That’s hardly a new observation. It was most notably made in 2003, in a now-famous Harvard Business Review article by …
Pouya Parsafar: Cherish the channel and the rush
“The best part of my job is the fast paced environment of distribution and the continuous adrenaline rush,” says Pouya …
Setting the stage
Huawei Enterprise recently held its first regional partner summit in Dubai welcoming various members of its Middle East and Pakistan …
IBM on path to cut internal apps by 85%
IBM has reduced its number of internal applications by 70%, but that’s not enough for CIO Jeanette Horan. When the company …
Fujitsu launches big data software suite, targets US$1 billion in yearly sales
Fujitsu said yesterday it will release a set of software suite tools aimed at processing and analysing huge sets of …
Cisco introduces Global Services Partner Program to fuel partner profitability
At its annual partner conference, Cisco announced the launch of a new, global services partner program designed to accelerate Cisco …
Asus ships quad-core Transformer Pad 300 tablet for $379
Asustek started shipping its Transformer Pad 300 tablet in the U.S. yesterday, with the company pitching the tablet as a …
Avaya to provide 5-year communication services for Airtel
Avaya yesterday announced the signing of a five-year partnership to enhance Bharti Airtel Limited’s customer capabilities across its operations. Avaya …
UAE will be hub of innovation: Kesavan, UniPropitia
The UAE will soon become a nation of enterprising innovators as home to one of the richest talent pool in …
Orange Business Services launches new local company in KSA to drive regional growth
Orange Business Services, the business services arm of France Telecom-Orange and one of the Middle East’s major ICT employers, …
MOTOLUXE from Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility recently announced that the all new MOTOLUXE from Motorola Mobility, is now available in the UAE. “When it …
Epson launches SC-S30610 in the Middle East
Epson has announced the Middle East launch of the SureColor SC-S30610, a 64-inch (162.5cm), four-colour (CMYK), eco-solvent roll-fed printer, that …
Nexans launches LANmark pre-terminated copper assemblies
In addition to LANmark modular systems, Nexans has also recently introduced pre-terminated customised copper assemblies which enable the rapid deployment …
The road less travelled
V. C. Gopalratnam believes ‘chief innovation officer’ is a better title for today’s CIOs. “The role is all about innovation. The …
BYOD battle: A tale of two opposing IT viewpoints
EdSouth is a bank holding company active in the student-loan arena, and Arrow Container Corp. manufactures cartons and containers. Their …
Dell’s Wyse buy a hedge against slowing PC sales
Dell’s plan to buy Wyse Technology is an effort to boost its client hardware portfolio and protect the company from …
Mobile OSes impede adoption of BYOD trend: Ovum
Mobile operating systems (OSes) are impeding the adoption of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend, according to research agency Ovum. “Businesses moving …
Mobile malware incidents on rise, says smartphone survey
The cost-saving culture of bring-your-own-device smartphones is tempting enterprises into taking risks they would not contemplate for conventional computing devices, …
Amazon CTO: You should be able to ‘walk away’ from cloud providers
One of the core philosophies related to Amazon Web Services’ market-leading suite of infrastructure as a service products is that …
Windows sales defy predictions, grow 4%
Stronger-than-expected sales of Windows helped Microsoft post a 6% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, the company …