The retail segment in the region is growing at an escalating scale. According to a Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry report, retailing in UAE alone is expected to reach AED 200 billion by 2017. Reseller ME explores how retailers can develop a strong loyalty programme to differentiate from stiff competition.

Everteam becomes Qlik’s authorised Middle East reseller
Everteam has announced a strategic partnership agreement with Qlik whereby Everteam Global services is now an authorised Qlik reseller in … 0 4908
Micro management
Marshall Choy, Oracle’s VP of systems solutions engineering, tells James Dartnell about the firm’s incorporation of security and analytics into its latest microprocessor.

Cisco to shed 5,500 jobs
Cisco Systems plans to lay off approximately 7 percent of its global workforce, in a restructuring that will see it further focus on hot IT areas such as the internet of things, security, collaboration, next-generation data centres, and the cloud.

UAE industrial sector falls victim to cyber attack
Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in multiple countries around the world, including the UAE.

Access denied
Recognising the potential harm of a host of threats brought on by employee naivety, Bahri & Mazroei Trading Company’s IT manager Madhusuthan opted for a fresh security solution to tackle social media overuse and abuse.

HPE to buy SGI in $275 million deal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is buying SGI in a $275 million deal that it hopes will give it a major boost in big-data analytics and high-performance computing.
Canon ME launches MFPs for growing enterprises
Canon Middle East has launched two new mono A4 multifunction printer (MFPs) series to address the print and document challenges of small and medium sized offices.

Intel snaps up Nervana
Intel is buying deep-learning start-up Nervana Systems, in a deal that could help it make up for lost ground in the increasingly hot area of artificial intelligence.

The infrastructure of things
Are networks prepared for the era where tens of billions of connected devices dominate the enterprise?

Banque Saudi Fransi partners with Kaspersky Lab
Banque Saudi Fransi has partnered with Kaspersky Lab to provide better protection to their online and mobile banking users and to raise the level of security awareness among its clients.