CNME held its annual Cloud Congress in Dubai, rallying together users and providers to discuss the best practices and technologies …
Alarm bells for hyped OpenStack project
A scathing report about OpenStack from research firm Gartner warns businesses to beware of considerable hype and says misconceptions about the open source cloud …
Realising potential
In a key move that clearly demonstrates the perception that the Middle East is an important and emerging market, global …
U.S. and India battle for IT outsourcing supremacy
There’s no question domestic outsourcing is more expensive than sending IT services abroad. The 215 enterprise buyers surveyed in the …
School’s in for iPad
When Dr. Martin Ringle introduced the then-new iPad to Oregon’s Reed College in the fall of 2010, he was more …
How IT pros can gear up for corporate leadership
Bottom Line – Non-IT and management skills are fundamental for career breakthrough – EMBA programmes gather collective wisdom and experience …
A cloudy forecast
The Middle East currently lags behind other regions in cloud investments, but Ian Harris, Systems Integrator Leader at Ciena, is …
GoingMad for social
Social media has revolutionised how enterprises operate and how people live their lives. So far the most influential players have …
Lying with technology
Recent reports have shone a light on a website that shows what percentage of someone’s Twitter followers are “fake,” “inactive” …
Google should speed up Apps’ enterprise social networking development
Google may be moving too slowly in building up Google Apps’ enterprise social networking (ESN) features, at a time when …
BYOD: What can we learn from China?
Most of us won’t buy the latest iPhone until our two-year wireless contract is up. The smartphone costs too much …
Big Data analytics lets businesses play moneyball
Hype continues to surround big data analytics. But hype or not, data-driven decision-making is becoming central to management decisions at …
A different beat
Regional system integrator Gulf Business Machines is transforming its networking business with a focus on four emerging technologies. GBM’s networking business, …
Sales first
An aggressive sales-first mantra has made billions for Oracle. This approach may be backfiring, though, as competitors and former partners …