In a decision that could have broad privacy implications, a federal court in New York Thursday ordered Microsoft to comply with a U.S. government demand for a customer’s emails stored on a company server in Dublin, Ireland.
Diyar signs EMC Kuwait partnership
Diyar has announced its role as an EMC Signature Partner for Kuwait.
BlackBerry buying German firm for voice encryption
BlackBerry has always touted its mobile devices as secure. But now it plans to make them “more secure” by acquiring …
Palo Alto uncovers new source of cyberthreats
Palo Alto Networks has revealed that cyber criminals in Nigeria have evolved common malware campaigns to infiltrate businesses that have …
Transformational IT
In conjunction with Cognizant and a Gartner delegate, CNME hosted a discussion with industry experts on transformational IT.
Should EMC sell off 80% stake in VMware?
Talk has intensified in the past week that changes could be afoot in the strategic relationship between EMC and VMware.
Infoblox signs up StarLink for ME & Turkey
Infoblox, an automated network control vendor has appointed regional value-added distributor StarLink as its distributor. The distributor will sell, install and support the vendor’s products and solutions through its channel partners to customers in the Middle East and Turkey.
GCT named THECUS regional branch HQ
Digital media storage firm THECUS Technology has confirmed that Genius Computer Technology (GCT), its distributor in the Middle East, Africa and CIS countries, will be its official regional branch office across the countries it represents.
Microsoft may drag out layoffs for a year
Microsoft yesterday said it could take as long as a year to lafiredy off the 18,000 workers who will be eventually shown the door, a drawn-out process that was criticised by both labour experts and industry analysts.
Apple and IBM pair for iOS apps
Apple is making a push for the corporate IT market through a partnership with IBM, which will develop iOS apps for its Big Data and analytics services and promote iPhones and iPads to clients.
Teradata opens Riyadh office
Teradata has announced the establishment of Teradata Saudi Arabia LLC to strengthen its commitment to current and prospective customers and channel partners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Cutting edge
With the systems integrators market evolving, IT leaders have the opportunity to tailor their skills to specific verticals and areas of SI specialisation. Which verticals offer the best opportunities for growth and what types of projects will SIs have to specialise in?
Digging for gold
Intensified competition coupled with declining voice ARPU is forcing telecom service providers to look around for new revenue streams that some of the new advanced technologies offer. However, it can be a daunting task for carriers who are saddled with legacy systems and manual internal processes.
Huawei extends channel partner training programme
In partnership with Stage 2 Learning Solutions, Huawei has announced the extension of its Authorized Learning Partner (HALP) programme, which offers training on its entire range of its products and solutions for channel partners and students.
Gartner: Digital business security will suffer by 2020
More than half of digital businesses will suffer major service failures by 2020, due to the inability of IT security teams to manage digital risk in new technology, according to Gartner.
For a stronger bond
In one of my previous columns, I had spoken about customer service on the retail front. This time I want to focus on customer service on the B2B end. One of the major differences between the two is that B2B customer service is a lot more than an individual transaction. It is about developing lasting relationships.
Canon updates scanning portfolio
The new imageFORMULA P-215II, DR-C225, DR-C225W and DR-M160II enable organisations to digitise their documents with enhanced paper handling, image processing, cloud connectivity and a more simplified scanning experience.
Talking shop
Reseller Middle East’s fifth annual Partner Excellence Conference rallied together the channel community to discuss emerging market trends and evolving business operations.
Top vendors unite for IoT ring
Intel, Samsung and Dell are among the founding members to have established the OIC, a new Internet of Things consortium to create standards so that billions of devices can connect to each other.
Need for speed
IT managers around the world are falling in love with SSDs (solid state drives) in enterprise servers because they solve two major headaches: they run fast enough to replace multiple HDDs (hard disk drives) and they help reduce the electric bill.