All-in-one colour printers have been gaining popularity in the last few years. Reseller ME analyses why and how it impacts the channel.
HM Treasury launches £255m framework for new “multi-sourced” IT model
HM Treasury is inviting suppliers to tender for a place on a new framework worth up to £255 million, which will help the department move away from a single-supplier outsourcing model for its IT and towards a “multi-sourced” supply chain.
Comguard partners with Netsweeper
The new business unit will focus on internet content filtering and web threat management solutions in the enterprise, education, and government sectors.
SophosLabs’ trends to watch in 2014
Major technology developments over the last year—and a series of revelations about the National Security Agency that shook the international security community—made 2013 an interesting year. In highlighting the past year’s security events, we’ve considered some emerging trends we are likely to see in the coming year.
BlackBerry CEO: We’d love to try iOS, Android
BlackBerry’s new CEO says he is “very interested” in trying to replicate some of the company’s signature security and enterprise productivity on rival platforms.
MEA hardcopy peripherals market sees first growth in 8 quarters
After eight successive quarters of decline, the Middle East and Africa hardcopy peripherals market finally returned to a state of positive growth during the third quarter of 2013, with shipments up 6.6% year on year to total 1,472,000 units, according to the IDC.
SanDisk SSDs certified as supported flash tier of VMware Virtual SAN
Flash storage solutions provider SanDisk has announced that its SAS enterprise solid state drives, have been certified by VMware as a supported flash tier of VMware Virtual SAN.
Analysis: security weak spots
Reading the coverage of the recent breach of Adobe passwords, we learned that 1.9 million users used “123456” as their password. That’s right: out of 38 million cracked passwords, almost two million adults used ones more suited to five-year-olds.
Avaya builds massive Wi-Fi net for 2014 Winter Olympics
Avaya engineers are putting the final touches on a network capable of handling up to 54Tbps of traffic when the Winter Olympics opens on 7th February in the Russian city of Sochi.
Huawei scoops Middle East telecoms awards
Huawei is set to close 2013 on form after being honoured as Middle East Vendor of the Year at both the Telecom Review Awards and the CommsMEA Awards 2013 for the fifth successive year.
Gartner: IoT installation base will reach 26 billion units by 2020
The Internet of Things, which excludes PCs, tablets and smartphones, will grow to 26 billion units installed in 2020 representing an almost 30-fold increase from 0.9 billion in 2009, according to Gartner.
IT infrastructure top priority for financial markets in 2014: Ovum
As profitability is more difficult to find than prior to the financial crisis, 2014 will be a year of foundational investment for the financial markets, with the primary focus on investment in IT infrastructure, according to new research from global analyst firm Ovum.
North Korea embarks on Internet purge of executed official
The North Korean state propaganda machine has edited and deleted hundreds of news articles that mention Jang Song Thaek, the former top government and party official who was executed Thursday.
Citrix predicts five technology trends in ME for 2014
These trends highlight potential technological development opportunities for businesses across the region.
Brocade predicts 5 top Middle East IT trends for 2014
Marcus Jewell, vice president, EMEA at Brocade looks into his crystal ball to outline the top technology trends that Middle East enterprises should watch out for in 2014:
Rules for partner profitability
Reseller ME looks into what enterprise vendors can do to help their partners increase their margins and therefore achieve higher profits.
Dell customers raise concerns over privatisation
Dell customers have given a mixed reception to its recent privatisation deal, causing some to re-evaluate their future relationship with the vendor.
Dell releases new campus networking storage system
Dell has announced new enterprise technology to ‘help customers architect new data centres and modernise campus networks’.
EU court rejects Cisco’s challenge to Microsoft-Skype merger
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is compatible with European Union competition law, the General Court of the E.U. ruled Wednesday.
Is data complexity blinding your IT decision-making?
According to a new study by Forrester Research, commissioned by Data-as-a-Service firm BDNA, 73 percent of high-level IT decision makers cite the complexity of data as the largest challenge in making effective IT decisions in the next 12 months.