C5’s Bahrain-based ‘cloud fund’ for the Middle East and Africa plans to invest $2.5 million in GCC-based digital recruitment platform OneGCC.
Regional business looking up: Infor president Stephan Scholl
James Dartnell sat down with Infor president Stephan Scholl to discuss the firm’s ambitious plans to quintuple its regional market …
Teradata launches portable licenses, all-memory platform
Teradata has announced the release of its new database license flexibility across hybrid cloud deployments at its Universe 2017 EMEA …
SAP adds new features to Vora
SAP has added some new capabilities to SAP Vora, its in-memory distributed computing system based on Apache Spark and Hadoop. …
Intel Security outlines updated integrated solutions
Intel Security has outlined a new, unifying approach for the cybersecurity industry to eliminate fragmentation through updated integrated solutions, new cross-industry partnerships and product integrations within the Intel Security Innovation Alliance and Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA).
Cisco enhances Tetration Analytics offering
Cisco has announced that Cisco Tetration Analytics now automates policy enforcement, enabling organisations to build secure environments for their business applications and also expands Tetration with new deployment options.
Red Hat releases latest version of CloudForms 4.2
Red Hat has announced the availability of Red Hat CloudForms 4.2, the latest version of its open hybrid cloud management solution.
The exponential digital growth of The Entertainer
For Dubai’s savviest shoppers, diners and fun-lovers, The Entertainer is a faithful companion. Since adding a mobile app to accompany its voucher booklet in 2014, the company that offers consumers thousands of two-for-one deals has seen its digital presence soar. CIO David Ashford has spearheaded the technological transformation that now defines the company.
Infor receives $2 billion investment from Koch
Infor has announced it reached a definitive agreement with Koch Equity Development (“KED”), the investment and acquisition subsidiary of Koch Industries, to make an investment of more than $2 billion in the company.
Redington Value to flaunt Red Vault at GITEX
Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, will showcase its latest fully functional solutions centre during its participation at GITEX Technology Week 2016 in Dubai.
SecureWorks strengthens focus in Middle East’s cybersecurity market
SecureWorks has announced that it will further invest in the Middle East to provide optimal solutions and best practices to better protect banks, government ministries, oil installations, telecoms providers and other key organisations.
Through the looking glass
CNME reports from Inforum 2016 in New York City, where Infor executives eyed up the range of application opportunities that await in the Middle East.
Google acquires Orbitera
Google has acquired Orbitera, a start-up that aims to make it easier for software vendors to sell cloud-based products to businesses.
Red Hat expands public cloud management platform
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat CloudForms 4.1, the latest version of its open hybrid cloud management solution.
Redington, Microsoft sign CSP partnership for South Gulf
Redington Gulf has been appointed as Microsoft’s Tier-2 partner for the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Indirect programme for the South Gulf region covering the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.
Interactive Intelligence introduces PureCloud Engage
Interactive Intelligence Group has recently announced a new customer engagement cloud service for businesses throughout the Middle East.
VMware CEO discusses NSX network virtualisation product
During the RSA Conference held last week, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger announced that they are currently positioning the company’s NSX network virtualisation product as a tool for encrypting data in flight and at rest, in the public cloud or on premises.
Future focused
Jerry Kenelly, CEO, Riverbed Technology, sat down with CNME on his most recent visit to Dubai to discuss his futurist strategy and how going private has impacted the company.
Keep it in sync
While cloud computing has proven to be beneficial for many organisations, IT departments have been slow to trust the cloud for business-critical Microsoft SQL Server workloads.
Dispelling hybrid hosting myths
Hybrid hosting lets businesses set up their databases on dedicated servers, put their front-end Web apps in the cloud, then tie everything together with a single click.