On day one of TechEd, the Microsoft mantra was that failing fast is the best way to succeed. At the …
Charting a different course
Dean Douglas, President and CEO, Westcon Group
Dark skies ahead
Can the big cloud vendors work around the allegations of NSA surveillance, or is there a gloomy outlook for cloud in the region?
5 big things to watch for at VMworld
For about the last decade VMware has been one of the pre-eminent companies ushering in a new era of computing related to server virtualization. Now, the company is hoping to extend the shift beyond just server virtualization to include the cloud, plus network and storage virtualization.
Gartner labels VMware in Leaders Quadrant 2013
VMware has announced that Gartner has placed VMware in the Leaders Quadrant in its 2013 report, “Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualisation Infrastructure.”
Issues and opportunities
Given the record number of attendees at this year’s Reseller Middle East Partner Excellence Conference, it was clear that the region’s channel players wanted to hear how to tackle new challenges.
Most BYOD businesses exposing data to cyber criminals
New research has shown that the vast majority of businesses are exposing sensitive corporate data to cyber-criminals by failing to implement effective BYOD strategies.
Oracle's Saggia gives tips on simplifying IT at CIO 100
High-growth countries are usually exhibited by a low per capita income. The upside, though, is that such countries, usually emerging countries, are able to do more with fewer resources.
VMware and MapR hope to simplify virtualised big data
MapR Technologies and VMware have collaborated to make it easier for enterprises to virtualise Big Data applications and get better support at the same time.
Emirates Towers reaches capacity as Reseller launches Partner Excellence Conference
CPI Technology welcomed a heaving crowd inside the Jumeirah Emirates Towers today as it kicked off the 2013 Reseller Partner Excellence Conference and Awards.
IBM to acquire SoftLayer Technologies
IBM has announced a definitive agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, the world’s largest privately held cloud computing infrastructure provider. The acquisition …
Forrester: ‘Renegade’ business execs drive IT strategy
Business executives are increasingly bypassing the IT department and spending their own budgets on technology as “it’s too important for …
Time for a data management revolution in the Middle East
The explosion of data coupled with the move to mobile working requires a new approach to data management, says Allen …
EMC adds new features to its sync and sharing solution
EMC today announced increased storage flexibility and control for its Syncplicity enterprise file sync and sharing solution. Available in second …
Amazon Web Services will continue to disrupt enterprises, IT vendors
As I recently noted, much of the IT industry detests Amazon Web Services, with VMware in the lead. In my own …
Juniper closer to Cisco in shipping SDN brains
Juniper Networks this week will extend its SDN offerings with the release of its controller, roughly six months ahead of schedule. The …
Signed, sealed, delivered
Globally known logistics firm DHL is no stranger to making a fast, first-class delivery. So it was never in doubt …
Acer unveils all-in-one Aspire ZC-605
Acer on Sunday announced its latest all-in-one consumer desktop, the 19.5-inch Aspire ZC-605. As is the case with most all-in-one …
‘People are buying dumb storage’
At Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), Hu Yoshida is the CTO responsible for defining the company’s technical direction. For everybody else, …
CRM is top priority for IT spending in 2013-14, says Gartner
CRM (customer relationship management) software will be the top priority for additional spending on enterprise applications around the world this …