VMware celebrated their partners this month at an awards dinner during the Middle East Partner Summit hosted in the Atlantis, Dubai.

EES partners with Kony
The regional systems integrator, Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES) has partnered with Kony for enterprise mobility solutions.

EES, Kony partner for enterprise mobility solutions
The regional systems integrator, Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES) has partnered with Kony for enterprise mobility solutions.

Etisalat Misr selects EMC to boost innovation
EMC Egypt and Etisalat Misr announced an IT project that aims to create an agile and efficient foundation for rapid business and customer growth.

Alcatel-Lucent sees strong growth in META region
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) recently hosted a media round table which featured its Group CEO Michel Combes. The event saw a discussion on the telco company’s rise from a financial difficulty in 2013 and the strategy that helped them overcome it.

Microsoft casts out ex-Nokia chief Stephen Elop
Microsoft announced that it will be casting out ex-Nokia CEO Stephen Elop as part of a major re-shuffling in its executive ranks.

Aptec wins VMware Distributor of the Year award
Aptec, an Ingram Micro company, announced that it received the VMware Distributor of the Year Award at the VMware Partner Summit Middle East and Northen Africa (MENA) 2015.

SAP steps up its IoT push with new HANA features
Aiming to better equip enterprises for big data and the Internet of Things, SAP recently rolled out a host of new features in its HANA platform and predictive-analytics portfolio.

Dell to open IoT lab
Dell has revealed it will launch a a dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) lab in Limerick, Ireland to focus on creating end to end IoT software, hardware and services.

Huawei appoints new president for ME operations
Huawei announced that Charles Yang has been appointed President, responsible for the company’s business in the Middle East region.
Huawei appoints new Middle East president
Huawei announced that Charles Yang has been appointed President, responsible for the company’s business in the Middle East region.
Cisco to implement ‘Security Everywhere’ strategy
Cisco has announced new offerings to embed security throughout the extended network – from the data centre out to endpoints, branch offices, and the cloud – for pervasive threat visibility and control.

Cisco to embed ‘Security Everywhere’ across the extended network
Cisco has announced new offerings to embed security throughout the extended network – from the data centre out to endpoints, branch offices, and the cloud – for pervasive threat visibility and control.

Survival of the fittest
IMA Chairman Joe Vincent discusses the importance of ‘Digital Darwinism’ – the process of natural selection through technological evolution.

Digital civic moments
In a digital society, government programmes will be evaluated and funded based on overall citizen experience.

Polaris joins Infor Partner Network
Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that Polaris ESL has joined the Infor Partner Network (IPN), a selective group of channel partners that re-sell and service Infor’s leading business application software.
A10 Networks unveils Thunder 6435
A10 Networks has launched Thunder 6435, an application delivery controller for secure high-performance application delivery.

Public and Private – Etisalat enables the region and its businesses
This month, Etisalat hosted two events that aimed to shed light on how the company can enable organisations, both public and private, to bring their processes and services into the digital age.

IoTX concludes successfully in Dubai
The recently held Internet of Things Expo 2015 (IoTX) successfully concluded with leading technology firms vying to capitalise on regional Smart City projects.

Virtual dreams
Network Function Virtualisation has the potential to profoundly change the way networks are built out and managed. Service providers hope to benefit from NFV by reducing start-up costs and the costs associated with network operations – both CAPEX and OPEX.


