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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
Dell EMC develops hybrid cloud and big-data solutions built on converged infrastructure, servers, storage and cybersecurity technologies for enterprise customers.
Graham Porter, the company’s business development director EMEA for surveillance and security, recently spoke to our US-based media partnerSecuritySolutionsWatch about the need to finesse access to archived video, the challenge of managing data from multiple sources and meeting the storage needs of critical national infrastructure – among many other topics.
SecuritySolutionsWatch.com: Thank you for joining us today, Graham. It’s truly an honor to speak with a former member of the Royal Navy and co-creator of the SaaS solution incorporating cloud solutions for public sector and major enterprise customers. Before discussing recent trends and developments, please elaborate for us about your background.
Graham Porter: In security, a mixed background appears helpful.
Originally an electrical engineer, I was tasked with management of HM Trident submarine fleet electronic security originally to cover a G8 security conference, but thereafter to modernise the systems and processes around securing the naval base which housed the GB atomic weapons arsenal and associated accessories.
For 7 years plus I worked with Cisco as part of their emerging technology team, based in London.
SecuritySolutionsWatch.com: In our recent chat with Ken Mills, General Manager, Dell EMC, Surveillance and Security we talked about how Dell EMC is today “#1 In Everything, All in 1 Place” and making the world safer. Your thoughts, Graham, on this topic?
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“‘People of interest’ were known weeks before terrorist incidents – but data was part of an unsearched, unstructured archive”Graham Porter, the company's business development director EMEA for surveillance and security, recently spoke to our US-based media partner SecuritySolutionsWatch.
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SecuritySolutionsWatch.com: Thank you for joining us today, Graham. It’s truly an honor to speak with a former member of the Royal Navy and co-creator of the SaaS solution incorporating cloud solutions for public sector and major enterprise customers. Before discussing recent trends and developments, please elaborate for us about your background.