The ‘Uncertainty Index’

The potential business impact of cyber attacks and data loss, along with high-profile data breaches experienced by organisations like LexisNexis andEvernote, seems to have done little to convince small and mid-size businesses that they should be making cyber security a priority.

Cyber-crime will not stop for Christmas

Threats lurk within networks, endpoints or devices, often hidden in poorly configured settings or permissions, ineffective data governance, access management and usage policies. These unseen threats come from all perimeters of the organisation and major trends such as BYOD, big data, cloud, and mobile apps have increased the challenge faced by IT leaders.

R&M: Middle East Telcos Require Foresight and Meticulous Planning to Protect FTTH Network Investments

High demand for superfast broadband and internet services by households across the region necessitates large scale rollout of FTTH networks. Field cabling or Outside Plant (OSP) cabling is now the biggest challenge in these deployments and the long term success of telecom operators will be decided by how they plan and deploy these networks today.

In the virtual realm

Redington Value has been recently signed up by VMware to distribute its whole portfolio in MENA region, with a special focus on software-defined data centres. We speak to B. Ramkumar, Senior Vice President, Redington Gulf-Value Division, about the deal and further plans for 2014.

Time to face the facts

Network downtime translates to big financial losses for Middle East businesses, says Sufian Dweik, Regional Manager, MEMA, Brocade

DevOps for Agility & Innovation

The most successful businesses use DevOps to remove any roadblocks that stand in their path, writes Alan Hale, director of EMEA Consulting at Red Hat.

Taking retail seriously

Seagate’s external hard drive unit was separated from the internal business earlier this year in an attempt to bring more focus to both sides. We speak with Motaz Khalil, Retail Marketing Manager, Seagate, and Ayman Al-Ajouz, Sales Manager, MENA, Seagate Branded Solutions, to find out how the new push into the retail business has gone.

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