Microsoft will start selling its struggling Surface devices to business customers abroad via channel partners on Thursday. The move builds …
Yahoo to have new corporate logo next month
Yahoo is redesigning its corporate logo to reflect a rapidly evolving company. The new official logo to be unveiled at 9 …
Accenture report shows rapid shift in business operations
The convergence of social media, mobile computing, analytics and the cloud is transforming the way businesses operate, and companies that adopt available technologies to “go digital” will be better positioned to take advantage of rapidly shifting business opportunities and leap ahead of the competition, according to a new report by Accenture.
Oracle and Salesforce.com's love-fest: The ripple effects
While certain recent announcements weren’t as “startling” as Oracle CEO Larry Ellison had promised they would be, its deal with Salesforce.com definitely lived up to the hype and could have some lasting ramifications.
It's a new (virtual) world with Windows Server 2012 R2
The update for Microsoft’s flagship server OS includes a number of features to improve and enhance managing virtual servers with Windows Server 2012.
IT storage revolution in the era of cloud and Big Data
As forward-looking enterprises consider the future of their IT architectures, the key question emerging is not public versus private cloud, but rather how the enterprise will ensure consistency across an environment that includes both.
Most enterprise networks riddled with vulnerable Java installations, report says
Despite the significant Java security improvements made by Oracle during the past six months, Java vulnerabilities continue to represent a major security risk for organisations.
Calculating the cost of profit
Can you maintain cost leadership, service levels, solution quality, and deliver projects flexibly and to schedule? You’re worth your weight in gold, no doubt.
Building the data centre of the future
Sufian Dweik, Regional Director, MEMA, Brocade Communications, offers a flexible, on-demand strategy for Middle East enterprises.
Building the data centre of the future
According to IDC, Middle East IT spending in 2013 is projected to cross the $32 billion mark which is double the global average.
CommScope acquires Redwood Systems
CommScope has acquired Redwood Systems, which specialises in LED lighting solutions and integrated sensor networks for data centres and buildings, in a bid to deal with growing demands for full-scale intelligent infrastructure solutions.
Future-proofing your physical access control system
A number of factors are increasing demand for improved access control; new technology capabilities, escalating security threats, and the trend to converged access control solutions that combine multiple applications either on smartcards or a new generation of Near Field Communications (NFC) – enabled mobile phones.
The era of target, appliance-based de-dupe is over, what next for channel?
CommVault’s CEO Bob Hammer recently declared the era of target de-dupe appliances to be over: “They are a band aid and will fade away over time.”
Red Hat announces details for EMEA Partner Conference
Red Hat has announced dates and details for the fifth annual Red Hat Europe, Middle East and Africa Partner Conference scheduled to take place in Madrid, from Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2013.
Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, has died
Douglas Engelbart, a Silicon Valley engineer who invented the computer mouse and is credited with many of the concepts that underpin modern computing and the Internet, died on Tuesday at his home in Atherton, California.
Big opportunities
Big Data is being touted as a big opportunity for the channel to make mega bucks. Should you jump onto …
The balancing act
Does the business truly understand the complications of balancing new trends with less glamorous legacy applications? Joe Lipscombe investigates the balancing act.
In-memory of disk storage
CIOs’ ears perked up a couple of months ago when Gartner declared that in-memory computing (IMC) is racing towards mainstream adoption, and that CIOs must reskill their teams if they want to fully exploit it.
Alcatel-Lucent’s specialist move symbolic of changed market dynamics: Ovum
Alcatel-Lucent’s strategic shift from telecom network equipment provider (NEP) to IP networking and ultra-broadband access specialist is indicative of the high speed at which market dynamics have changed, according to Ovum.
Gartner to businesses: Get ready for broad deployment of Windows 8.1
Gartner is giving the thumbs up to Windows 8.1, crediting the operating system refresh with overcoming the major downsides of Windows 8.