General Motors and IBM have announced a partnership to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go – the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform.
Ericsson names new President and CEO
Ericsson has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Börje Ekholm President and CEO effective 16th January 2017.
Cloud security’s today and tomorrow
Prof. Yale Li, Chief Cyber Security Evaluation Expert of Huawei Internal Cyber Security Lab and Chairman of Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Greater China Region, gives his take on increased collaboration for cloud security.
F5 Networks’ Diego Arrabal on securing a cloud-first world
Diego Arrabal, Director, F5 Networks, MEA, says it is time to modernise security in the cloud-first, mobile-centric world.
Cisco to take part at ISFS 2016 in Doha
Cisco has announced its participation in Qatar Central Bank’s third annual Conference for Information Security in Financial Institutions 2016 (ISFS 2016), to be held on 1st November 2016 at Sheraton Doha.
Partnering for progress
Facing pressure to develop new services quickly and to cut operational expenditures, telecommunications service providers are increasingly outsourcing their day-to-day network operations.
Bank Dhofar’s Dr Tariq Taha on business agility and Branson
With a strong CV spanning a range of industries and geographies, Dr Tariq Taha now finds himself at the core of Bank Dhofar’s agility drive, and has already received national recognition for his work.
Red Hat, Ericsson partner to broaden open source offerings
Red Hat and Ericsson have announced a broad alliance to deliver fully open source and production-ready cloud infrastructure, spanning OpenStack, software-defined networking (SDN) and software-defined infrastructure (SDI).
The brains of digital banking
National Bank of Fujairah’s head of IT, Dr. Joseph George, relates effective digital banking strategy to the effects of the human body and brain.
Money talks
How are attitudes towards digital banking in the GCC region changing, and what strategies are needed to ensure maximum customer satisfaction?
Ingram Micro launches automated cloud services platform
Aptec, an Ingram Micro company has announced the launch of its Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, an automated cloud services platform that’s now available across various countries in the Middle East region.
The power of one
Following its historic split from HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise is now playing its part in in delivering Dubai’s Smart City ambitions. Vice president for the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa region Chris Johnson is bullish about HPE’s prospects as an independent infrastructure partner for the GCC.
Etisalat Digital, Accenture sign MOU to lead regional digital transformations
Etisalat, through its newly established Etisalat Digital, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Accenture at the GITEX Technology Week 2016, to collaborate in the digital solutions arena to enable ICT and digital transformation in the region.
10 questions you should ask your ADC provider
Chris Gale, EMEA Partner Director, A10 Networks, suggests an array of questions centred around ensuring you pick the best application delivery controller (ADC) to suit your needs.
Breaking traditions
Described as a cost-effective, high-quality and unified network solution, Eddie Fox, vice president, Network Services, MetTel, summarises the main reasons why businesses need to move away from traditional, WAN and consider adopting SD-WAN solutions.
AlJammaz Distribution to reinforce partner enablement
Saudi-based value-added distributor AlJammaz Distribution is looking to enable and empower partners in their digital transformation journey.
Check Point flaunts threat protection technologies
Cybersecurity vendor Check Point Software Technologies is using Gitex as a platform to showcase its “complete” security architecture that defends …
Aruba demonstrates new mobility and partner programmes
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is launching its ‘Mobile-First Platform’ and its new ‘Partner Ready for Networking’ programme at GITEX.
Flash on
Ben Savage, EMEA Head of Channels and Alliances, Pure Storage, on why all-flash storage is transforming partner programmes.
Emitac names new Director of Service Excellence
Emitac is pleased to announce the appointment of Shuaib Mahmud as the Director of Service Excellence.