we consider this as the most prestigious annual event in Saudi Arabia, which brings together the main stakeholders involved in revolutionising the trade finance industry, government and regulatory authorities, financial institutions, insurance providers, export credit agencies, risk assessment firms, technology providers, legal consultants, as well as company directors, CEOs, heads of finance, treasurers and the small and medium business owners in the kingdom,” adds Hamer. 

قمة تمويل التجارة السعودية برعاية رسمية من بنك الرياض والبنك السعودي الفرنسي والبنك السعودي الهولندي

المؤسسات المالية الرائدة في المملكة تجدد دعمها للقمة في عامها الثالث على التوالي
(دبي، 27 أغسطس 2015) - بنك الرياض والبنك السعودي الفرنسي والبنك السعودي الهولندي ثلاثة من اهم البنوك في الشرق الأوسط، اعلنوا مؤخرا كرعاة رسميين لقمة تمويل التجارة السعودية التي تعتبر الأهم  والأكثر تأثيرا بالنسبة لصناع القرار وكبار العاملين في قطاع التمويل التجاري بالمملكة، وتعقد هذه القمة يومي 10-11 من نوفمبر المقبل في فندق الفيصيلية في الرياض.
وبالحديث عن أهمية رعاية هذه القمة قال محمد أبو النجا، نائب الرئيس التنفيذي للخدمات المصرفية للشركات في بنك الرياض " نتمنى ان نخلق المزيد من الوعي بين مجتمع الأعمال السعودي ونطلعهم على أحدث التطورات في مجال التمويل التجاري، وكيف يمكن للبنوك أن تساعدهم في أعمالهم، حيث سنقدم خلال القمة العديد من حلول التمويل التجاري، كما سنناقش مع كبار المدراء التنفيذيين والمدراء الماليين متطلبات اعمالهم وتوقعهاتهم من البنوك بشكل عام وبنك الرياض بشكل خاص".
فرانك هامر، المدير العام لمجموعة الخدمات المصرفية في البنك السعودي الهولندي اضاف " هذه فرصة جيدة للقاء والاجتماع بالأشخاص المناسبين من المنظمات ذات الصلة بالتمويل التجاري في المملكة العربية السعودية وباقي دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي. وسوف تعطينا أيضا فرصة لتسليط الضوء على قدرتنا في تلبية الاحتياجات المستقبلية لعملائنا من حيث التكنولوجيا الحديثة والمنتجات المتنوعة و الخبرة في سوق القطاع. فنحن نرى أنه من مسؤوليتنا ان نعزز مكانة المملكة بين شركائنا التجاريين والعمل على تطوير التنمية الاقتصادية فيها و تحقيق تطلعاتها لتكون واحدة من المراكز التجارية المهمة في العالم".
من جهته اكد سيد إن سي، مدير العمليات في شركة "كيو أن إي إنترناشونال" الشركة المنظمة للقمة، على أهمية أدوات التمويل التجاري في تعزيز الاقتصاد السعودي، وقال " لقد شهد تمويل التجارة التقليدية نموا متسارعا في السنوات الأخيرة، وتعكس هذه القمة ذلك التفاؤل والحماس بشأن تطور القطاع. فستوفر قمة تمويل التجارة السعودية في عامها الثالث منصة متميزة للمنظمات لبحث فرص اعمال جديدة، ومناقشة الحلول الممكنة لاهتماماتهم المختلفة وطرق تعزيز الارباح ودراسات التكاليف المختلفة من خلال اعتماد أفضل التقنيات والحلول في العمليات التجارية".
العام الثالث للقمة يأتي استكمالا لنجاح القمتين السابقتين، ما يجعل هذا الحدث السنوي أكثر رواجا بعد جمع العديد من المؤسسات والشركات التجارية والمالية في مكان واحد. وما يميزه هو التفرد، وإعطاء الضيوف المدعوين فرصة الولوج إلى ثروة من المعلومات والإطلاع على افضل مستويات أفكار الأعمال والتي لا يمكن ان تتوفر الا من خلال حدث من هذا النوع.
واضاف هامر " بشكل عام نحن نعتبر هذا الحدث السنوي الأكثر شهرة في المملكة العربية السعودية، والذي يجمع بين أصحاب الأعمال الرئيسيين المشاركين في ثورة في صناعة التمويل التجاري، والسلطات الحكومية والتنظيمية والمؤسسات المالية وشركات التأمين ووكالات ائتمان الصادرات وشركات تقييم المخاطر ومقدمي الحلول التكنولوجية والمستشارين القانونيين، وكذلك مديري الشركات والمديرين التنفيذيين ورؤساء التمويل و أصحاب الأعمال الصغيرة والمتوسطة في المملكة".

AQYLON is innovating in renewable energies and energy efficiency




United Arab Emirates;  2015 – AQYLON designs, manufactures and installs Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) solutions for the industrial generation of green electricity. ORC technology makes it possible to generate clean, renewable energy deployable from low to high power ratings with a minimal environmental impact and at a competitive cost.

Drawing on its unique expertise, AQYLON offers its industrial customers specialist advice on energy efficiency to help them lower their energy bills. This technology can be applied in a variety of fields such as in industries (cement, glass, metallurgy, incinerators, etc.), power production (diesel or HFO engines), as well as in environment and renewable energies such as geothermal, solar thermal, biogas and biomass.

AQYLON offers a standard range of 500 kWe, 1,000 kWe and 2,000 kWe ORC modules for three main applications:
Engine's flue gas heat recovery (gas, biogas, diesel and heavy fuel)
Industrial waste heat recovery (Heat to Power, Waste to Power)
Biomass power plants with or without cogeneration

The company also offers custom turbomachinery – ORC modules, and steam turbines – that:
can be adapted to any source of heat > 90°C to recover industrial waste heat, engines' jacket water, geothermal energy, thermal solar energy, etc.;
offers higher than average outputs.

The proprietary innovations and software developed by Aqylon can boost performance by up to 25% at a cost of up to 30% lower, and can be adapted for any application.

The solutions are flexible and can be optimized for each customer’s specific requirements.

What is unique about AQYLON – other than its innovative technology – is its sales approach. Two business concepts are offered :
Direct sales, including product installation and maintenance
A fully financed solution using an ESCO-type model, with zero investment from the customer, against the sale to the customer of the electricity generated, at a price 5 to 30% lower than the customer’s usual electricity cost (PPA)


AQYLON is developing in high-growth markets, both in France and abroad. The company plans to participate in a number of international exhibitions in 2015 to raise awareness of its technology and expand its customer portfolio: PowerGen Asia from 1 to 3 September in Bangkok (booth H30), ASME ORC from 12 to 14 October in Brussels, and CREF from 19 to 21 October in the Dominican Republic.


اكيلون – قوة الابداع في الطاقة المتجددة وكفاءة الطاقة بأسعار تترواح بين 5% و30% أقل من السعر العادي للتيار الكهربائي
الامارات العربية المتحدة – 2015
تميزت شركة اكيلون منذ أمد بعيد في مجال تصميم وصناعة وتركيب حلول نظام (دورة رانكين العضوية Organic Rankine Cycle = ORC) لتوليد الكهرباء للأغراض الصناعية بأسلوب صديق البيئة وتتيح التكنولوجيا التي تقدمها الشركة توليد الطاقة الكهربائية من مصادر متجددة بأسلوب نظيف وبجهود تتراوح من الدرجات المنخفضة الى المرتفعة دون أي أثر سلبي على البيئة وبتكلفة تنافسية.
تعتمد أكيلون على خبراتها الفريدة التي اكتسبتها على المدى الطويل لتقدم لعملائها في مجال الصناعة الاستشارات المتخصصة في مجال كفاءة الطاقة التي تتيح خفض تكاليف الطاقة وتستخدم تكنولوجيا مرنة يمكن تطبيقها في كافة المجالات الصناعية (الأسمنت – الزجاج – الحديد والصلب – المحارق، الخ) ومجالات انتاج الطاقة (الديزل والمحركات عالية الحرق) وبصفة خاصة في الطاقة المتجددة مثل الطاقة الجيو-جغرافية والشمسية الحرارية والغاز الحيوي والكتلة الحيوية.
تتوافر أنظمة اكيلون بجهد 500 ك.و.ط و1000 ك.و.ط. و2000 ك.و.ط. بتطبيقات طرازية تستخدم دورة رانكين العضوية:
  • استعادة حرارة غاز الوقود في المحركات (الغاز والغاز الحيوي والديزل والوقود الثقيل)
  • استعادة حرارة النفايات الصناعية (تحويل الحرارة الى طاقة – تحويل النفايات الى طاقة)
  • محطات طاقة الكتلة الحيوية بالتوليد الموازي أو بدون
توفر أيضاً اكيلون الميكنة التربو المتوالفة – وحدات دورة رانكين العضوية وتوربينات البخار – ويمكن تعديلها لتناسب أي مصدر حراري >90° مئوية لاستعادة فاقد الحرارة في الصناعة ومميزاتها:
  • استعادة الحرارة من الواقي المائي للمحركات
  • الطاقة الجيو-حرارية – الطاقة الشمسية الحرارية، الخ
  • انتاج الطاقة بمقدار وكفاءة أكبر من الأساليب التقليدية

تضمن الابتكارات الفريدة والبرمجيات التي توفرها شركة اكيلون دفع كفاءة الإنتاج بنسب تصل الى 25% وبخفض التكاليف بنسب تصل الى 30% كما أنها تتميز بابتكارات مرنة وسهلة التوليف تناسب كافة التطبيقات العملية والحلول التي توفرها اكيلون حلول تتوالف حسب طلب العميل ومناسبة لكافة أساليب العمل والإنتاج.
كما تتميز اكيلون بأسلوب تسويق وبيع فريد وذلك من خلال مدخلين:
  •          المبيعات المباشرة وتشمل تركيب المنتج وصيانته
  •           الحلول كاملة التمويل التي تعمل على طراز "اسكو" بدون أي استثمار مبدئي  من جهة العميل مقابل توفير الطاقة الكهربائية المولدة بأسعار تترواح بين 5% و30% أقل من السعر العادي للتيار الكهربائي.
وقد اثبتت شركة اكيلون جدارة وثقة كبيرة في الأسواق سريعة النمو في فرنسا وفي الخارج وتشارك في عدد من المعارض الصناعية الدولية البارزة عام 2015 لرفع الوعي بالتكنولوجيا التي توفرها الشركة ولتوسيع قاعدة عملائها ونذكر من تلك المعارض: معرض (باور جن آسيا PowerGen Asia) 1-3 سبتمبر في بانكوك – الجناح (H30) ومعرض (اسمي اورك ASME ORC) من 12-14 أكتوبر في بروكسل ومعرض (سريف CREF) من 19-21 أكتوبر في جمهورية الدومينيكان.




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