Cisco is in the hefty transition between networking giant and total IT company. At Cisco Live! 2013 in Florida, it claimed the vehicle to get it there will be a new business group and partner ecosystem revolved around the ‘Internet of Everything’. Ben Rossi reports.
Kaspersky Lab MD resigns, announces immediate replacement
Kaspersky Lab’s regional managing director, Tarek Kuzbari, has announced that he has resigned from his post and that corporate sales …
WD offers “ultimate mobile storage solution”
WD today announced the availability of the My Passport Ultra line of portable hard drives, which combine additional layers of data protection with super-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, a slim, compact design and four colour choices to offer mobile consumers the safest and easiest way to protect their digital content while travelling.
Alcatel-Lucent signs with Jumbo Electronic to renovate services
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a unique deal with Jumbo Electronics to refresh and renovate its data centre, LAN infrastructure and Wi-Fi services, the vendor revealed.
Red Hat reveals new VP for global strategic alliances
Red Hat today announced that it has named a new vice president of Global Strategic Alliances. Scott Musson, previously of VMware, will be responsible for Red Hat’s global alliance, system integrator and independent software vendor (ISV) relationships, and will manage Red Hat’s strategic relationships with HP, IBM, Dell and Cisco.
Do-it-yourself Big Data
Gulf Air shunned the expensive solutions of the big vendors jumping on the Big Data bandwagon, and became the first Middle East organisation to implement the technology by embracing open-source software with an in-house team.
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If 3,370,780 UAE residents use Facebook, and 80 percent of those replicate their passwords for other accounts, then the opportunity for cyber theft and hackers to infiltrate personal accounts is extremely high.
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.
Westcon to boost enablement by training 18 Avaya channel partners
Westcon Group claims to have advanced the enablement of its channel through the successful delivery of Avaya Professional Sales Specialist trainings and certifications to 18 of its reseller and system integrator partners.
Red Hat announces details for EMEA Partner Conference
Red Hat has announced dates and details for the fifth annual Red Hat Europe, Middle East and Africa Partner Conference scheduled to take place in Madrid, from Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2013.
Logicom awarded Distributor of the Year for MEA
Schneider Electric has awarded Logicom the Distributor of the Year for MEA Award from APC, at its recent channel awards event.
ZOTAC launches H87-ITX WiFi
ZOTAC International today announced a new mini-ITX platform for 4th Generation Intel Core processors for small form factor users that demand a compact PC without sacrificing performance or features.
Ipswitch sees KSA demand for Secure Managed File Transfer technology
Ipswitch File Transfer has seen increased demand for its secure file transfer technology in Saudi Arabia, the company reported.
Aneeta Gupta celebrates Women in AV Award
Visionaire has announced that InfoComm International has awarded Aneeta Gupta the Women in AV Award for the year 2013, making her the first woman outside of the United States of America to have won the global recognition.