In the month that CNME conducts Cloud Congress 2012, Ben Rossi brings together thoughts and perspectives from regional end-users and …
Middle East at war with ‘Flame’ malware and new-found siblings
A study has revealed that the Flame malware, developed to target Middle East-based companies, may be just one of four …
Comguard hosts Cyberoam Partner Day to honour top performers in the region
Comguard in association with Cyberoam recently hosted the Cyberoam Partner Day where the companies awarded partners for their exemplary efforts in the region
iPhone 5’s lack of NFC doesn’t matter: survey
Apple apparently made the right decision to omit NFC from the iPhone 5, given that 68% of U.S. consumers prefer to …
Over half of Android devices have unpatched vulnerabilities
Over half of Android devices are vulnerable to known security flaws that can be exploited by malicious applications to gain …
‘Shamoon’ cyberweapon the work of amateurs, Kaspersky says
The ‘Shamoon’ malware that nixed the hard drives of 30,000 Saudi oil industry PCs in August was more of a …
Microsoft discovers Chinese malware on new PCs
Microsoft has published evidence of an extraordinary conspiracy in which potent botnet malware was apparently installed and hidden on PCs …
Quantifying the cost of downtime
Data is a bit like beauty – it’s in the eye of the beholder. One person might look at a …
HP expands cloud portfolio
HP today announced it is expanding its Converged Cloud portfolio with joint HP and Microsoft solutions that aim to simplify …
Canonical Ubuntu management tool gets hefty upgrade
Anticipating greater usage of Ubuntu within the enterprise, Canonical has released a significant update to its Landscape Ubuntu system management …
Meta Byte vows to accelerate Middle East enterprises
Meta Byte today announced a partnership with Fusion-io, the world’s fastest server and application acceleration solution provider to increase the …
Global leaders flock to Dubai for ITU Telecom World
Global ICT leaders will gather to discuss topics including the ‘radical transformation of the ICT industry’ at this year’s ITU …
Centrify teams up with Shifra to boost presence in MENA
Centrify Corporation has signed a distribution contract with regional VAD, Shifra to promote, sell and service Centrify’s security and compliance solutions. The companies will also host their first partner technical accreditation training course in Dubai later this month and participate at GITEX Technology Week.
GITEX Preview: Cisco
1) What are your company’s key products and services? Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how …
Public Cloud spending to hit $100bn in 2016
Worldwide spending on public IT cloud services is expected to touch the $100 billion mark in 2016, as companies accelerate …
Lock down your files with Folder Lock 7
Folder Lock 7 ($40, five-day free trial) is a one-stop-shop for file encryption and data security. It’s impressive and affordably …
Combating the next generation heist
Technology has changed all manner of scenarios – even the classic bank robbery. The days of rolling up at a …
Clouded with uncertainty
The migration of enterprise applications to cloud infrastructure is becoming more and more of an inevitability. But whilst private cloud …
‘Shamoon’ attack on Saudi oil industry was inside job, reports say
The destructive ‘Shamoon’ malware attacks that hit the Saudi Arabian Aramco oil company last month could have been aided by …
HP’s layoff list increases by 2,000
HP’s layoff count has increased again as the company said, in a U.S. Security and Exchange filing it will eliminate …