Dell today announced the release of its second set of XC Series of web-scale converged appliances.
Dell launches converged appliances
Dell today announced the release of its second set of XC Series of web-scale converged appliances.
HDS to acquire oXya
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has announced its intent to acquire oXya, a provider of services for cloud and SAP solutions.
Taking cover
Third-party administrator NEXtCARE aims to take the confusion out of healthcare insurance. The company’s Head of IT for the MEA region, Wissam Mattout, introduced the custom made, turnkey software ‘TATSH’, which has streamlined the company’s processes while ensuring competitiveness and profitability.
Deloitte: Mixed outlook for CIOs
Deloitte’s second global CIO Survey reveals a disparity between the excitement over, and proposed investment in, technology – and the role the CIO is playing in this transformation.
Lessons learned
2014 has already gone down in history as the year of the data breach. As we move into the new year, what have we learned from our past that will aid us in the futures.
Channelling change
Havier Haddad, EMC’s Channel and Alliances Director for Turkey, Eastern Europe, Africa & Middle East outlines channel trends that will dominate 2015.
Trust issues
Storing data in the public cloud can be both convenient and cost-effective. Vendors can do some things to ensure security, but is data stored on the public cloud ever truly safe? CNME investigates the benefits and pitfalls to storing data on the public cloud.
Virtual virtues
After years of false starts, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has finally gone mainstream. If implemented correctly it can deliver substantial cost savings to enterprise IT shops. What are the risks and rewards involved in embarking on a VDI implementation for your organisation?
Dimension Data standardises managed services
A U.S. based ICT solution provider Dimension Data has released a standardised Managed Services solution for data centres. Built on …
Flying high
In his first visit to an emerging market after taking over the reins at Juniper Networks, Shaygan Kheradpir sat down with us to talk about his vision for the company and strategy for the new era of IT.
Avaya and HP Enterprise Services sign comms deal
Avaya and HP Enterprise Services (ES) today announced a multi-year agreement to offer cloud-based unified communications, contact centre technology and management solutions for enterprises.
Gulf Air appointed to SITA council
Following a nomination by the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, has recently …
A class apart
Youssef Fawaz, Managing Director, Middle East, Dimension Data, discusses how the company’s managed cloud platform enables it to stand out from competition.
Mastering the data
Moving virtual servers around a hybrid cloud environment isn’t hard, but managing the data is. That’s why NetApp wants to be “the enterprise data-management standard across the enterprise,” says CEO Tom Georgens.
Should EMC sell off 80% stake in VMware?
Talk has intensified in the past week that changes could be afoot in the strategic relationship between EMC and VMware.
Talking shop
Reseller Middle East’s fifth annual Partner Excellence Conference rallied together the channel community to discuss emerging market trends and evolving business operations.
Red Hat announces Enterprise Linux 7 release
On 10th June,Red Hat made official the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The latest release of the company’s flagship platform, RHEL 7 not only lays the foundation for the open hybrid cloud and serves enterprise workloads across converged infrastructures, but it also pushes the operating system beyond today’s position as a commodity platform.
Thirst for knowledge
Neil Menezes’ journey to becoming Group Director of Information Technology Operations at Jumeirah Group was a series of personal highlights, which saw an initial interest in computer games transform into a thirst for networking expertise.
MoFA calling
With the security and reputation of the UAE at stake, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ IT department knew it had to implement a secure communications channel for its delegates. A project that began in 2012 now sees 69 UAE foreign embassies connected to a secure WAN, which has made huge operational savings, and ensures sleepless nights for MoFA’s IT team.