Ramkumar B, President, Value Division, Redington Gulf, discusses the company’s plans for cloud and other focus areas for driving the business.

Allied Telesis teams up with SCD for partner roadshows
Allied Telesis has teamed up with its authorised distributor, Specialist Computer Distribution (SCD) to conduct a series of roadshows for its channel partners, starting August 19th, 2014. The countries that are covered for the roadshow are Qatar, Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Pakistan.

TOP 20 SYSTEM INTEGRATORS
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Gartner: Internet of Things has reached hype peak
The Internet of Things has reached the height of its hype, according to Gartner. Each year the research firm puts …

Samsung pins its hopes on Galaxy Alpha’s metal frame
Samsung has launched its new Galaxy Alpha with a metal frame, in a bid to boost sales after the plastic …

Google packs Classroom off to school
Just in time for the new school year, Google has launched a tool called Classroom that aims to make teachers’ …

Citrix predicts the future of work
Citrix today released its annual Technology Landscape document, developed by the company’s CTO Office, identifying three key megatrends that Citrix …
Invincea partners with StarLink for META distribution
StarLink has announced its new distribution partnership with Invincea. The distributor will spearhead sales, professional services and support for Invincea products and solutions through its channel partners across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

BlackBerry partners with TRA to support mGovernment
BlackBerry has announced that it is collaborating with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) to support the mGovernment initiative outlined and …

Security vendor Gemalto to acquire SafeNet
Gemalto plans to acquire SafeNet for $890 million in a deal that would combine a big vendor of portable secure …
A class apart
Youssef Fawaz, Managing Director, Middle East, Dimension Data, discusses how the company’s managed cloud platform enables it to stand out from competition.
Citrix appoints Config as VAD in French-speaking Africa
Citrix has appointed Config as its second Value Added Distributor (VAD) in Francophone Africa. As demand for virtualisation, mobility management, networking and cloud services in the region continues to grow rapidly, Config will distribute all Citrix solutions, including network optimisation technologies, to resellers across the region to ensure organisations have the correct infrastructure in place to support the surge in demand for virtual and mobile workspaces.
Connecting the dots
Tarun Nandi, Director, Blue Bell Computers, says employee turnover and credit issues in the channel are interconnected.

People-centric experiences
User experience in mobile devices should be dynamic and business-oriented, writes Nick Jones, Vice President and Analyst, Gartner.

Mastering the data
Moving virtual servers around a hybrid cloud environment isn’t hard, but managing the data is. That’s why NetApp wants to be “the enterprise data-management standard across the enterprise,” says CEO Tom Georgens.

Rack to the future
Data centre technology is rapidly changing. With the advent of virtualisation and increasing speed and agility may come a sense of impending doom for IT staff. However, more efficient centres do not necessarily mean the end of a robust technical department.

Indulging in analytics
Big Data analysis can give businesses a great deal of insight into their processes, weaknesses and strengths. However, over-investment and lack of planning in these projects can result in a waste of resources for already stretched budgets.

Out of office
One of the largest software companies in the world, SAP is positioned firmly as an underpinning force of business IT infrastructure. However, it is evident by its recent developments that the company is ready to move beyond the confines of the office.

Crafting space
Last month in London, EMC gave the media a peek of what is coming in the future for the technology leader and what is available now to help CIOs manage their data.
Tech Mahindra wins PegaWORLD business gong
Tech Mahindra has won the award for leading the business transformation for a Fortune 10 corporation at PegaWORLD 2014, held in Washington, DC.