Riverbed has promoted Elie Dib to the position of Managing Director for the Middle East and North, Central and West Africa (MENA) region.
Arabian heights
LinkedIn recently launched the Arabic version of its services, but similar social initiatives are needed to maximise growth in the Middle East.
Tech, travelled
With the organisation’s data centre archaic and inefficient, Saeed Al Ghailani, Head of Infrastructure and Telecoms, Department of Transport Abu Dhabi, knew change was a must. When the arm moved to a new office in Bain Al Jessrain, he took the opportunity to modernise and streamline IT operations.
Banking on trust
Surya Subramanian always considers the bottom line where IT is concerned. Emirates NBD’s Group Chief Financial Officer talks to CNME about his relationship with technology and the company’s CIO, and how the bank’s customers are benefitting from the digital transformation.
HP to acquire Aruba
HP has agreed to acquire Aruba Networks in a $3.0 billion deal.
IBM rolls out 3 new enterprise iOS apps
IBM has unveiled a fresh crop of enterprise apps resulting from the partnership it forged with Apple last year.
Huawei unveils slick-looking Watch
Huawei is making its first foray into the smartwatch market with a new Android Wear device that was announced today in Barcelona alongside two other wearable devices.
MWC: Ericsson CEO talks solutions
Ericsson President and CEO Hans Vestberg reflected on the pace of change in the industry at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, showcasing the latest solutions that the company is bringing to market, and making predictions for 2015.
DST joins Cumulus channel programme
StorIT Distribution subsidiary Data Science Technologies (DST) has announced that it has joined the Cumulus Networks channel partner programme and is now offering open networking solutions for a range of data centre networking architectures.
Crayon appointed Snow KSA reseller
Software Asset Management (SAM) firm Crayon Middle East today announced its appointment as the first reseller and deployment partner in the Gulf and Saudi Arabia market for on premise and cloud-based SAM firm Snow Software.
GBM scoops IBM award
Gulf Business Machines (GBM), has been awarded the ‘2015 IBM Security System Outstanding Performance Award’ at the 2015 IBM InterConnect Business Partner Summit.
ManageEngine boosts network solutions
ManageEngine has today announced the latest versions of NetFlow Analyser, its real-time bandwidth and security analysis software, and Network Configuration Manager, its network change and configuration management (NCCM) solution.
IBM due $4 billion disruptive tech drive
IBM will dedicate $4 billion in spending this year to the cloud, analytics and mobile technologies, as it struggles with seismic shifts that are changing the computing landscape it once dominated.
Etisalat to host energy IT conference
Etisalat has announced that it will host the debut edition of its energy industry IT transformation event ‘Together we energise the world: Modern energy powered by modern solutions’ next month.