Ingram Micro has announced the appointment of Marc Kassis as Cyber Security Director. With this appointment the company has launched its Cyber Security business practice for the META region.

Virtual teleportation now possible with Microsoft
Using a combination of mixed reality displays and 3D cameras, users of Microsoft’s “Holoportation” technology can interact with remote participants as if they were in the same physical space.

SUSE acquires OpenStack technology assets from HPE
SUSE has entered into an agreement with HPE to acquire technology and talent that will expand its OpenStack IaaS solution and accelerate its entry into the growing Cloud Foundry PaaS market.

Nokia phones poised for a comeback in 2017
Former Finish phone giant Nokia is looking to make a comeback into the smartphone market after its acquisition by Microsoft in 2014.

NetSuite set to go global under Oracle’s flag
As part of Oracle, NetSuite plans to localise its products for many more countries while expanding its data centre capacity, sales operations, partner channel and other assets to reach customers in those new areas.

Juniper boosts cloud analytics tech with AppFormix buy
Looking to bolster its cloud analytics and machine learning technologies, Juniper has announced its intention to buy startup AppFormix for an undisclosed amount.

Saudi government agencies hit by cyber-attacks
State-sponsored hackers have reportedly conducted a number of destructive attacks on organisations in Saudi Arabia over the last two weeks.
Veeam joins HPE Complete Programme
The programme adds Veeam solutions to HPE’s price list so that customers can purchase complete HPE and Veeam solutions directly from HPE and its resellers.

Qatar set to strengthen economic digitisation efforts
The State of Qatar’s efforts to digitise its economy and provide more services online is opening a huge range of opportunities for citizens, businesses and the wider region, according to experts set to attend the upcoming Euromoney Qatar Conference 2016.

Scuderia Toro Rosso deploys Acronis’ data protection technology
Acronis has began the implementation of its data protection technology into Scuderia Toro Rosso’s IT infrastructure.