Riverbed Technology has announced that it will be participating at the upcoming GITEX Technology Week under the theme ‘Experience the future of networking.’
Sage lays out its vision
The cloud accounting software vendor, Sage has announced its strong commitment to future technologies, with a focus on new and …
Keeping up with the trends
Marco Landi, president, EMEA, Polycom, discusses the changing purchasing trends in the IT industry and shares insights on how Middle East vendors can keep up with the shift.
Microsoft phone sales plummet
Microsoft has reported the strong performance of its cloud offering last quarter, with revenue from its Azure services more than doubling from the same period last year.
Trend Micro helps customers fend off ransomware attacks
Recognising the growth and impact of ransomware, Trend Micro, has taken new approaches to helping customers defend against ransomware with new offerings.
Microsoft opens new centre of excellence for oil and gas
Microsoft has launched a new Middle East and Africa centre of excellence for oil and gas in Dubai, built specifically to assist customers in driving digital transformation, cost cutting and optimisation of their operations across the region and the world.
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
Microsoft has announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire social networking and recruitment site LinkedIn.
Data curators
On a recent visit to the UAE, SAP CEO Bill McDermott told James Dartnell about the company’s plans to build a data centre in Dubai, with the possibility of an additional site in Riyadh.
Microsoft CEO explores opportunities in India
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella is currently visiting India, to look into the growing potential of the country as a market for multinational technology companies.
Citrix, Microsoft align to promote digital transformation
At Citrix Synergy, Citrix and Microsoft unveiled an expansion of their strategic partnership to meet the needs of the modern workforce with application and desktop virtualisation in the cloud, network delivery and enterprise mobility management.
Redington, Microsoft sign CSP partnership for South Gulf
Redington Gulf has been appointed as Microsoft’s Tier-2 partner for the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Indirect programme for the South Gulf region covering the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.
Securing the bridge
Cloud storage revenue is forecast to grow more than 28 percent annually to reach $65 billion in 2020. The driving force is the substantial economies of scale that enable cloud-based solutions to deliver more cost-effective primary and backup storage than on-premise systems can ever hope to achieve.
Microsoft hosts Cloud Roadshow 2016 in the UAE
In line with Microsoft’s efforts to impart the latest cloud knowledge and empower IT professionals to achieve more, the company hosted the Cloud Roadshow 2016, held recently in Dubai.
Ingram Micro joins Microsoft CSP programme in MENA
Ingram Micro has announced that they have joined Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme in the Gulf region, French speaking North Africa countries and East Mediterranean countries.
Cashing in
Reseller ME examines the opportunities for channel partners when deploying Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and how they can profit in this space.
SD-WAN opportunities
As CSPs face challenges to maintain business services revenue and profit streams in the face of bandwidth commoditisation, SD-WAN solutions open up possibilities to enable them to increase the value of their managed services for business customers.
Driving demand
Haider Salloum, Small Medium Business Director, Microsoft Gulf, explains how channel partners play a crucial role for IT adoption within SMBs.
Riverbed, Microsoft to highlight IaaS and SaaS solutions at GITEX
Riverbed Technology has announced that it will participate at GITEX 2015, through its technology partner Microsoft.
Apple’s iPad Pro could replace laptops in the workplace, says CIOs
Apple’s iPad Pro, with its roomy high-resolution display, smart keyboard and stylus, got some CIOs to conclude that the new device has the potential to replace desktops and laptops in the workplace.
GWAVA to take part in GITEX 2015
GWAVA has announced its participation to GITEX Technology Week 2015, where it aims to feature its unified archiving solution for email, social and mobile digital communication.