STME has signed a new partnership agreement with Veritas Technologies to provide clients in the Middle East with the company’s NetBackup solutions for backup and recovery.

Saudi Arabia Mobily signs new deal to modernise IP networks
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), a mobile and data service provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has awarded Nokia a contract to modernise and optimise its IP and optical networks.0 12589
Gulf Air, TransSys partner to accelerate digital transformation
Gulf Air and TransSys Solutions have announced their partnership to enhance Oracle E-Business Suite capabilities and features to utilise latest technologies such as mobility and interface to Hybrid Cloud.
Ingram Micro expands distribution agreement with Acronis
Aptec, an Ingram Micro company has announced it signed a distribution agreement with Acronis.

Hybrid ops
Hybrid cloud implementations are becoming standard for companies building next-generation cloud applications. Here are three key questions that need to be considered to be able to run and manage database operations that support both environments.

Fresh infrastructure: the grass is greener
Bogged down by legacy systems and stubborn employees, Petroserv’s IT was suffering. The Qatari firm’s Head of IT, Mubarik Hussain, shares his story of how he instigated a complete technology overhaul, and has since reaped the rewards.

Testing transformation
The rise of as-a-service models will play a pivotal role in the digital transformations of organisations worldwide. With this in mind, CNME hosted an enthralling roundtable discussion in partnership with TransSys Solutions to gauge senior decision-maker sentiment on the topic.

Cloud care
On 28th March, representatives from Blue Coat Systems met with top CIOs of the region to discuss data protection, tokenisation and the cloud.
TP-LINK to flaunt Neffos smartphone at GITEX Shopper 2016
TP-LINK Technologies has announced it is at GITEX Shopper Spring Edition 2016 to showcase and promote the recently launched Neffos smartphone, which also marked the company’s entry into the mobile handset market.

Cisco releases Global Cloud Index
The fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2014-2019), released recently, forecasts that Middle East and Africa cloud traffic will more than quadruple by the end of 2019.

Gartner: Middle East IT spending to reach $212.9B in 2016
Middle East IT spending is projected to reach $212.9 billion in 2016 a 3.7 percent increase from 2015, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.