Ericsson has announced that Tarek Saadi has been appointed Head of Global Customer Unit (GCU) Zain as well as Head of Customer Unit for the GCC and Pakistan.
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Bahrain mulls single broadband network roll out
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Bahrain held a series of briefings with telecom operators this month to discuss the new economic regulatory framework, a key step towards achieving single network in the kingdom.0 4524
Riverbed opens new global R&D facility in India
Riverbed Technology has opened a new global Research and Development facility in Bangalore, India, and announced plans to expand its engineering team in the region by three-fold over the next several years.
SUSE brings Live Patching to SAP applications
SUSE has recently introduced SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching to enable customers run workloads on the SAP HANA platform. The SAP NetWeaver technology platform and other SAP applications reduce the business disruption caused by planned downtime.
Veeam announces executive leadership changes
Veeam Software has recently announced the appointment of Peter McKay as its President and Chief Operating Officer and the promotion of William Largent as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Ericsson launches ‘5G Plug-Ins’
Ericsson has announced a line ‘5G Plug-Ins,’ which are software-driven innovations that bring essential 5G technology concepts to today’s cellular networks.
Out of station
Inflexible and complex IT infrastructures can hamper any organisation. These barriers result in slow deployment of critical applications and services, leaving them unable to keep up with growing business demands. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can tackle these issues, and bring a whole host of benefits.
The need for speed
Adrian Pickering, Vice President, Middle East and Africa, Juniper Networks, describes how businesses can be empowered by network innovations to compete in the fast-moving digital economy.
With open arms
The benefits of open source are well known – software that is largely free of charge, constantly updated and prevents vendor lock-in. How trusting are Middle East organisations to open source when it comes to one of the most important parts of an IT strategy – the network?
Technology for good
ICT offers an incredible platform for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Having already reached an estimated 20 million people with initiatives such as Connect to Learn, Reunite and Ericsson Response, Ericsson does not plan to slow down any time soon.
Going virtual
Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) promises to significantly change the way telecom networks are built and operated. However, there remain several challenges to widespread adoption.