Given the record number of attendees at this year’s Reseller Middle East Partner Excellence Conference, it was clear that the region’s channel players wanted to hear how to tackle new challenges.
Where’s the refurbished IT gear?
Walking through the PlayStation 3 section of my local Virgin Megastore recently, I came across something amazing – the chain has started accepting trade-ins as partial payment for new games.
How to implement a successful IT transformation
Stephen Phillips, head of Bain & Company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa IT practice, speaks about IT transformation, how to make effective investments in IT and IT programme management.
du expands its managed services portfolio with IT Management as a Service
In the hope of strengthening its managed services portfolio, du last week announced the launch of IT Management as a Service.
R&M warns Middle East against investing in under-developed tech
Swiss structured cabling specialist R&M has warned Middle East organisations against premature investments as long as standards are not defined and components are not fully developed.
Samsung WB250F Smart Camera
Samsung has kept this little compact camera relevant by packing it full of useful tech while still keeping the price down.
On the fringe
With margins for traditional commodity gear at all-time low, partners are looking to the peripherals market to make up on lost revenue.
Cloud and data centre virtualisation uptake hampered by ageing legacy systems, Brocade finds
The biggest barrier to adopting these new technologies, Brocade said in a statement, seemed to be having to sustain – at great cost – ageing legacy systems.
From 2012 to 2017, IP traffic to grow fastest in MEA region, Cisco says
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) will be the fastest-growing IP traffic region in the world from 2012 to 2017, according to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast for 2012 to 2017.
BYOD: Who's in control?
As more employees demand to use their personal devices for work, IT managers are struggling to both accommodate them and safeguard confidential company data.
Kaspersky, Trend Micro gain perfect scores in real-world protection test
Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 and Trend Micro Internet Security 2013 reportedly blocked 100 percent of malicious online attacks in a recent real-world protection test.
Symantec software monitors sensitive Apple iOS iPhone, iPad e-mail
Symantec on Wednesday said the updated version of its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) suite will be able to monitor confidential data sent by email via Apple iPhones and iPads.
Access to all
Den Sullivan, Head of Architectures for Emerging Markets, Cisco
The third dimension
We’ve all read about how 3D printing is set to change the manufacturing scene, but the technology has so far been too expensive or complex to make any real impact.