Glen Ogden, Regional Sales Director, Middle East, A10 Networks, says the Middle East channel can tap into new revenue streams and high margins in emerging technologies, once they develop their professional services capabilities.
Partners, Cloud and SMBs
Manish Punjabi, Channel Marketing Manager, ALE, MEA & Turkey, outlines the key takeaways from the Global Partner event held in Paris, earlier this year.
Billionaires, icons and movie stars – why geek is now chic
From popular culture to big business, the geeks have inherited the earth. They are now often championed, given the limelight or even imitated – geek is now chic! So let’s take some time out to look how the geek – and our perception of the geek – has evolved…
Is SIEM really a white elephant?
In many organisations today, a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution is like a “white elephant,” expensive to …
Home trading
The next big culture shift in consumer technology is clearly home automation, and both Google and Apple will have a lot to say about it in the coming days.
Going to the office? BYO-Apple Watch.
The launch of the Apple Watch heralds the transformation of BYOD into BYOX. How can businesses accommodate #GenMobile’s adoption of wearables, while still staying in control?
Digital civic moments
In a digital society, government programmes will be evaluated and funded based on overall citizen experience.
Taking flight with M2M
With everything from luxury cars to home appliances expected to be connected through M2M applications in the coming years and to be linked to cellular networks, the ICT industry has come to grips with the fact that certain technology limitations will need to be overcome before M2M can truly take flight.
Mobilising the customer experience
Jyoti Lalchandani, IDC’s Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, discusses how mobility can be the key to keeping your business relevant and avoid extinction from the market.
Strike while the iron is hot
Jyoti Lalchandani, Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director, IDC Middle East, Turkey & Africa, urges IT services firms to undertake a more strategic advisor role.
How to rethink security to beat tomorrow’s threats
Johnny Karam, Regional Vice President, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Citrix, talks about the changing landscape of enterprise IT and the new models of security.
Public progress
As a member of the company CEO office, HP’s Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector Programmes Suparno Banerjee is in the business of dealing with high-powered people. Recently in Dubai, he took time out to speak with CNME about his philosophy on transforming government through technology.
IRAN –‘an opportunity of a lifetime’
A raft of Iran sanctions will be lifted in the coming month, and a lot of market key players have expressed high hopes and great interest in the number of opportunities in the country. Asad Sayed, Channel Sales Manager, Acer Middle East, also sees the great potential in this development and discusses what awaits investors and channel players once the sanctions are lifted.
Three steps to CIO success
New CIOs must be ready to go live on day one, learning the company’s agenda and positioning themselves as architects of innovation, says Diana Bersohn, Managing Director, IT Strategy and Transformation, Accenture.