A few years ago the only cloud in town was the public cloud, but today private and hybrid clouds are also true contenders. In fact, private cloud implementations address a prevalent set of challenges and issues that public clouds cannot and can help speed up and smooth the way of cloud adoption.
Run different, run better
CNME’s Cognizant roundtable, held at the Habtoor Grand Hotel on February 19th, gathered some of the IT leaders in the region to discuss innovations in the industry, key data trends and market movements. Innovation was the word of the day as CIOs from around the region sat down to talk about time, budgets and moving forward.
Innovation on tap
As the largest importer of alcoholic beverages in the region, African + Eastern is leading the way in both distribution of products and sales innovation. Samir Khan, Regional IS Manager of the company, is always looking for new ways to streamline the business using innovative technology.
Clear and present danger
Knowing what is happening on your network is a pre-requisite for security now. A new class of network visibility solutions is emerging to help you spot trouble and address issues.
Change to expand
Reseller ME caught up with Sofocles Socratous, Senior Director, EMEA Channel & Emerging Markets, Seagate Technology, at the company’s annual partner conference last month, to learn about its business focus.
Synology signs up FDC ProValue in ME
The partnership allows FDC to distribute the vendor’s complete range of product line in the Middle East.
Gartner: CRM to be nucleus of digital initiatives
In one of Gartner’s latest report, it indicated that organisations are leveraging CRM technologies as a major part of their digital initiatives to enhance the customer experience.
AT&T and IBM cement security partnership
AT&T and IBM have announced they’ve sealed a partnership to provide security services for a range of enterprises with plans to unite AT&T Secure Gateway Solutions with IBM’s threat-monitoring services.
FireEye: New iOS flaw increases risk of spying on enterprises
FireEye has uncovered an iOS vulnerability that an attacker could use to run a monitoring app on Apple devices and record all touches on their screens.
STC inks pact with SAP
SAP has announced that it has signed an agreement with STC, the largest telecommunication services provider in the Middle East …
Ericsson collaborates with Etisalat Group
In recognition of the ICT (information and communications technology) market transformation and the need to adopt the latest digital technologies …
Nokia unveils affordable smartphones
At the 2014 Mobile World Congress, Nokia has released five new affordable handsets, including Nokia X, a family of smartphones …
With voice calls, WhatsApp can tap new growth
WhatsApp’s voice calling service, planned for later this year to augment its hot text-message offering, could yield an influx of …
BlackBerry rolls out BES12 for enterprise mobility
BlackBerry has unveiled plans for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 12 (BES12), a new enterprise mobility solution that is application-enabled and unifies …
Fujitsu to support infrastructure update at Dubai’s Modern Bakery
Fujitsu has announced that Modern Bakery in Dubai has selected the SAP HANA platform running on Fujitsu Power Appliance for a strategic project to update the bakery’s IT infrastructure.
Cutting through the cloud hype
Cloud computing is no longer a new concept, and many organisations have been consuming cloud services for the past several years. The use of cloud computing is growing, and by 2016 will increase to become the bulk of new IT spending, according to Gartner.
Brave new world
Converged infrastructure has become a hot topic in recent months, with industry leaders putting forward bold new claims about the future of IT.
Wall Street Beat: Tech M&A set for strong year after Facebook's WhatsApp acquisition
Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp could be one milestone in a strong year for tech mergers and acquisitions.
Dell, Red Hat team up on network virtualisation
Dell is teaming up with Red Hat to drive its effort to be a force in the burgeoning area of network function virtualization (NFV) technology, aimed at helping carriers reduce costs and quickly roll out new services.
Microsoft Azure continues enterprise push with private on-ramps
Microsoft continues to target the enterprise with the introduction of a private on-ramp for Windows Azure cloud services.