Havier Haddad, Channel and Alliances Director for Turkey, Emerging Africa and the Middle East, EMC

Time to face the facts
Network downtime translates to big financial losses for Middle East businesses, says Sufian Dweik, Regional Manager, MEMA, Brocade

The Way Forward
When it comes to security, it seems everyone’s in a state of perpetual panic. Whether it’s mobile malware, BYOD or hacktivism, over the course of 2013 the issue of protecting valuable information and resisting attack has inspired a dizzying and persistent challenge.

Internet of Things a key player
Several opportunities are predicted to emerge in the coming months as more data is generated by machines or things other than human beings.

Brocade launches high-density 10/40 GbE Network Switch
Campus networking solutions vendor Brocade has unveiled its ICX 7750 fixed-port, high density 10/40 GbE switch.

Huawei collaborates with Enterprise Systems
With the enterprise market being an important area for Huawei, Enterprise Systems will now distribute the company’s portfolio of vertical solutions focusing on the hospitality and public sectors in the UAE market.

SIM: IT leaders’ main concerns not in-sync with those of employers
IT professionals have plenty of reasons to be thankful these days: rising budgets, salaries and job tenures among them. But when it comes to IT management and spending priorities, they often don’t see eye-to-eye with their organisations.

Region’s tech leaders celebrated at ICT Achievement Awards
The Middle East’s technology leaders were celebrated last night at a glittering ceremony, the CNME ICT Achievement Awards, held at the Emirates Towers Godolphin Ballroom.

Commvault to plug Simpana 10 at GITEX
Data protection specialist Commvault will use the Gitex 2013 stage to market its Simpana 10 technology, which it claims can cut storage-related costs by up to 50 percent.

Business as usual for tech, but gov’t crisis casts shadows
The tech sector appears to be going about business as usual in the face of the US federal government shutdown, but some industry insiders are nervous about a long-term stoppage.

Report: Ford CEO downplays chatter that he’s in line to replace Ballmer
Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally, considered a front-runner among candidates to replace Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has reportedly tried to put the brakes on the accelerating rumours.

GITEX 2013 preview: Gemalto
What is the main theme of your presence at GITEX this year? We have throughout the years positioned ourselves as …

Gitex Preview: Huawei
1) What is the main theme of your presence at GITEX this year? Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group will be the …

NSA spying fiasco sending customers overseas
The spectacle of National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposing the covert spying nature of US federal officials has sent ripple waves through the technology industry – especially in the outsourcing arena.

Infor's Phillips pins growth on user-friendly design revamp
Infor CEO Charles Phillips has made plenty of changes at the ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor since taking the …

Ballmer strongly hints at Office for iPad and Android tablets
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insinuated that the company is working on a version of Office for the iPad and for …

The dos and don’ts of OpenStack
In the space of a little over 20 years, Linux has grown from an open source ideal into an enterprise class OS used in every domain.

Microsoft lures nonprofits with Office 365 freebie
Nonprofit organizations will be able to sign up for Office 365 for free or at a reduced price as part of a new program Microsoft launched on Tuesday.

What do Edward Snowden and a data centre provider have in common?
The NSA leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden will go down in the history books as a heroic or reckless example of press freedom and the public’s right to know.

Blunders lead to Ballmer's demise
The heap of blunders that piled up at Microsoft under Steve Ballmer’s leadership may have hit a tipping point this year, leading to last month’s earthshaking announcement that Bill Gates’ former right-hand man and heir, as well as Microsoft’s fiercest cheerleader, will step down as CEO within a year.