Fady Sleiman, CIO, Waha Capital, does not see areas of weakness. Instead, he prefers to see opportunities. When he had the opportunity to streamline the technology infrastructure in the office, he and his team went all in.
On the ball
SAP recently announced a deal to become the chief technology provider for City Football Group, the quartet of soccer clubs owned by Abu Dhabi United Group. The partnership aims to build on the success of English club Manchester City, and bring enhanced footballing operations, fan experiences and business administration to CFG.
Red Hat readies OpenStack for enterprise
Red Hat has recently reported that it has made the necessary adjustments to the open source OpenStack cloud hosting software for easier deployment within enterprises.
IBM’s $1B acquisition aims to enhance its Watson Health platform
IBM has announced plans to buy Merge Healthcare in a $1 billion deal that promises to bring new image-focused capabilities to its Watson Health platform.
Review: Synology DS 415+
Synology’s DS415+ beats any existing NAS systems belonging to competition today.
Red Hat launches new Enterprise Linux 6.7
Red Hat has announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, the latest version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform.
Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S2
Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of its latest offering, the Galaxy Tab S2
Cyber vigilance
Radwan Moussalli, Senior Vice President – Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, Tata Communications, talks about the emerging security concerns in the digital age and how organisations can tackle these threats.
SentinelOne’s EPP offering receives AV-Test certification
Next-generation endpoint protection vendor SentinelOne’s new endpoint protection platform, called EPP, has won an Approved Corporate Endpoint Protection seal of approval from AV-Test.
EMC announces Q2 financial results
EMC recently reported its second-quarter 2015 financial results. EMC generated $1 billion in operating cash flow and $647 million in free cash flow in the second quarter, and ended the quarter with $14.8 billion in cash and investments.
Connecting the world
Tarek Saadi, Vice President and Head of Sales, Ericsson Region Middle East and East Africa, talks about the company’s Network Society vision and the trends shaping the regional telecom landscape.
SAP announces growth during H1 2015
SAP has recently announced its financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2015.
Cisco names two members of the new CEO’s team
Zorawar Biri Singh, Senior Vice President and CTO, Platforms and Solutions, and Kevin Bandy, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, will both report to Robbins.
Turkcell, Ericsson sign 5G R&D partnership
Turkcell and Ericsson has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on 5G research and development.
FVC boosts security portfolio with IronKey partnership
As part of its recently formed IT Infrastructure and Security division, FVC has signed a distribution agreement with Imation to distribute its IronKey enterprise level mobile security solutions across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Cisco to sell Connected Devices unit to Technicolor
Cisco Systems recently announced plans of selling its Connected Devices division to French firm Technicolor.
IBM reports drop in Q2 sales
IBM has reported another quarter of declining revenue and profit. Revenue for its second quarter was $20.8 billion, down from $24 billion a year earlier, IBM announced recently.
Microsoft ends support for Windows Server 2003
Microsoft has officially ended support for its Windows Server 2003 following the announcement of its planned move across users of the 13-year-old operating system worldwide.
Dell introduces new series of Wyse thin clients
During the recently held Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Dell unveiled its latest Wyse thin clients, based on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise operating system and updates to its vWorkspace desktop virtualisation software.
Pulse Secure unveils new line of Pulse Secure Appliances
Pulse Secure recently introduced a family of Pulse Secure Appliances built to power its Next Generation Secure Access framework that helps companies blend cloud services and data centre applications.