A roundup of Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held in Washinton DC this year.
Ballmer resigns from Microsoft board
Ex-CEO Steve Ballmer has resigned from the Microsoft board, citing other commitments as his key reason.
Hacker headspace
With cybercrime an ever-present danger, hackers around the world attack user data for financial and political gain. But they are not all bad. CNME takes a look at the mindset of hackers good and evil, and how they constantly ask questions of governments and top companies.
Narrowing the focus
Ramkumar B, President, Value Division, Redington Gulf, discusses the company’s plans for cloud and other focus areas for driving the business.
Samsung buys SmartThings
Samsung has agreed to buy SmartThings, a two-year-old startup that makes software to connect household objects and let them be …
Gartner: Internet of Things has reached hype peak
The Internet of Things has reached the height of its hype, according to Gartner. Each year the research firm puts …
AMD mulls custom ARM 64-bit server chips
Advanced Micro Devices may be willing to make custom ARM server chips for customers, much like it made custom chips …
Microsoft pitches Windows for IoT to maker community
Hoping to cover all its bases in the emerging Internet-of-Things market, Microsoft is proffering a helping hand to “makers,” DIYers, …
Stacking success
Herve Renault, Director, Channel, Alliances & General Business, SEMEA, VMware, on the company’s journey towards being a true cloud-provider and the role of the channel partners in this transformation.
Five trends that will shape the future of ERP
Businesses today are required to deal with technological advancements occurring at a pace never experienced before. What’s more, trends like …
Gulf Air appointed to SITA council
Following a nomination by the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, has recently …
A class apart
Youssef Fawaz, Managing Director, Middle East, Dimension Data, discusses how the company’s managed cloud platform enables it to stand out from competition.
Citrix appoints Config as VAD in French-speaking Africa
Citrix has appointed Config as its second Value Added Distributor (VAD) in Francophone Africa. As demand for virtualisation, mobility management, networking and cloud services in the region continues to grow rapidly, Config will distribute all Citrix solutions, including network optimisation technologies, to resellers across the region to ensure organisations have the correct infrastructure in place to support the surge in demand for virtual and mobile workspaces.
Mastering the data
Moving virtual servers around a hybrid cloud environment isn’t hard, but managing the data is. That’s why NetApp wants to be “the enterprise data-management standard across the enterprise,” says CEO Tom Georgens.
Rack to the future
Data centre technology is rapidly changing. With the advent of virtualisation and increasing speed and agility may come a sense of impending doom for IT staff. However, more efficient centres do not necessarily mean the end of a robust technical department.
Crafting space
Last month in London, EMC gave the media a peek of what is coming in the future for the technology leader and what is available now to help CIOs manage their data.
Diyar signs EMC Kuwait partnership
Diyar has announced its role as an EMC Signature Partner for Kuwait.
Ingram Micro scoops Microsoft WPC awards
Microsoft has awarded Ingram Micro the Original Equipment Manufacturer Distributor of the Year Award and the Distribution Revenue Growth Award for fiscal year 2014 at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C.
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.