Chuck Schaeffer, chairman of Aplicor Standfirst: SaaS-based ERP and CRM vendor, Aplicor, is a veteran in its space with clients …
Unified Communications in the cloud
Unified communications (UC) as we know it today is flawed. The initial investment is simply too high for the return, …
Waterford Technologies, LQ Secure partner
Brendan Nolan, CEO of Waterford Technologies, says the company believes that there is an immense scope for its product range …
Reaping rewards
HCL BPO, a division of HCL Technologies Limited, is a dominant player in the business process outsourcing (BPO) field with …
HP draws on Avaya as a unified communications partner
Because of the agreement, HP can offer direct support for and training on Avaya products rather than having to collaborate …
Avaya CEO on competition, cloud and Nortel integration
How's the Nortel integration going? The integration is going fairly well. If I were to look at it from the …
Emirates Airlines runs Office 2010 pilot
Microsoft Gulf recently announced that Emirates Airline has become an early adopter of Microsoft’s latest Office product – Office 2010. …
Cisco, Citrix team on desktop virtualisation package
Hoping to ease a typically arduous deployment process, Citrix and Cisco Systems are jointly offering a package for running a …
HP upgrades SANs, management software
Hewlett-Packard today announced several product upgrades for its small and mid-sized customers, including a new version of its modular storage …
The end of outsourcing
Most outsourcing analysts and consultants will tell you that the future of the traditional IT services industry is uncertain. Arjun …
Slick Support
In the UAE, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) does not require an introduction. One of those rare organisations that touch …
UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar lead in adoption of telecom services
The United Arab Emirates is the most connected country in the Arab World according to the Arab Advisors Group’s annually …
VMworld survey reveals security as primary business objective
Altor Networks and Juniper Networks recently announced the results of a jointly conducted survey at the VMworld show floor. The …
Disk storage still bouncing back, IDC says
The market for enterprise disk storage systems grew strongly in the second quarter, continuing to recover from a slump brought …
Dell hawks its new modular data centre
Dell has been relatively quiet about its modular data-center products, but on Tuesday it showed off a new design it …
Dell goes modular
Dell has been relatively quiet about its modular data centre products, but has now showed off a new design it …
Oracle takes over JavaOne conference
Next month’s revamped JavaOne conference, the first under Oracle’s jurisdiction, will feature a keynote presentation from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, …
NetApp revenue grows 36% in Q1
Data storage vendor NetApp reported today on its revenue for the first quarter of 2011, stating total product sales grew …
On the centre stage
NWME: X86 virtualisation was once a revolutionary technology. But now, hypervisor is fast becoming a commodity. What is your differentiation? …
Skills and training
Chandan Mehta, product manager at Fujitsu Technology Systems in the region The Middle East has traditionally and for many years, …