Reseller ME caught up with HID Global’s Managing Director EMEA, Harm Radstaak at the recently concluded Intersec to understand the company’s plans for the region.

Wall Street Beat: Tech M&A set for strong year after Facebook's WhatsApp acquisition
Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp could be one milestone in a strong year for tech mergers and acquisitions.

Dell, Red Hat team up on network virtualisation
Dell is teaming up with Red Hat to drive its effort to be a force in the burgeoning area of network function virtualization (NFV) technology, aimed at helping carriers reduce costs and quickly roll out new services.

Juniper unveils new operating plan to accelerate growth
Juniper Networks has announced a new integrated operating plan (IOP) to refocus the company on high growth segments in the networking industry.

Next-gen LTE and virtualisation vie for attention in Barcelona
Faster and more flexible mobile networks enabled by small cells, virtualisation and next-generation LTE are expected to highlight infrastructure trends at Mobile World Congress next week.

Intel's new Xeon server chip pushes Itanium closer to end
The writing is on the wall for Intel’s high-end Itanium chip, with the launch this week of the high-performance usurper, the chip maker’s 15-core Xeon E7 v2 chip.

Proactive Customer Contact technologies: getting closer to customers
If you still wait for your customers to call you, your contact centre strategy is about to become outdated.
Focus Softnet signs Xplicit Systems as gold partner In Nigeria
Focus Softnet has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Xplicit Systems to distribute its range of IT software solutions in Nigeria.

The ugly truth about virtualisation
According to Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, mobility has brought back I/O problems after two decades.

Fresh thinking
CNME’s fifth annual CIO 50 awards ceremony not only served as the perfect way to congratulate the region’s IT chiefs, but was also an esteemed forum for five keynote speeches from industry experts.

Sony Xperia Z2 tablet tipped for MWC: Thinner design and Android 4.4 KitKat
We’re now a week away from the smartphone and tablet focused mobile world congress (MWC) and devices continue to be leaked. The latest of which is a new tablet from Sony.

HP moves to ease printing from Android tablets, smartphones
Hewlett-Packard wants to make wireless printing of documents from Android mobile devices as easy as tapping one button.

Mind the gap
With trends moving so quickly, businesses are being forced to import skills from abroad in order to get the best out of these new trends. How can the local IT scene ensure a healthy availability of local talent?

Ringing in changes
Can regional telecommunication providers go beyond vanilla services and offer more value to consumer and business markets alike?

The 'mobile first' approach
Will CIOs be forced to take a ‘mobility first’ approach to building networks and is the Middle East really ready to put mobile first?
Mobile computing comes of age
With the explosion of mobile devices, computing on-the-go has now become the norm. Reseller ME finds out what this spells out for the channel and the way ahead.
Avaya Appoints Nidal Abou-Ltaif President for Global Growth Markets Theatre
Avaya has named Nidal Abou-Ltaif as President for the recently formed Global Growth Markets (GGM) sales theatre, which encompasses Middle East, Africa, Turkey, India, Russia, CIS, and Greater China.

Avaya Appoints Nidal Abou-Ltaif President for Global Growth Markets Theatre
Avaya has named Nidal Abou-Ltaif as President for the recently formed Global Growth Markets (GGM) sales theatre, which encompasses Middle East, Africa, Turkey, India, Russia, CIS, and Greater China.

HID Global acquires Lumidigm
The acquisition extends HID Global’s authentication portfolio while positioning the company to deliver a variety of new secure identity solutions.

SafeNet: Security fears preventing data centre and Cloud benefits
Security concerns are preventing businesses from unlocking the potential benefits of data centre consolidation and cloud services, according to new research from SafeNet.


