Microsoft aims to become a dominant player in hosted software and cloud computing in 2009, despite its late entry in …
Smart phones getting smarter
Wi-Fi may not be cutting-edge technology anymore, but iPhones, netbooks and other portable devices will put it in many more …
Cutting the travel budgets
The first round of layoffs has taken hold, your annual bonus seems like a cruel joke, and travel is off-limits. …
A bumpy ride ahead
Enterprise IT executives are taking the economy's downturn in stride. This not being their first time at the rodeo, they …
Gartner recognizes Check Point’s market leadership
Check Point announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner’s recent Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network …
Green-tech resolutions for 2009
Odds are your company is tightening its belt for the upcoming year, given the sad state of the economy. Fortunately …
Juniper poaching Nortel’s channels?
Juniper has the most to gain from Nortel's tenuous financial position, according to a bulletin issued this month by investment …
Managed Security Services – Bane or Boon?
The supporters vehemently profess that Managed Security Services should be considered as a kind of panacea for today’s burgeoning security …
Auditing security
NWME: How is Emitac looking at security audit as an area of focus? EJ: We give the security audit area …
A buyers’ guide to IP surveillance cameras
Network cameras for IP-based video surveillance systems have been around since 1996. These are attached directly to the network and …
Three deals symbolized storage trends in 2008
Overall demand for storage capacity is growing by about 60 percent per year, according to IDC. Another research company, Enterprise …
Undersea cable cuts disrupt Internet access
The cut occurred on lines between 07:28 and 08:06 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on lines in the Mediterranean sea that …
Avaya looking to catch unified communications wave in 2009
In its favor are that the company is privately held, has been at work streamlining and has installed key executives …
VMware wants a bigger role in your data center
VMware is still the top player in the hypervisor market, but the coming year will see the company move far …
Analyst: WiMax market will decline in 2009
Total sales of fixed and mobile WiMax equipment fell 21 percent to $245 million in the third quarter of 2008, …
Gartner: Semiconductor revenue drops on economic woes
Semiconductor companies are feeling the effects of constrained budgets and a slowdown in demand for products like cars, consumer electronics …
Aptec to hold 3Com roadshows across GCC
These seminars aimed at the resellers across the region focusing on the SMB sector will highlight some of the new …
IronPort Turbocharges Web Security Appliances
IronPort Systems has recently introduced the industry’s fastest Web security appliances, capable of supporting up to 30,000 end-users with a …
Tracking indentities
A common misconception concerning network security is that the enterprise network is at considerable risk from external attackers only. In …
Cisco plans TelePresence translation next year
The feature is expected to go on sale in the second half of 2009 with an initial set of 20 …