Open door policy

Illyas Kooliyankal, Chief Information Security Office, ADS Securities has always kept an open mind. Though he is tasked with protecting some of the most sensitive financial data, he realises that information security should be a business enabler, not a hindrance.

How data-literate is your organisation?

Staying above water

Venturing into the use of Big Data – and in particular, predictive analytics – solutions can be a messy business. We look at what IT leaders can do to get the most out of their sea of data.

Path to success

With resellers being the key component of the channel landscape, RME profiles leading players and discusses important factors to their success.

Tech, travelled

With the organisation’s data centre archaic and inefficient, Saeed Al Ghailani, Head of Infrastructure and Telecoms, Department of Transport Abu Dhabi, knew change was a must. When the arm moved to a new office in Bain Al Jessrain, he took the opportunity to modernise and streamline IT operations.

Network World ME judges named

The judges for CNME’s sixth annual Network World Middle East awards have been announced, comprising IT leaders from a variety of influential companies across the region.

Deloitte: Mixed outlook for CIOs

Deloitte’s second global CIO Survey reveals a disparity between the excitement over, and proposed investment in, technology – and the role the CIO is playing in this transformation.

Ericsson: 9 in 10 to have mobile phone by 2020

The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, an update on mobile trends leveraging Big Data from live networks worldwide, launches today and reveals that proliferation of mobile technology is continuing at a rapid pace.

Building bridges

With a lack of communication and collaboration between on-the-ground workers and office staff, the ALEC (Al Jaber LEGT Engineering and Contracting) IT team set about establishing a self-service Intranet portal to streamline communications and optimise business processes.

Expanding horizons

Taj ElKhayat, Managing Director, Middle East, Turkey, North, West, and Central Africa at Riverbed Technology, explains how to overcome challenges in location-independent computing.

MENA banking IT spend to hit $13.1 billion in 2014

Banking and securities companies in the Middle East and North Africa are on pace to spend approximately $13.1 billion on IT products and services in 2014, an increase of 2.4 percent over 2013 revenue of nearly $12.8 billion, according to Gartner.

Safe and Sound

Modern healthcare is increasingly becoming dependent on hi-tech IT systems and solutions. Reseller ME investigates why partners should align their focus to this sector and explores the channel opportunities present.

Infor appoints channel executive for healthcare

Infor has appointed Giuseppe Catania as the Channel Executive for Healthcare for the Middle East. Catania will be responsible for the growth of the vendor’s sales in the healthcare industry across UAE and Saudi Arabia.

A fine line

Arun Chawla, CEO, Trigon, takes Reseller Middle East through the company’s growth stages and discusses how partners can expand business without hurting their bottom line.

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