The 2014 Dell World Forum, held from November 4-6 in Austin, Texas, was met with some unseasonable weather. In spite of the rain, thousands gathered to see what Dell has in store and the company did what it always does in uncertain times – adapt.
Future fears
The threat intelligence market, and the world of IT security more generally, may be the fastest growing and changing aspects of the technology industry. The gap between those in the know and those still desperately trying to catch up in terms of security know-how is growing ever wider.
Know your enemy
With customers’ hard-earned cash in their custody, banks need vigilant, vigorous IT security teams to thwart opportunist hackers. Rinaldo Ribeiro, Head of IT Risk and GRC, Commercial Bank of Dubai, discusses the role of incident visibility and employee education in guarding CBD’s crown jewels.
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.
IBM releases social collaboration tool Verse
IBM has announced its new ‘freemium’ social collaboration Verse that uses built-in analytics to retrieve information from a range of services.
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.
Resolution1 Security announces global partner programme
Resolution1 Security has announced its global partner program, Resolution1 Connect.
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.
Cisco collaboration app joins enterprise mobile space
Cisco will package and deliver enterprise collaboration capabilities via a mobile and Web app built to replicate the ease of use of consumer software but designed for ad hoc, workplace team interaction.
Tianhe-2 tops supercomputer list again
Once a seething cauldron of competition, the twice-yearly Top500 listing of the world’s most powerful supercomputers has grown nearly stagnant of late.
Data defence
Suni Munshani, CEO, Protegrity, discusses the evolution of data security in a dynamic business environment.
Business prospects with Internet of Things
Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Intelligent Systems, Red Hat, shares insights into how to optimise the opportunities in Internet of Things.
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.
BlackBerry, Samsung announce mobile software deal
BlackBerry has announced a renewed enterprise focus, including a partnership with Samsung that provides secure mobile software for certain Samsung Android smartphones and tablets.