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Esentepe, Büyükdere Caddesi No:177 D:183, 34394 Şişli/İstanbul
KoçSistem, one of the leading players in information technology sector, summarizes its corporate mission by the motto “Your imagination is our strength”, and helps its customers to attain their goal of sustainable growth rate with its strategy “creating a difference” by providing them unique technology solutions and outsourcing services. KoçSistem has been one of the leading companies in the field of information technology solutions in Turkish Information Technologies Sector since 1945. In accordance with the approach “end to end services”, KoçSistem has adopted the principle of providing service beyond expectations of the customers with its customized special technological solutions.With its service centers throughout Turkey, KoçSistem provides unconditional customer satisfaction by managing information effectively and appropriately, taking position against global competition, targeting to turn its customer’s imaginations into reality, using its rapid and solution-based system and gaining confidence from its experience of 65 years. In order to perpetuate its unique position in Turkey, KoçSistem combines its corporate capabilities and creativity with the power of the world’s largest technology producers and providers by establishing strategic joint ventures. In the 2009 report of IDC, KoçSistem ranked 2nd in the Turkish Information Technologies Services Market. KoçSistem grew by 30% (on the basis of Turkish Lira) at the end of 2009 in comparison with the previous year.
Kron Technologies is a globally recognized leader in the field of cybersecurity, offering a comprehensive range of products focused on Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Data Security. Since its founding in 2007, Kron has served a broad portfolio of clients across 30+ countries on six continents.
Kron’s Identity Security solution, KronPAM, and its Data Security products, KronDAM and KronDDM, work seamlessly on a single platform, helping organizations build a stronger defense against cyber threats. Kron’s innovative cybersecurity solutions not only provide effective protection against security threats but also play a crucial role in enhancing business continuity and operational efficiency.
Listed on Borsa Istanbul since 2012 (BIST: KRONT), Kron Technologies operates offices in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir in Turkey, along with locations in the U.S. and UAE, and sales and support operations in Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Forcepoint enables Self-Aware Data Security, an AI-native approach that helps enterprises and governments know their data everywhere, adapt to evolving risks and regulations in real time, and protect at scale with a unified, single-policy framework. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint creates safe, trusted environments for customers and their employees in more than 150 countries.
İşNet, a subsidiary of İşBank, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, continues its activities with its strong corporate structure, customer-oriented approach and dynamic, experienced teams. Since the beginning of the 21st century, İşNet has been providing quality, sustainable and reliable services to companies aiming with its ‘Technology for People’ focused approach, end-to-end infrastructure services and wide range of services.
Cohesity protects, secures, and provides insights into the world’s data. As the leader in AI-powered data security, Cohesity helps organizations strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and reduce IT costs. With Zero Trust security and advanced AI/ML, Cohesity Data Cloud is trusted by customers in more than 140 countries, including 70% of the Global 500. Cohesity is also backed by industry leaders such as NVIDIA, Amazon, Google, IBM, Cisco, and HPE. Cohesity is certified as a Great Place to Work in multiple countries. Follow Cohesity on LinkedIn and visit www.cohesity.com to learn more.
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications, and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day.
Make Google part of your security team with Mandiant frontline experts, intel-driven security operations, and a secure cloud platform — supercharged by AI. Organizations can address their tough security challenges with many of the same capabilities Google uses to keep more people and organizations safe online than anyone else in the world: frontline intelligence and expertise, a modern, intel-driven security operations platform, and a secure-by-design cloud foundation.
Deepinfo, a cybersecurity company based in Turkiye, specializes in External Attack Surface Management, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Brand Risk Protection, and Third-Party Risk Management. It helps organizations identify vulnerabilities, monitor threats, and safeguard digital assets, ensuring proactive defense and risk mitigation. Serving clients globally, Deepinfo empowers businesses to navigate the digital landscape with confidence.
DefensX is a next-generation cybersecurity platform built on Zero Trust principles, designed for modern enterprises with a browser- and access-centric approach. Through its Secure Browser and ZTNA solutions, DefensX protects access to corporate applications, data, and digital work environments by enforcing identity- and policy-based security—independent of network location.
As demand for AI data protection continues to rise, DefensX also enables organizations to apply and enforce granular security policies for AI and LLM-based tools, helping prevent sensitive data exposure while maintaining visibility and control. By addressing the blind spots left by traditional VPNs and network security tools, DefensX reduces risk while increasing visibility and improving user experience across SaaS, BYOD, and remote work scenarios.
Sonatype is the leader in AI-driven DevSecOps. As the maintainers of Maven Central and creators of Nexus Repository, Sonatype has spent two decades pioneering how the world manages and secures open source software — making Sonatype the trusted authority for modern software supply chains. With unmatched open source visibility and a unified product suite built for modern software development, Sonatype gives enterprises the intelligence and automated governance they need to harness the full potential of open source and AI. Sonatype handles the complexity behind the scenes: guiding component and model selection, blocking harmful malicious code, automating dependency and vulnerability management, and ensuring faster, more reliable builds — so developers spend more time on innovation and less time on remediation and rework. Trusted by more than 15 million developers, Sonatype helps power secure, modern software development at nearly 2,000 global organizations including 70% of the Fortune 100.
Founded in 2003, Karmasis is a cybersecurity company specializing in enterprise-grade data security and monitoring solutions. Karmasis solutions are trusted by public and private sector organizations worldwide to strengthen data protection, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance operational visibility.
With a strong commitment to continuous research and development, Karmasis develops advanced security technologies aligned with global regulations such as GDPR and other data protection frameworks. Its flagship product, Dataskope, is the result of extensive R&D efforts aimed at helping organizations monitor, analyze, and secure sensitive data environments.
Karmasis solutions enable organizations to safeguard critical data assets against evolving cyber threats while improving system performance, operational efficiency, and long-term security resilience.
Forcerta’s innovative cyber security strategies enable you to build a strong defense system against the current threat landscape. With our advanced analytics and threat hunting techniques, we identify your security vulnerabilities in advance and take effective measures. This holistic approach protects your company’s most valuable assets and supports the sustainable growth of your business.
SecurityScorecard helps TPRM and SOC teams detect, prioritize, and remediate vendor risk across their entire supplier ecosystem at scale.
Wguard, with its extensive support and sales team, offers enterprise software solutions in line with today’s rising trends, especially to upper segment institutions in the Finance and Energy sectors. Our solution set includes Monitoring, Inventory Management, Server Dependency Map, Automation, PDPA, Hybrid Cloud Management and Corporate Data Protection and Management solutions.
DECE Software, offers a unique solutions for sensitive data discovery, classification, and data governance through its patented platform, GEODI DSPM, which leverages LLM and NLP technologies. Since 2015, the company has been actively engaged in cybersecurity, providing both public and private sector organizations with regulatory-compliant solutions aligned with GDPR, PCI/DSS and DSPM frameworks.
Medianova provides global CDN and Cloud security solutions. The Gartner-mentioned company has deep experience in Dynamic Site Caching, Static Content Delivery, Image Optimization, API Caching, Streaming, Hybrid CDN, Cloud Object Storage, Web Application Firewall, DDoS Protection, and Bot Protection.
ESET® provides cutting-edge cybersecurity to prevent attacks before they happen. By combining the power of AI and human expertise, ESET stays ahead of emerging global cyberthreats, both known and unknown—securing businesses, critical infrastructure, and individuals. Whether it’s endpoint, cloud, or mobile protection, our AI-native, cloud-first solutions and services remain highly effective and easy to use. ESET technology includes robust detection and response, ultra-secure encryption, and multifactor authentication. With 24/7 real-time defense and strong local support, we keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. The ever-evolving digital landscape demands a progressive approach to security: ESET is committed to world-class research and powerful threat intelligence, backed by R&D centers and a strong global partner network.
Picus Security, the leading security validation company, reveals true cyber risk by validating and prioritizing exposures across siloed findings. Offering Adversarial Exposure Validation with Breach and Attack Simulation and Automated Penetration Testing, Picus enables teams to pinpoint critical gaps, deliver high-impact fixes, and stop more threats with less effort.
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For more than 25 years, Zoho has been committed to building software and technology that help businesses excel. From small companies to large organizations, more than 130 million users worldwide rely on Zoho to get work done. Zoho is privately held and profitable with more than 18,000 employees. Its privacy-first approach, long-term thinking, deep engineering focus, and customer-centric philosophy make it one of the world’s most prolific technology companies. Headquartered in Chennai, India, Zoho has additional offices in the United States, Japan, China, Canada, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, the Netherlands, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. For more information, visit www.zoho.com
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications, and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day.
ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corporation and a leading provider of IT management solutions for organizations across the world. With a powerful, flexible, and AI-powered digital enterprise management platform, we help businesses get their work done from anywhere and everywhere—better, safer, and faster. To learn more, visit www.manageengine.com
About Barco
Barco, headquartered in Kortrijk (Belgium), is a global company leading in visualization, networking, and collaboration technology. Its innovative solutions drive advancements in the healthcare, enterprise, and entertainment markets. At the heart of Barco’s success are over 3,000 dedicated ‘visioneers’, each passionately contributing to driving change through technology.
Barco is listed on Euronext (BAR), Reuters (BARBt.BR), and Bloomberg (BAR BB). For further insights, please visit www.barco.com.
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Jyoti Lalchandani is a seasoned business executive with more than 25 years of experience in emerging markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In his role as IDC’s Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), he has been instrumental in establishing IDC’s presence in the region – first, through the initial expansion of the Dubai headquarters and then by spearheading the development of IDC offices in Johannesburg, Istanbul, Riyadh, Casablanca, Lagos, Nairobi, and Cairo.
Jyoti is responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of IDC’s market intelligence and advisory services, sales, conferences and events, go-to-market services, and office development activities across the META region. As a respected authority on emerging market tech trends, he is also regularly invited to speak at major industry events throughout the region and is frequently quoted by both the national and international media.
His field of expertise includes key tech areas such as cloud, analytics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, and he is well known for providing guidance on digital transformation strategies for the entire C-suite. He is a trusted advisor to senior executives in the supplier/enabler space across the ICT ecosystem, as well as to tech buyers from the CIO and line-of-business communities.
Starting at IDC’s CEMA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters in 1995 in Prague, the Czech Republic, Jyoti served as IDC’s regional consulting manager. In this role, he headed several country-based project teams that advised local and multinational IT vendors on issues relating to entry strategy, competitor analysis, ROI analysis, distribution and partner evaluation, and market segmentation. He later took on the additional responsibility of overseeing the CEMA software practice, in which he was responsible for overseeing all related research (applications, system infrastructure, and tools) and advisory work across emerging EMEA countries.
Before joining IDC, Jyoti served on the national board of international non-profit organization AIESEC, where he managed the association’s partnership agreements with leading Indian conglomerates. He graduated from Loyola College, India, where his studies focused on strategy management and business policy. He later attended a corporate-sponsored program at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts.
Thursday, August 13 2026 9:00 am | Location:
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Senior Research Manager, Software, Cloud, and Industry Transformation (MEA)
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Jebin George joined IDC’s vertical markets group in 2009. As a research analyst, he is responsible for the verticals research and analysis practice in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, including assessment of market sizing, market trends, forecasting, and vendor strategies for the region. He contributes to consulting and advisory projects and prepares and publishes reports focused on this region.
Having worked as a research analyst with SunTec Business Solutions, a software product company in India, George possesses strong product marketing and market research experience. At SunTec, he handled primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, market sizing, competitor analysis, analyst relations, and worked with analytical tools. He was also involved in business writing, research interviews, collateral development, and market requirements documents (MRD) and business requirements documents (BRD).
George’s academic background includes a postgraduate degree in management from SCMS, Kochi, and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from Madras University. In addition to his native Malayalam, he speaks English and Hindi.
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The summit this year will spotlight how innovation, intelligence, and resilience are reshaping enterprises through AI, cloud modernization, agentic architectures, and cybersecurity.
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Jyoti Lalchandani is a seasoned business executive with more than 25 years of experience in emerging markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In his role as IDC’s Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), he has been instrumental in establishing IDC’s presence in the region – first, through the initial expansion of the Dubai headquarters and then by spearheading the development of IDC offices in Johannesburg, Istanbul, Riyadh, Casablanca, Lagos, Nairobi, and Cairo.
Jyoti is responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of IDC’s market intelligence and advisory services, sales, conferences and events, go-to-market services, and office development activities across the META region. As a respected authority on emerging market tech trends, he is also regularly invited to speak at major industry events throughout the region and is frequently quoted by both the national and international media.
His field of expertise includes key tech areas such as cloud, analytics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, and he is well known for providing guidance on digital transformation strategies for the entire C-suite. He is a trusted advisor to senior executives in the supplier/enabler space across the ICT ecosystem, as well as to tech buyers from the CIO and line-of-business communities.
Starting at IDC’s CEMA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters in 1995 in Prague, the Czech Republic, Jyoti served as IDC’s regional consulting manager. In this role, he headed several country-based project teams that advised local and multinational IT vendors on issues relating to entry strategy, competitor analysis, ROI analysis, distribution and partner evaluation, and market segmentation. He later took on the additional responsibility of overseeing the CEMA software practice, in which he was responsible for overseeing all related research (applications, system infrastructure, and tools) and advisory work across emerging EMEA countries.
Before joining IDC, Jyoti served on the national board of international non-profit organization AIESEC, where he managed the association’s partnership agreements with leading Indian conglomerates. He graduated from Loyola College, India, where his studies focused on strategy management and business policy. He later attended a corporate-sponsored program at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts.
Thursday, May 14 2026 9:15 am | Location:
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Senior Research Manager, Software, Cloud, and Industry Transformation (MEA)
IDC
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Jebin George joined IDC’s vertical markets group in 2009. As a research analyst, he is responsible for the verticals research and analysis practice in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, including assessment of market sizing, market trends, forecasting, and vendor strategies for the region. He contributes to consulting and advisory projects and prepares and publishes reports focused on this region.
Having worked as a research analyst with SunTec Business Solutions, a software product company in India, George possesses strong product marketing and market research experience. At SunTec, he handled primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, market sizing, competitor analysis, analyst relations, and worked with analytical tools. He was also involved in business writing, research interviews, collateral development, and market requirements documents (MRD) and business requirements documents (BRD).
George’s academic background includes a postgraduate degree in management from SCMS, Kochi, and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from Madras University. In addition to his native Malayalam, he speaks English and Hindi.
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ExaGrid provides Tiered Backup Storage with a unique disk-cache Landing Zone, long-term retention repository, scale-out architecture, and comprehensive security features. ExaGrid’s Landing Zone provides for the fastest backups, restores, and instant VM recoveries. The Repository Tier offers the lowest cost for long-term retention. ExaGrid’s scale-out architecture includes full appliances and ensures a fixed-length backup window as data grows, eliminating expensive forklift upgrades and planned product obsolescence. ExaGrid offers the only two-tiered backup storage approach with a non-network-facing tier (tiered air gap), delayed deletes, and immutable objects to recover from ransomware attacks.
Mimecast is an AI-powered, API-enabled and connected human risk management platform. It is designed to protect organizations from the full spectrum of cyber threats. It integrates modern, user-friendly technology with risk detection and security literacy strategies that always keep the user in focus. Designed to make invisible risks visible and process data insights in such a way that they can serve as a basis for decision-making, it opens up proactive options for companies to take action. It helps to protect communication and collaboration landscapes, secure critical data, actively involve employees in risk management and promote a security culture that is in line with corporate goals such as business continuity and increased productivity. Over 42,000 organizations worldwide trust Mimecast to stay ahead of the dynamically evolving threat landscape. From internal risks to external threats, Mimecast offers customers more. More visibility. More insight. More agility. More security.
OpenText can help you tackle the most complex digital transformation programs with confidence. With the world’s most complete and integrated Information Management platform, we empower our customers to organize, integrate and protect data and content as it flows through business processes inside and outside their organization.
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MagicOrange is the market’s most advanced, cloud native enterprise financial management platform and the only platform that offers a fully integrated suite of IT Financial Management and FinOps capabilities. For decades, IT has been seen as a “black box” that absorbs significant costs and provides minimal visibility into ROI outside of the IT department. Simply put, the business line rarely knows or understands what it is paying for. We provide technology executives and their stakeholders with crystal-clear line of sight into expenses and cost-drivers across the entire IT estate. With that line of sight, CIOs and their teams are empowered to clearly define and communicate the value delivered to the business by IT. They can make smarter, data-driven IT investment and cost optimization decisions. And ultimately, they are able to partner more effectively with their business line stakeholders to drive profitability and growth.
Mendix, a Siemens business and the global leader in enterprise low-code, is reinventing how applications are built in the digital enterprise. With Mendix, enterprises can broaden development capability; make intelligent, proactive, and contextual apps; and modernize core systems, while maintaining security, quality, and governance. Globally, 5,000 companies use Mendix.
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Zero&One is a leading AI & Cloud Solutions expert that leverages the innovative capabilities of the cloud to help customers build new revenue streams, increase efficiency, and deliver incredible experiences. Founded in 2017, Zero&One has since evolved into a full lifecycle cloud adoption enabler. As an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, the company brings unmatched AWS expertise to support organizations throughout their digital transformation journey.
For more than 25 years, Zoho has been committed to building software and technology that help businesses excel. From small companies to large organizations, more than 130 million users worldwide rely on Zoho to get work done. Zoho is privately held and profitable with more than 18,000 employees. Its privacy-first approach, long-term thinking, deep engineering focus, and customer-centric philosophy make it one of the world’s most prolific technology companies. Headquartered in Chennai, India, Zoho has additional offices in the United States, Japan, China, Canada, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, the Netherlands, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. For more information, visit www.zoho.com
ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corporation and a leading provider of IT management solutions for organizations across the world. With a powerful, flexible, and AI-powered digital enterprise management platform, we help businesses get their work done from anywhere and everywhere—better, safer, and faster. To learn more, visit www.manageengine.com
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