Reseller ME catches up with Ajay Singh Chauhan, Group CEO, Spectrum Group to get the lowdown on the company’s perspective in the changing landscape of the channel.
Through the looking glass
And it was all going so well. As vendors began to build more comprehensive cloud-based product roadmaps, Middle Eastern users were beginning to see just how cloud services can streamline their businesses. According to a Gartner report from earlier in the year, cloud adoption was due to grow monumentally in the region up to 2016. This was largely due to issues surrounding security and compliance being ironed out.
How to simplify your infrastructure
It’s a cold, hard fact that enterprises are putting more strain on their networks now than ever before. On top of this, never before has the risk of downtime been more pertinent―businesses simply can’t afford for their networks to be down, even momentarily, meaning the pressure is on CIOs to ensure that all services are up-and-running all of the time.
Look up to LTE
At Alcatel-Lucent’s annual Technology Symposium, much was made of a coming tide of LTE deployments. But can the fourth-generation wireless technology provide channel partners with decent opportunities for growth?
The Way Forward
When it comes to security, it seems everyone’s in a state of perpetual panic. Whether it’s mobile malware, BYOD or hacktivism, over the course of 2013 the issue of protecting valuable information and resisting attack has inspired a dizzying and persistent challenge.
9 storage trends for 2014
CNME asks a panel of experts to look forward to the nine biggest storage trends of 2014.
Empowering the Crowd
As Powering The Cloud hosted its 10th anniversary show in Frankfurt, few would question that cloud computing uptake is on the rise. The same few would question that it is a trend that is here to stay, and one that businesses will have to adapt to.
Being partner-centric
TechAccess, the value-added IT distributor in the Middle East, Levant and North Africa regions believes a strong partner program can enhance business relationships.
Ten times the power
The tenth edition of the Powering the Cloud conference held in Frankfurt, Germany, suggested a bigger-than-ever drive to adopt cloud computing, despite continuing security concerns.
Why mobile and cloud will converge to become Mobile Cloud
Everything’s coming up mobile these days. Gartner estimates that PC sales will make up only about 13 percent of device sales in 2013 – and some undisclosed portion of those PCs are notebooks.
Europe’s biggest software clusters no match for Silicon Valley heavyweights
The EU has built a core of world class software zones but remains some way from emulating Silicon Valley’s ability to fuse technological innovation with economic success, a Fraunhofer Institute study has found.
Insight: top signs that you’ve been breached
Because data is often the most valuable corporate asset – especially when customer information is concerned – staying alert for potential compromise is a critical IT job. Unfortunately, looking into a potential data breach is not easy.
Bring on the services
There is an increasing emphasis on service-aligned approach to IT operations so that CIOs can deliver on the promise of partnering with business. Ashish Kuthiala, Chief Marketing Officer, Business Services Management Software, HP, talks about the value of a services aligned view of IT.
When In Roam
Long term evolution (LTE), often marketed as 4G LTE, currently serves as the optimum standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile devices and data terminals.