IBM’s annual conference, IBM InterConnect was held in Las Vegas this year, filling the meeting rooms of Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand with IBM partners, customers, experts and enthusiasts from 21st-25th February. Annie Bricker reports.
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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 3620
Lenovo, Juniper Networks sign global partnership
Lenovo and Juniper Networks has announced the commencement of a global strategic partnership to leverage synergies in their respective product and technology portfolios to build the next generation data centre infrastructure solutions for enterprise and web-scale customers.
NEC appoints two new key sales leadership for EMEA
NEC Display Solutions Europe has announced its new strategic sales and market initiative with two key sales leadership appointments in EMEA.
Polycom, Microsoft extend video collaboration services
Polycom and Microsoft Corp. has announced plans to expand the reach of Skype for Business meetings so Polycom customers of all sizes will be able to leverage their existing video investments as they move to Microsoft Office 365 and Skype for Business environments.
Interactive Intelligence introduces PureCloud Engage
Interactive Intelligence Group has recently announced a new customer engagement cloud service for businesses throughout the Middle East.
ALE appoints new head of Communications Business Division
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, introduces Matthieu Destot as the newly appointed Executive Vice President, General Manager for the ALE Communication Business Division.
A10 Networks announces availability of Thunder Convergent Firewall
A10 Networks has announced the worldwide availability of Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW), a standalone security product built on A10’s ACOS Harmony platform.
Finesse opens new Process Excellence Centre
Finesse has recently announced that its Central Business District office will now function as a Banking Process Excellence and BPO Centre to service their existing client base and further expand to new customers in the Middle East region.
Pre-integrated OSS-BSS
Pre-integrated OSS and BSS is said to be crucial for telecom operators to achieve agility and flexibility as they roll out next-generation networks and introduce multi-media services. We look at the value of OSS/BSS in-a-box and what should be considered before making the leap to these solutions.
Governments get smart to the digital era
Jeff Vining, Research Vice President, Gartner, gives insights on how digital governments can leverage smart technologies to deal more effectively with emerging challenges.