Prabhu Ramachandran, Director, WebNMS, talks about the IoT trends and the company’s value proposition.

Out of station
Inflexible and complex IT infrastructures can hamper any organisation. These barriers result in slow deployment of critical applications and services, leaving them unable to keep up with growing business demands. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can tackle these issues, and bring a whole host of benefits.

Blueprint for IoT
Companies are excited by the opportunities around the Internet of Things (IoT), but CIOs are realising IoT is not a one size fits all solution. We give you five architectural components to better implement Internet of Things capabilities.

The need for speed
Adrian Pickering, Vice President, Middle East and Africa, Juniper Networks, describes how businesses can be empowered by network innovations to compete in the fast-moving digital economy.

What’s in store
EMC’s Stephen Manley, CTO of the company’s Core Technologies Division, discussed some of the challenges of shifting away from tape storage at EMC World.

With open arms
The benefits of open source are well known – software that is largely free of charge, constantly updated and prevents vendor lock-in. How trusting are Middle East organisations to open source when it comes to one of the most important parts of an IT strategy – the network?

Paladion to provide security for major Middle East banks
Paladion has announced that it has been successful in securing significant multi –year Managed Services Contracts with two of the biggest financial institutions in the GCC.
Wi-Fi second most important living essential for families
According to a recent research titled The Home Network, the Neglected Workhorse by IDC and Linksys, 84 percent of users cite performance as the most important attribute when purchasing a new router, far out distancing range, security and even price.

Nokia launches AirFrame Data Centre for the Open Platform NFV community
Nokia has announced that it will be collaborating with Intel to make its carrier-grade AirFrame Data Centere Solution hardware available for an Open Platform Network Functions Virtualisation (OPNFV) Lab.

Onwards and upwards
Over the last year, the vendor has re-focused its market strategies and made significant investments in new solutions that will expand its reach to larger enterprises and grow its presence here in the region.