Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 22 | Page 8

NEWS FireEye opens London office to better serve growing UK customer base Juniper Networks becomes official networking partner of Aston Martin F ireEye, the intelligence-led security company, has announced the opening of its new office in London. The modern space is located at Angel Court in the City of London. Evolving threats targeting UK increase security demand Over time, the frequency and sophistication of cyberthreats facing UK organisations has risen. This activity, combined with a severe skills gap and new regulations like GDPR, have made the job of creating and maintaining an in-house security team more difficult than ever before. FireEye helps customers overcome this challenge. “This move will have an immensely positive impact on our ability to execute in the UK as we now have a stunning highly functional office in one of the world’s most important economic and political centres,” said Kevin Taylor, Senior Vice President, EMEA, at FireEye. “Not only will the move help attract the UK’s best talent to come and work for FireEye, but it reinforces our ongoing commitment to providing the best cyber defences. By locating the new office to Bank in London, we can better serve our large European and global customers based out of the UK, as well as our partners and prospects.” The office will accommodate FireEye UK staff, most of which come from the Sales, Marketing, Systems Engineer, Consulting and HR teams. It will also house a regional Executive Briefing Centre (EBC) that will provide insight and support for customers, prospects and partners. L uxury British brand, Aston Martin Lagonda, and Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, have announced that Juniper has become Aston Martin’s official networking partner, bringing together two pioneering global brands. The two companies have a similar approach to innovation, continually pushing the boundaries to deliver true competitive advantage to their customers through engineering excellence and simplicity. Aston Martin will work with Juniper Networks to deploy a network able to support its business through projected growth and expansion of its vehicle ranges. Aston Martin is already a well-established Juniper customer, with deployments across its multiple manufacturing, administration and customer-facing sites. Going forward, the company’s secure networking infrastructure will be underpinned end-to-end by Juniper’s solutions. Aston Martin Racing, the company’s motorsport arm, will also use 8 INTELLIGENTCIO Juniper’s technology trackside to enable its competitive and R&D communications for events globally. Sebastien Delmaire, Aston Martin Partnerships Director, said: “It is vital to a company like Aston Martin that our networks work seamlessly. Juniper strives to be the best in its field and that is demonstrated with everything they do. We value Juniper’s reliability and best-in- class performance; which are attributes you seek from a partner. We are therefore delighted that Juniper is becoming our official networking partner.” “Our two companies, although producing uniquely different products, share many common values, including the pursuit of engineering excellence and creating simplicity as the highest form of innovation. We are extremely proud to work alongside such an iconic brand and welcome the opportunity to become even more closely involved in a day-to- day pursuit of success, both on and off the track,” said Mike Marcellin, Chief Marketing Officer, Juniper Networks. www.intelligentcio.com