The ‘Internet of Everything’ (IoE) is expected to enable global private-sector businesses to generate at least $613 billion in global …
Middle East in dire need of skilled IT pros, says CompTIA study
Middle Eastern businesses want to invest in IT during 2013, but they’re struggling to find skilled candidates to fill posts, according to new research released by CompTIA, a non-profit association for the IT industry.
Oracle releases Java EE 7 with eye on HTML5 development
Oracle has announced the availability of Java Platform Enterprise Edition 7, a release that brings new capabilities for HTML5-based application …
Gartner: 7 major trends forcing IT security pros to change
Enterprises are under heavy pressure to change their approach to IT security because of a “nexus of forces” that include …
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 …
StorIT signs distribution deal with Supermicro
StorIT has signed a distribution agreement with Supermicro Computer, a server, storage technology and green computing company. According to the …
Software AG buys alfabet AG for IT portfolio management software
Software AG has signed a deal to acquire IT portfolio management software vendor alfabet AG, and plans to combine the …
Etisalat ICT Forum: Broader than broadband
When you’ve built yourself up to become one of the Middle East and Africa’s largest telecoms operators, it can be …
IT Transformation is Key to Business Growth, says Dell
Enterprises must innovate and adapt to the emerging trends, or be left behind. This was the message imparted by IT …
Brocade appoints new country manager for Saudi
In an effort to drive its business expansion in the Middle East, Brocade has appointed networking industry veteran Dr Cherif …
The growing role of network performance management
Brent Lees, Senior Product Marketing Manager, EMEA, Riverbed Technology Global enterprises and growing businesses are harnessing IT to add branch …
Computerlinks becomes Middle East distributor for Trend Micro
Computerlinks today announced that it has become a distributor for Trend Micro in the Middle East to address increasing customer …
Salesforce.com to buy Clipboard, shutting down service
Salesforce.com is to acquire Clipboard, a Web clipping and sharing service, and is closing down the service. Clipboard decided to …
Comstor signs distribution agreement with Panduit
Comstor on Sunday announced that it had signed a contract with Panduit Corp. for the distribution of a number of …
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 …
Lost at C-level
Has the time finally arrived when CIOs should be looking over their shoulders at CDOs and CFOs hungry to snatch …
GCC IT industry to grow 10 to 25 percent in 2013, say market leaders
According to a recent survey by technology solution provider Omnix, the IT software and services sector in the GCC is …
Infinite power
Cloud is the technology that knows no boundaries, but contrary to this, the entire cloud community, including CNME’s Joe Lipscombe, …
SAP, Oracle still out in front as software growth slows, says IDC
A growing interest in big data, analytics, and cloud computing helped propel a weak software enterprise market last year, according …
Paradigm shift
It’s a time of transformation for information technology. Are solution providers experiencing a shift from a product-based model to a …