As more regional enterprises look for ways to reduce costs and move from a Capex to Opex model, many are looking at managed print services as a way to tame largely undocumented and unpredictable annual printing costs. It is estimated that managed print services can reduce printing costs by as much as 30 percent. It provides a flexible way for organisations to procure printing hardware, supplies, service and support in one bundled contract.

StarLink named Guidance Software’s master distributor
StarLink on Tuesday announced that it had been signed as master distributor for Guidance Software in the Middle East. The …

Embrace mobility or be left behind, says SAP
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s business leaders need to embrace enterprise mobility, or they risk suffering rapid …

Four more years
Even the best storage products must eventually be retired – a fact that many belt-tightening CIOs are at pains to …

The big issue
As CNME prepares to host the Middle East’s first event entirely focused on big data, it delves head first into …

New Samsung tech could pave way for 5G in 2020
Existing 4G networks for mobile devices still have limited global reach, but that’s not going to keep 5G technology waiting …

HP updates IT automation suite for cloud deployments
Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management …

Hackathon shows how public sector data can be used for community apps
Google in east London hosted a two day “hackathon” last month to help demonstrate how open public sector data can …
TouchMate to unveil new range of smartphones
TouchMate has announced that it will soon launch a range of smartphones in the GCC to complement its range of …

Huawei CEO speaks out after 26 years
After 26 years at the helm of Huawei, the company’s CEO and Founder Mr. Ren Zhengfei, has given his first …
Tooling up
Teradata is pitching a new approach to big data, which allows organisations to embrace the technology in an easier and …

Syria ‘disappears’ from the Internet, security firm says
Internet traffic to and from Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war, appears to have dried up. …

EMC’s Certified Solution programme sees strong growth
EMC on Tuesday announced key milestones it has achieved with its global partner ecosystem. The EMC Certified Solution programme recorded …

EMC updates software portfolio
EMC today announced new and enhanced management software suites designed to provide “360 degree transparency” into storage, network, and compute …

EMC Isilon prepares next scale-out NAS OS
EMC today announced that it is preparing the next version of its EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out NAS operating system. Building …

Setting up shop
The success of online B2B market place Tejari.com and the rising demand for e-commerce in the Middle East meant the …

Etisalat launches Business Ultimate mobile plans for SME segment
Etisalat on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to the UAE’s SME sector with the announcement of revamped business packages for mobile. …

EMC unveils “world’s first” software-defined storage platform
EMC today introduced the world’s first software-defined storage platform at its annual flagship event, EMC World 2013 in Las Vegas. …

GCC IT industry to grow 10 to 25 percent in 2013, say market leaders
According to a recent survey by technology solution provider Omnix, the IT software and services sector in the GCC is …

Spam’s birthday and Hotmail’s closure lead email milestones
This week was a week for email milestones. Spam – that scourge of the Internet – turned 35 years old. And …