In a world where most people use computers at home, where the Internet is a basic medium for everyone and …
It's not them, it's you
Not surprisingly, most of our transgressions find their foundation in the classics: lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, envy, wrath, and pride. …
Paying the price
Servers’ hard disk access times have not kept up with the increasing speed of their CPUs, and the resulting lags …
Entry and exit
Identity management (IDM) is no longer what it used to be. From the most basic access management IDM has become …
Solving the puzzle
There is no doubt that business process management (BPM), when bring right, can bring immense benefits to an organisation. “Business …
Forming links
It is a well documented fact that the Middle East remains a largely IT hardware market to date. As the …
Stuck with a duopoly
Is the middleware market becoming a duopoly, with users locked in to either Oracle or IBM? Loosely defined as software …
A datacentre with that server?
Faced with the continued commoditisation of servers, IT vendors this year will try to differentiate their offerings by moving toward …
IT sins to avoid
Not surprisingly, most of our transgressions find their foundation in the classics: lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, envy, wrath, and pride. …
Executive exchange
At the recent SAP user group (SUG) MENA meet held in Bahrain, customers of the German-software giant got together to …
The virtual desktop
“Desktop virtualisation changes the way people use computers. It is not a physical thing that sits on your desk; it …
Measure for measure
Information security metrics have a bad rep. Mention metrics to a CISO and immediately his thoughts may well turn to …
A perfect fit
It would seem obvious that for the effective functioning of an enterprise data centre it is imperative that both IT …
Building the region
“Last year was a challenging environment,” Balall Yaqub says with some understatement. As group CEO of Emitac, he takes a …
Silo state
It is here. Information explosion and excess data are realities that we as individuals, and as members of larger organisations, have …
Doorstep delivery
SaaS is riding the wave of cloud computing and is increasing in popularity among Middle East enterprises. However, …
Made for the Middle East
Technology vendors never miss a chance to state that the Middle East market is a very crucial one for them. …
Mission: Obtained
There are few organisations like the Qatar Foundation. Formed in 1995, the Doha-based Foundation is dedicated to building human capital …
Smartly mobile
Over the past few years smartphones have moved beyond the briefcases and boardrooms of the corporate world into the back …
Building smart
Sahara Petrochemicals, based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), prides itself on maintaining the highest in quality standards and …