Two years after attempting to find a suitable buyer, storage switch and router maker Brocade Communications may again be looking …
Facebook data centre project takes aim at vendor lock-in
By launching the Open Compute Project (OCP) as a stand-alone foundation, Facebook is hoping to further standardise the market for …
Brocade on sale again?
Two years after attempting to find a suitable buyer, storage switch and router maker Brocade Communications may again be looking …
SAP appoints Qais Gharaibeh as UAE MD
Commenting on Ghairabeh’s appointment, Alkharrat said, “The UAE represents a strategic priority for SAP, with businesses across the country seeking …
Turning a new leaf
CIOs in the Middle East still struggle to give green ICT investments a business language, and this is hampering the …
Critical connections
KSA’s Jarir Bookstore battled the challenges associated with connecting disparate centres of business by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA Series and building …
VMware appoints new regional director for MENA
VMware, the virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions provider, announced the hiring of Sam Tayan as its new regional director for …
VMware CEO Maritz warns customers to be prepared for licensing changes
VMware’s CEO, Paul Maritz, has warned that the pricing model for virtualisation will evolve “radically” as it heads towards a …
Red Hat to acquire Gluster for $136 mn
Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement …
Menya Zavoot GITEX
One of the best parts of GITEX for me is the number of people from outside the UAE that you …
Data centre hardware spending on the rise
Worldwide data centre hardware spending is expect to hit $US98.9 billion in 2011, up 12.7%, according to analyst firm Gartner. …
Dell ups the ante on helping customers unlock innovation for the virtual era
On the cusp of Dell World 2011, Dell last week announced continued customer and partner momentum for its enterprise and …
Google CIO: don’t fight consumerisation of IT
In a interview, Google CIO Ben Fried talked about letting go. That may sound a bit “Zen Buddhist,” but it’s …
Gemalto to exhibit solutions to enhance and secure digital connections at GITEX
Gemalto, a provider of solutions to make digital interactions secure and easy, announced that it will be exhibiting at Gitex …
Oracle may launch its own PaaS offering
Oracle may unveil its own platform-as-a-service offering next week, setting it in competition with Microsoft’s Azure, Salesforce’s Heroku and many …
Asian enterprises revise information security strategies
Asian enterprises are revising their information security strategies, according to a newly released broad-based IT security survey by Fortinet. 74% …
Ousting Apotheker may add to disruption at HP: analysts
The man Hewlett-Packard (HP) hired just one year ago to build its software and cloud computing businesses, as well as …
Planning for growth
EMC, one of the largest IT firms with dealings in everything from storage to security, has big plans for the …
Mobile device chaos creating heightened security demand: IDC
The proliferation of mobile devices is competitively important for businesses but is creating “chaos” for security professionals, IDC has warned. …
Micron unveils entry-level SSD for blade servers
Micron has released its first entry-level solid state drive (SSD) aimed at being used as a boot drive in servers …