ICT solutions Value-Added Distributor Aptec, an Ingram Micro company, announced yesterday the launch of NetApp’s Expresspod SMB Virtualisation solution in the Middle East.
IDC Government Insights unveils 2013 predictions
IDC Government Insights research arm has published a top 10 predictions list for 2013. The predictions are: 1. Consumerisation of …
Dell invests in enterprise solutions and services
Opening its 2nd Annual Dell World Conference, Dell announced that more and more customers worldwide rely on its technology solutions …
Oracle buys DataRaker for ‘big data’ analysis
Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analysing data from …
CA Technologies appoints global boss
IT management solutions provider, CA Technologies, has appointed IT services industry veteran, Michael Gregoire, as chief executive officer (CEO), effective January …
Canon hosts partner conference
Building on its “closer to customers” strategy, Canon Middle East has hosted its 2012 Partner Conference from 5th to 7th December …
Nicira CTO shares sneak peek of company’s SDN plans
Nicira, the software-defined networking (SDN) startup that VMware purchased for $1.2 billion earlier this year, plans to release an SDN product that runs independent …
BYO trend fuels consumer app adoption in workplace: study
While the BYO trend is most commonly associated with employee-owned smartphones and tablets entering the workplace, new research by Cloud …
By 2020, there will be 5,200 GB of data for every person
During the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of …
Microsoft Office 2013
Although consumers and businesses are turning more often to Web-based software and mobile apps, many millions still depend on Microsoft …
More fireworks
It’s not just data that’s exploding as storage vendors set off fireworks to celebrate a lucrative year in the Middle …
Unchartered shores
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Emcor Facilities Services (EFS) says this …
Dell’s acquisitions not yet paying dividends
Dell’s effort to move away from PCs into enterprise products has been slow as the company battles a challenging economy …
New Metaio tools simplifies creation of augmented reality apps
The latest version of Metaio’s development tool Creator will make it easier to add new content to augmented reality, thanks …
SAP adds MaxAttention support option for custom apps
SAP is now offering its MaxAttention support service to companies with software that was designed and built by SAP’s custom …
Channel changes in 2013
George DeBono, GM- MEA at Red Hat, spells out how the solutions provider landscape will change in the coming year …
Steady as it goes
Symantec has recently laid out its management and product strategy. The company, which has gone through a leadership change, is …
Cisco aims for bigger services business, more software revenue
Cisco plans to expand its services business over the next several years, seeing a more important role for itself in …
Symantec – Security and storage predictions for 2013
In 2012 mobility, virtualisation and cloud computing were three big trends that affected change in the way organisations across the …
Forecast: The top 5 trends of Middle East IT
Technology has filtered down to infiltrate every part of our routine life and society at large. The Year 2012 …