The conference which was held under the theme “An Opportunity to re-invent IT with open source during the current economical …
Making inroads
Kaspersky Lab says the company is growing and is primed to take the number three spot in global market share …
Track, Cisco train Saudi-based resellers
Resellers were hosted by Cisco and Track top management who encouraged them to familiarise themselves on channel programmes and product …
Red Hat moves into desktop virtualisation
Open source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its virtualisation platform, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (REV), to include support …
Energy-efficient Ethernet: A greener choice
IEEE 802.3az, or the Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard, will implement low-power idle (LPI) modes for the full range of Ethernet …
Making the A list
Innovation is alive and well, if the entries to Network World Middle East’s first annual awards are anything to go …
KSA IT market to hit US$4 billion in 2010
Al-Falak Electronic Equipment and Supplies Company, a provider of technology-based end-to-end solutions in the Middle East, …
Brocade aims for more balance with Foundry
Sales of Brocade's Ethernet switches, obtained from its multibillion dollar acquisition of Foundry Networks in 2008, were down 24% in …
CommVault announces SnapProtect integration with EqualLogic
CommVault is introducing a new extension to its snapshot backup protection client, an integral part of Simpana v8 software, to …
Microsoft-Citrix bolster play against VMware
“Clearly Microsoft is taking direct aim at VMware. They see VMware is their key competitor,” said John Sloan, lead research …
Paramount opens office in Oman
This latest addition takes the number of Paramount offices across the region to six including its headquarters in Dubai and …
Toshiba rolls out ?The Perfection Promise? initiative
The initiative offers the following coverage as a complimentary benefit to all fully-paid Toshiba laptops purchased between March 15th and …
IBM, Microsoft court SMBs with cloud, appliances
In terms of running IT operations, 2010 may be a good year for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). At least …
Eros Digital Home launches lifestyle digital store
Located at Mirdiff City Centre, the new store will offer not just a wide range of products but will also …
Alcatel-Lucent lays groundwork for next-gen mobile services
Alcatel-Lucent's new Ultimate Wireless Packet Core is designed to let operators get a handle on the current mobile data explosion …
Capacity planning for Exchange
Here are five capacity planning best practices for optimising the performance of your Exchange infrastructure. 1) Database and storage sizing: …
Seven questions with Cisco CEO John Chambers
This goal of being the number one IT company puts Cisco into a different market. People know you as the …
To consolidate or not to consolidate?
The calls are not just getting louder but come at a time when more distributors in the Middle East are …
Ciena completes acquisition of Nortel’s assets
The US$773.8 million aggregate purchase price for the acquisition consists entirely of cash is subject to adjustment based upon the …
Ciena completes Nortel business unit acquisition
The $773.8 million (USD) aggregate purchase price for the acquisition consists entirely of cash. The purchase price is subject to …