As companies look bridge talent holes in their IT organisations, there is an increased emphasis on vendor-and technology-specific training. Here …
Al-Reyami chooses Fortinet for better network security
Al Reyami Group, a Dubai-based group doing business in a variety of sectors from urban development to leisure in UAE, …
Orbit Showtime consolidates network with Orange
Orange Business Services, the B2B arm of France Telecom, has signed a three-year agreement with OSN – Orbit Showtime Network …
An EPIC story-WFP’s new IT platform developed in Dubai
The World Food Programme (WFP), one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the larger UN system, has recently finished development …
Deadline extended for Network World ME Annual Awards 2011
The entry deadline for Network World Middle East’s annual awards has been extended to April 7th, 2011. To win, tell …
Social media essential to IT service management: Ovum
CIOs must start to think about integrating social media into their service desks as the technology becomes ubiquitous in everyday …
Tablet sales to soar through 2015: Gartner
Gartner Wednesday revised its worldwide IT spending forecast upward, mostly in response to strong 2010 sales of media tablet computers …
BP loses laptop with oil spill data
The personal information of 13,000 individuals who had filed compensation claims with BP after last year’s disastrous oil spill may …
Bank Muscat opts for Avaya
One of the GCC’s bigger banks announced today that it has successfully deployed Avaya Aura to enhance customer service and …
New game, new rules
Alcatel-Lucent is a force to be reckoned within the enterprise space, says the company’s Sr VP for Sales EMEA Enterprise, …
UAE ranked seventh on government spending efficiency
The UAE is ranked seventh in the world in terms of efficiency of government spending in the 2010-2011 Global Competitiveness …
Google Android 3.0 needs more work
Google will not release the source code for Honeycomb, the version of its Android mobile OS optimised for tablets, until …
SOA alive and well: Forrester
It’s been a little hard of late to find references to SOA (service-oriented architecture), the buzz-phrase that once saturated the …
Google funds tools to expose attempts to control the internet
In the wake of Internet blackouts in Egypt and Libya, Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million …