The global public cloud computing market will grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion, up from $111 billion last year, research firm …
Pick of the bunch
When somebody decides to host a global tour, one of the things they have to decide is in which city …
MENA cloud spending to reach $462.3m in 2013
Gartner on Sunday predicted that the MENA public cloud services market will generate $462.3 million in revenue during 2013, marking …
Big transformations for enterprise IT
Paul Cormier, President of Products and Technologies, Red Hat, explains how cloud, middleware, storage and virtualisation technologies will drive the …
Serving up 2013
The IT market has witnessed a change in direction recently and the increased need for systems integrators to sweep in …
A different league
The global technology distribution giant has taken a significant step forward into the value business with the acquisition of Aptec. …
A new world
The rise of virtualisation and cloud has revolutionised the data centre. With many touting 2013 as the year of cloud …
Cloud service partnerships to boom in 2013
Cloud service providers will seek out partnerships to offer a wider breadth of services that customers are increasingly demanding, a new report …
Red Hat to acquire ManageIQ
Red Hat has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ManageIQ, which provides enterprise cloud management …
Official document reveals the rules of Oracle’s cloud
An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle’s cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line …
Unchartered shores
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Emcor Facilities Services (EFS) says this …
Channel changes in 2013
George DeBono, GM- MEA at Red Hat, spells out how the solutions provider landscape will change in the coming year …
Fedora 18 finally makes beta
After a number of delays, the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date …
Industry gathers for CNME’s Infrastructure Strategies 2012
Major players from the IT world gathered in Dubai Marina this morning for the 2012 Infrastructure Strategies event, hosted by …
Gartner: Platform as a service market to see sharp growth
The PaaS (platform as a service) market will grow to US$1.2 billion this year, up from last year’s $900 million …
Cloud services in MENA market to surpass $378 Mn in 2012: Gartner
The Middle Eastern and Northern African public cloud services market is forecast to grow 15.3 percent in 2012 to total …
Alarm bells for hyped OpenStack project
A scathing report about OpenStack from research firm Gartner warns businesses to beware of considerable hype and says misconceptions about the open source cloud …
Larry Ellison kicks off Oracle OpenWorld 2012
The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 opened today at the Moscone Exhibition Centre, San Francisco. The five day affair began today …
Larry Ellison kicks off Oracle OpenWorld 2012
The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 opened today at the Moscone Exhibition Centre, San Francisco. The five day affair began today …
Heading into the cloud
If you follow cloud computing, you’re no doubt familiar with software-as-a-service, or infrastructure-as-a-service. But how about network-as-a-service (NaaS)? Generally speaking, the …