Cisco has launched Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) with FirePower Services in the Middle East today. Cisco ASA 5500 Series firewall integrates …
StarLink to focus on cyber defense at Gitex
StarLink will showcase its next-generation IT Security portfolio with its participating vendor partners at GITEX Technology Week 2014. StarLink is …
Focus Softnet to exhibit cloud solutions and mobile apps at GITEX
Focus Softnet is all set to introduce cloud-based versions of its flagship enterprise solutions Focus i, Focus RT, Focus POS and Focus PMS at the GITEX Technology Week.
Security spending in the region to reach $1 billion in 2014: Gartner
In the Middle East, security has not evolved as a strategy and still remains as point solutions, according to Gartner. …
Driving future growth
The evolving market trends demand that businesses move towards virtualisation, and desktop virtualisation comes with its own set of nuances. Reseller ME explores the channel prospects in this technology.
CommVault to tout Simpana software platform at GITEX
CommVault has announced it will showcase its Simpana 10 software platform at the upcoming GITEX Technology Week.
Retail therapy
The retail landscape has transformed dramatically in the region as malls become a way of life. Reseller ME finds out from Neelesh Bhatnagar, CEO, Emax Electronics on what is next for the eight-year-old retailer as it reaches its 100th store milestone by 2017.
Differentiate by services
Venkat Raghavan, General Manager, Al-Futtaim Technologies, enlightens on the evolving role of systems integration in the regional IT environment and the way forward.
BlackBerry Acquires Movirtu
BlackBerry Limited announced today that it has acquired Movirtu, a provider of virtual identity solutions for mobile operators that allows multiple numbers to be active on a single device.
Redington Value to make GITEX return
Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, will end its four-year GITEX absence by exhibiting its portfolio of enterprise solutions at the 2014 edition of the Middle East technology show.
Silver Peak to launch WAN fabric
Silver Peak will be launching its wide area network fabric (WAN) ‘Unity’ – that it says unifies the enterprise network with the public cloud – at GITEX 2014.
SAP to drive ‘Run Simply’ cloud strategy at GITEX
SAP has announced that it will “use the cloud to drive the region’s IT simplification and business transformation” at GITEX Technology Week 2014.
Lenovo, IBM reveal x86 server strategy
With Lenovo expected to close its IBM x86 server business acquisition by year end, a glimpse at the combined server product line has emerged.
Fortinet hosts GCC workshops
Fortinet kicked off its ‘Power to Learn’ pre-sales partner training sessions across the GCC region Monday in Dubai.
Ready for cloud: How to prepare your network infrastructure
An increase in cloud computing has led to an increase in volumes of data organisations have to support. Tackling the challenge effectively needs more than just adding to the bandwidth; it requires an overhaul of the network infrastructure, says Mike Hemes, Vice President EMEA, Silver Peak.
Discovery in the Big Data era
Big Data can be extremely useful, or equally as tedious. With the world generating more and more data, businesses need the tools to tame this beast.
Flying high
In his first visit to an emerging market after taking over the reins at Juniper Networks, Shaygan Kheradpir sat down with us to talk about his vision for the company and strategy for the new era of IT.
The road to cloud UC
Unified Communications in the cloud is finding more takers in the region as it offers cost benefits, flexibility and agility to users
From bullets to bits
In addition to dealing with cybercriminals and hacktivists, enterprise security managers must pay increasing attention to avoid becoming collateral to nation-state cyber-warfare. Do recent high profile attacks on the region indicate that Middle Eastern businesses are at greater risk of attack, and what damage can cyber warfare inflict?
Seeing through the haze
Petra Heinrich, VP Partners & Alliances, Red Hat, EMEA, explains how partners can lead the discussions around cloud.