With resellers being the key component of the channel landscape, RME profiles leading players and discusses important factors to their success.
Brocade VDX 6940 now available
Ideal for building Ethernet fabrics in demanding environments, with the company’s VCS Fabric technology, the Brocade VDX 6940 simplifies network design and operations for both cloud and Big Data network fabrics.
D-Link to enhance Gulf presence
A global player in the connectivity and networking space, D-link has announced expansion plans to enhance market presence in Gulf countries such as Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Channel’s co-marketing conundrum
Manish Punjabi, Channel Marketing Manager MEA, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, explains how the regional channel can tackle the challenges of co-marketing.
Charged up
Ihab Al Saheli, General Manager, CNS, discusses company plans and how the industry is evolving with the current market trends.
Huawei launches solution quartet
Huawei today launched four new networking, storage and security solutions at Hannover’s CeBIT 2015 trade show.
Amazon acquires 2lementry
Amazon.com has acquired 2lemetry, a startup that has developed a platform for the integration of connected devices across enterprises, as it expands on its Internet of Things strategy. The current customers of 2lemetry will continue to be supported, with the name and branding retained.
Keep security simple
Alan Matthews, Chairman, Rapid7 believes in deleting emails. He strongly suggests not hoarding unused data, like old correspondence that can be mined by cyber-criminals and used against you. CNME sits down with Matthews to see what other suggestions he has to keep our data safe.
The big upgrade
The adoption of virtualisation in the past few years has undoubtedly changed the face of the data centre. No longer housed in sprawling warehouses, data centres are fast becoming slimmed down and agile.
FVC and Sonus sign MEA distribution deal
FVC, a value-added distributor in the Middle East & Africa (MEA), has signed an agreement with Sonus, a global player in enabling and securing real-time communications, to tap into the growing SIP-based, Unified Communications (UC) opportunities across the region.
Blue Coat in $2.4 billion sale
Blue Coat Systems is being sold by one private equity firm to another for $2.4 billion as it is prepped to go public again after it was taken off the stock market in 2012.
Tech, travelled
With the organisation’s data centre archaic and inefficient, Saeed Al Ghailani, Head of Infrastructure and Telecoms, Department of Transport Abu Dhabi, knew change was a must. When the arm moved to a new office in Bain Al Jessrain, he took the opportunity to modernise and streamline IT operations.
HTC unveils One M9
The HTC One M9 was unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2015. The latest flagship in the HTC One family, the HTC One M9 sports a classic and sleek design. Compact and easy to hold, the all-metal unibody design is highlighted by a dual-tone silver and rose gold finish.
ManageEngine boosts network solutions
ManageEngine has today announced the latest versions of NetFlow Analyser, its real-time bandwidth and security analysis software, and Network Configuration Manager, its network change and configuration management (NCCM) solution.
MWC crucial for Samsung, HTC
Samsung Electronics and HTC are going head to head on Sunday with almost simultaneous launches of new flagship smartphones. Both companies have a lot to prove, but for different reasons.
IBM outlines Twitter plans
Capturing public conversations around the world in real time, Twitter could be a valuable source of intelligence for the business world. IBM is now creating new ways to derive potentially valuable information from this massive, sprawling data set.
Bit9 + Carbon Black signs Microsoft endpoint deal
Bit9 + Carbon Black has announced a partnership with Microsoft to integrate some of the company’s endpoint solutions.
Oracle makes Big Data push
Oracle has released a series of Big Data products that aggregate and analyse data from Hadoop, NoSQL and SQL technologies
A new approach to digital security
Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Research, Gartner, gives his take on the need for organisations to employ more Digital Risk Officers.
Help AG achieves BlueTouch certification
This allows the security specialist to extend 24×7 Level 1 and Level 2 technical support to regional businesses that leverage the vendor’s security, visibility and performance optimisation technologies.