Peter Middleton, Research Director, Gartner, discusses how the Internet of Things will be a future goldmine for IT.
Need for speed
IT managers around the world are falling in love with SSDs (solid state drives) in enterprise servers because they solve two major headaches: they run fast enough to replace multiple HDDs (hard disk drives) and they help reduce the electric bill.
Gartner: 2014 IT spend due 2.1 percent growth
Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3.7 trillion in 2014, a 2.1 percent increase from last year, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
Work release
Employees and employers alike are embracing the move to mobile technology in the workplace. For employees, this means a greater amount a freedom when it comes to when and where they work. For employers, mobile technology can mean a boost in productivity and efficiency.
Interview: HP CIO Ramon Baez
HP CIO Ramon Baez talks about HP’s vision for cloud computing and big data, and how HP can help its customers make the most of these new technologies.
In the bank
With a range of forecasts from research firms Gartner and IDC stating that MENA IT spending will increase in 2014, will CIOs find their budgets swelling, and if so, which areas are most in need of the spend? Who stands to benefit and what can the Middle East do to catch up with more developed regions?
Gartner names top 10 2014 IT security technologies
Gartner has highlighted its top 10 technologies for information security and their implications for security organisations in 2014.
Oracle’s Hurd: We will catch Salesforce
Being second isn’t good enough for Oracle when it comes to cloud revenue, co-president Mark Hurd told investment analysts this week following the company’s fourth-quarter and year-end earnings report.
Surfers’ paradise
Mario Veljovic from Global Distribution, discusses the opportunities in flash storage.
Xerox Emirates appoints RAK Tech
The vendor has announced RAK Tech, an IT solution provider company based in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE as an authorised business partner. Through this partnership, Xerox Emirates will be able to provide its customers in Ras Al Khaimah with the benefits of RAK Tech’s IT solutions and services, while assisting it to grow through their channel programme.
More than 300,000 servers still unpatched for Heartbleed
Two months ago the tech world was hit with the revelation that hundreds of thousands of websites were vulnerable to a critical bug, forcing us to change our passwords on all our favourite sites immediately.
Up to capacity
As companies adopt technologies such as cloud and virtualisation, the practice of planning for network capacity to meet the bandwidth and application performance needs must also change. Network capacity planning and management has long been considered the black magic of the IT industry. How does one predict the future? How can you prepare for the additional demand for resources while avoiding over-provisioning?
The age of the customer
Victoria Strand, President of Ericsson GCC & Pakistan, explains the importance of improving user experience as a way to win and retain customers.
EAI promise
An enterprise application integration offers several rewards eliminating the cost of application development and improving user experience to name just two. But with the integration comes an array of complications that can require centralised policies. CNME takes a look at the rewards and boons of EAIs.
Amazon enters smartphone market with ‘Fire’
Amazon unveiled its highly anticipated entry into the smartphone market Wednesday, a handset called “Fire.” The phone, announced by CEO …
Misys launches InFusion Partner Programme with HCL Technologies
Misys, a provider of software solutions to financial services institutions has announced the launch of its InFusion Partner Programme. HCL Technologies, a global IT services provider, joins Misys InFusion Programme at the Premier Elite Consulting Partner level, the highest level of partnership.
Intertec to host seminar with HP Software
Intertec Systems will be organising a seminar on ‘Empower business performance with technology and software services’ at Sofitel, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai on June 17th 2014.
HP brings water to the supercomputer market
The server uses some new HP-patented techniques to keep water away from the hardware
Kaspersky Lab shares security insights at Emerging Markets Partners Conference
The event was aimed at familiarising partners with the company’s new enterprise-level security strategy, partnership enhancements while also highlighting the latest trends in the world of cyber threats.
GBM appoints Philippe Jarre as CEO
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has appointed Philippe Jarre as Chief Executive Officer post Cesare Cardone’s retirement after 14 years in the role.