Lt. Col. Alrazooqi has received Bachelor of Science from Maryville University in Computer Science in the year 1997 from St. …
Gitex Conference 2008 speaker: Tareque Choudhury
Prior to BT Tareque held positions with Secure Computing CyberGuard, AT&T Canada and IBM Canada. Tareque holds a Masters in …
Gitex Conference 2008 speaker: John Fitzgerald
John is a well-known and recognized security expert and a Harvard University Alumni. In his previous role he was the …
Gitex Conference 2008 speaker:Lance Spitzner
Lance runs a security consultancy specialising in the strategic issues of information risk. Spitzner has presented in over twenty different …
Gitex Conference 2008 speaker:Ahmad Almulla
Almulla has an extensive experience in the field of IT for over 19 years. He has received Bachelor of Science …
Infrastructure lifecycle management best practices
An IT infrastructure is comprised of systems and storage, software, connectivity, security and more, with each part going through a …
2010 tech career outlook
The good news is that not everyone’s predictions are as dire as Hackett’s, and there are several pockets of demand …
Being counterintuitive
In a world where most people use computers at home, where the Internet is a basic medium for everyone and …
It's not them, it's you
Not surprisingly, most of our transgressions find their foundation in the classics: lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, envy, wrath, and pride. …
Entry and exit
Identity management (IDM) is no longer what it used to be. From the most basic access management IDM has become …
The payback from virtualisation
Organisations looking to introduce virtualisation should look at timescales to implement projects as it will take longer to achieve any …
IT sins to avoid
Not surprisingly, most of our transgressions find their foundation in the classics: lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, envy, wrath, and pride. …
Striking back
It can’t be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft’s chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill …
A line of vision
IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT DR AISHA Butti Bin Bishr, former director of corporate excellence at The Executive Council …
Measure for measure
Information security metrics have a bad rep. Mention metrics to a CISO and immediately his thoughts may well turn to …
A perfect fit
It would seem obvious that for the effective functioning of an enterprise data centre it is imperative that both IT …
Building the region
“Last year was a challenging environment,” Balall Yaqub says with some understatement. As group CEO of Emitac, he takes a …
Silo state
It is here. Information explosion and excess data are realities that we as individuals, and as members of larger organisations, have …
Made for the Middle East
Technology vendors never miss a chance to state that the Middle East market is a very crucial one for them. …
Mission: Obtained
There are few organisations like the Qatar Foundation. Formed in 1995, the Doha-based Foundation is dedicated to building human capital …