Although most end users never get a clear view of the infrastructure underlying the services they consume via Amazon’s Elastic …
Cisco to buy video company for $5 billion
Cisco has said it will acquire NDS Group Ltd., a provider of video software and content security systems for service providers and media …
Microsoft cuts the prices of some Office 365 plans
Microsoft has lowered the prices of some editions of the Office 365 cloud collaboration and communication suite, which was launched …
Dell plans over 20 data centres in Asia
Dell plans to set up over 20 data centres in Asia to meet growing demand from customers for a mix …
Virtualisation will be universal business practise: GBM
Pappu Rao, director of technology services at Gulf Business Machines, says all of GBM’s 160 completed virtualisation projects have succeeded …
Dell to acquire SonicWALL
Dell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SonicWALL, a provider of advanced network security and data …
Hotels in the region are behind on IT: Atlantis
Hoteliers in the Middle East need to get out of the “traditional hotelier mindset” and start using technology to cater …
Amazon expands integrated status monitoring
Amazon Web Services has added the ability to monitor the status of storage volumes on EBS (Elastic Block Store), the …
Meru unveils virtualised WLAN infrastructure
Meru Networks this week unveiled virtualised versions of its wireless LAN infrastructure software, part of trend that’s simplifying enterprise WLANs and eliminating …
ADEC selects EMC to transform IT infrastructure
Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) has selected EMC to transform its IT infrastructure by deploying the Symmetric XMAX solution. The …
Citrix commits to Small and Medium Businesses
Citrix reinforced its commitment to partners focused on small and medium business (SMBs) through the launch of its Citrix Solution …
Spectrami delivers Actifio PAS platform to the Middle East
Spectrami, a value added distributor, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Actifio, the Protection and Availability Storage …
Don’t risk falling behind on IT trends: Microsoft
Microsoft yesterday sent out a message to companies in the Middle East to embrace IT trends and not risk getting …
SafeNet acquires Cryptocard
SafeNet has acquired Cryptocard, a privately held leader of cloud based authentication solutions, in a move to broaden its authentication …
SAP reveals large MENA growth plan
SAP announced today that it will expand its partner ecosystem as part of an AED 1.65 billion four-year growth plan …
HP ESSN highlights channel initiatives and growth in the ME
At a HP channel partners conference titled ‘Grow with HP’, Alaa Alshimy, director, HP Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking (ESSN),HP …
HP ESSN highlights channel initiatives and growth in the ME
At a HP channel partners conference titled ‘Grow with HP’, Alaa Alshimy, director, HP Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking (ESSN),HP …
GroupLogic aims at Dropbox with enterprise file-sharing app
GroupLogic has released a file syncing and sharing application that offers the same convenience as Dropbox but with enterprise-level management …
Infor launches first ERP app tied to Salesforce.com
Infor on Monday launched Inforce Everywhere, the first in a series of planned software products that will tie its ERP …
IBM user group: 75% of companies aren’t collecting social media information
A recent survey of the IBM SHARE user group found just 25% of respondents were collecting data from social media …