Generation X

With cloud computing having a marked impact on the way IT serves the enterprise, the ‘as-a-service’ model has been a game-changer. Now, most types of hardware, software, IT or business process can be offered as a cloud-based service. We look at the models’ prospects in 2015.

Strategise to grow

Jean-Loup Desamaison-Cognet, Vice President for Central and Middle East Region, EMEA for Arrow’s Enterprise Computing Solutions business, discusses the company’s focus points for the region.

Brocade: Virtualisation top EMEA trend

According to research conducted by Brocade,, virtualisation, has emerged as the top customer trend and network complexity and bandwidth provisioning are the top two customer pain points.

Fine print

The regional channel is identifying the opportunities that services bring to the table. Managed Print Services (MPS) is one such opportunity where businesses are able to reduce printing costs and improve productivity significantly, among other aspects. Reseller ME finds out how channel partners can make the most of this to increase their profitability.

Interactive Intelligence signs NCBS as elite KSA partner

Interactive Intelligence Group, a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience has signed National Company for Business Solutions (NCBS), as an ‘elite’ partner. Under the terms of the agreement, NCBS will sell, implement and service Interactive Intelligence’s products and services portfolio across all market segments and verticals in Saudi Arabia.

Ericsson: 9 in 10 to have mobile phone by 2020

The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, an update on mobile trends leveraging Big Data from live networks worldwide, launches today and reveals that proliferation of mobile technology is continuing at a rapid pace.

HP: The Enterprise expects

Following HP’s decision to split its PC and printer businesses away from the Enterprise Group, James Dartnell looks at the new companies’ prospects and the thinking behind the move.

Road to simplicity

As a prelude to CNME’s fifth annual ICT Achievement Awards, Dell partnered with CPI to host a roundtable discussion on Software-Defined Networking. Chief Information Officers from a range of verticals gathered to share their thoughts on the futuristic technology.

EMC: 88 percent of UAE values third platform

EMC has released the findings of a survey that asked I.T. decision makers in UAE for their perspective on I.T.’s role as an enabler of business change during the shift towards the megatrends of cloud, mobile, social and Big Data.

Expanding horizons

Taj ElKhayat, Managing Director, Middle East, Turkey, North, West, and Central Africa at Riverbed Technology, explains how to overcome challenges in location-independent computing.

The Midas touch

In an exclusive interview, Sami Abi Esber, President, Board Member, Midis Group, speaks to Reseller ME on the recently acquired managed services company, eHosting DataFort and the evolving role of a systems integrator in a virtualised environment.

Education on demand

The Technical Vocational and Training Corporation, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, lacked a solution to allow its 150 campuses to be connected with access to critical data and information. Huawei’s Cloud OS has since linked all campuses to a central educational resource portal.

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