Taj ElKhayat, Managing Director, Middle East, Turkey, North, West, and Central Africa at Riverbed Technology, explains how to overcome challenges in location-independent computing.
Microsoft rebrands Lync ‘Skype for Business’
More than three years after acquiring Skype, Microsoft today said it would rebrand its semi-rival Lync corporate communications platform as “Skype for Business.”
MENA banking IT spend to hit $13.1 billion in 2014
Banking and securities companies in the Middle East and North Africa are on pace to spend approximately $13.1 billion on IT products and services in 2014, an increase of 2.4 percent over 2013 revenue of nearly $12.8 billion, according to Gartner.
Fortinet: CIOs under increasing board pressure
Ninety percent of CIOs and CTOs believe the job of keeping their enterprise protected is becoming more challenging according to new research from Fortinet.
Safe and Sound
Modern healthcare is increasingly becoming dependent on hi-tech IT systems and solutions. Reseller ME investigates why partners should align their focus to this sector and explores the channel opportunities present.
Infor appoints channel executive for healthcare
Infor has appointed Giuseppe Catania as the Channel Executive for Healthcare for the Middle East. Catania will be responsible for the growth of the vendor’s sales in the healthcare industry across UAE and Saudi Arabia.
A fine line
Arun Chawla, CEO, Trigon, takes Reseller Middle East through the company’s growth stages and discusses how partners can expand business without hurting their bottom line.
Prologix to host East Africa wireless connectivity seminars
Prologix Distribution will host a planned series of roadshows in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, which will cover wireless connectivity, telecoms, test & measurement and video surveillance solutions.
Nadella seeks to axe failing hardware
Microsoft’s quarterly financials are out, and they paint a startlingly clear picture of why new CEO Satya Nadella is in such a hurry to scuttle away from the “devices and services” mantra rolled out by former honcho Steve Ballmer just last year.
Gartner: 2014 IT spend due 2.1 percent growth
Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3.7 trillion in 2014, a 2.1 percent increase from last year, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
Work release
Employees and employers alike are embracing the move to mobile technology in the workplace. For employees, this means a greater amount a freedom when it comes to when and where they work. For employers, mobile technology can mean a boost in productivity and efficiency.
Molerats, here for spring
Between 29th April and 27th May, FireEye Labs identified several new Molerats attacks targeting at least one major U.S. financial institution and multiple European government organisations.
NSA granted extension to collect bulk phone data
The U.S. National Security Agency has been allowed to continue to collect phone records in bulk of people in the country, while lawmakers consider new legislation that would block the agency from collecting the data.
Red Hat adds to OpenStack expertise with eNovance buy
Red Hat is filling out its OpenStack portfolio by acquiring eNovance, a provider of integration services, for approximately $95 million …
IT on all fronts
Khalifa Fund IT Director Dr. Zuhair Lardhi has been a mainstay of the Middle East IT industry, but in the midst of his career progression he found the time to satisfy his passion for academia.
Broadcast the passion
Striving to keep up with a high-achieving family, Ali Radhi, Head of IT, MBC, has relied on his relentless passion for technology to find professional success.
CIO budgets up as CEO focus shifts from cost saving
CIOs have reported the highest level of budget growth since 2006 as CEOs have shifted their focus away from cost saving to using technology to improve the effectiveness of operations, according to the 2014 Harvey Nash CIO Survey.
Microsoft cuts Azure auto-hosted SharePoint apps service
Microsoft is pulling the plug on a new model of deploying and hosting apps for SharePoint that relied on the company’s Azure platform.
GISEC turns the spotlight on crucial security tactics
In the wake of increasing global cybercrimes and cyber-attacks, the importance of information security as the top priority of governments, …
Huawei predicts eight billion smartphone users by 2025
Eight billion people will use smartphones and 100 billion terminals will be interconnected via the internet by 2025, according to Chinese ICT multinational Huawei.