It would seem obvious that for the effective functioning of an enterprise data centre it is imperative that both IT …
Solutions for transformation
Today, IT organisations face unprecedented challenges. The move to next-generation data centers entails a fundamental shift in perspective. Your organisation …
Building the region
“Last year was a challenging environment,” Balall Yaqub says with some understatement. As group CEO of Emitac, he takes a …
Reviving ERP
Everybody knows it. The major ERP suites are old and not as flexible as some newer stuff, and they can’t build …
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 …
Oil spill partly caused by IT failures
The news comes as US officials announced BP had begun to slow the rate that oil is spewing into the …
Smartly mobile
Over the past few years smartphones have moved beyond the briefcases and boardrooms of the corporate world into the back …
Building smart
Sahara Petrochemicals, based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), prides itself on maintaining the highest in quality standards and …
IHG selects Avaya
The framework agreement calls for Avaya to deploy its portfolio of innovative communications solutions for the hospitality industry, including in-room …
BlackBerry service to be suspended by UAE
Some BlackBerry services will be suspended in the United Arab Emirates from Oct. 11 because the services do not fall …
Brother Gulf appoints Smart Tech as Egypt distributor
As part of its expansion initiative in the country, the manufacturer has identified SMARTEC’s strong sales team, which covers the …
NetApp and Intel lead evolution to 10G unified Ethernet networking
NetApp has announced it will support the Intel Ethernet X520 family of SFP+10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server adapters. This extends …
Unmasking DLP
If you have been following the security technologies landscape, chances are that you have already heard of Data Loss Prevention. …
Optimising oil exploration
By incorporating flash memory as intelligent cache in its unified storage systems, NetApp helps customers optimize performance without adding complexity, …
Forrester: 2010 IT spending still looks strong
Despite fears caused by the European debt crisis, spending on technology products and services is set to continue growing around …
Dell warns of malware on server motherboards
Dell is warning customers that “a small number” of its server motherboards may contain malicious software. “The potential issue involves …
Virtualising the Wide Area Network
Mission-critical applications such as high-frequency trading engines demand the lowest latency and highest availability—features typically provided by optical networks or …
Refined backup and recovery
The NetApp GeoFrame enhanced backup and recovery solution significantly improves protection of valuable GeoFrame data by dramatically increasing backup and …