Avaya has named Nidal Abou-Ltaif as President for the recently formed Global Growth Markets (GGM) sales theatre, which encompasses Middle East, Africa, Turkey, India, Russia, CIS, and Greater China.
Avaya Appoints Nidal Abou-Ltaif President for Global Growth Markets Theatre
Avaya has named Nidal Abou-Ltaif as President for the recently formed Global Growth Markets (GGM) sales theatre, which encompasses Middle East, Africa, Turkey, India, Russia, CIS, and Greater China.
Ericsson UAE's 'Great Place to Work' rank goes up
Ericsson has been recognized as the 4th Great Place to Work in the UAE in 2014, as announced during a …
Forrester: CIOs still in control of most IT spending
CIOs still have the last word over most IT spending but over time they will work more closely with business units on buying decisions, a Forrester Research survey says.
US seeks info on industry ability to hold bulk phone data
The U.S. government has asked for information on whether commercially available services can provide a viable alternative to the government holding bulk phone records for a program of the National Security Agency.
State secrets
What do Middle East governments need when it comes to security, and are newly formed government entities set to revolutionise the way that states think about security?
7 things marketing wants to say to IT
We caught up with several CMOs and marketing executives to find out what they’d ask of IT if they could speak frankly. Here are their seven key requirements.
CIO focus: Hee Hwang, SNU Bundang Hospital, South Korea
The healthcare market in Asia-Pacific is booming and an interesting example of the innovation of the region is reflected in Seoul National University Bundang Hospital’s embrace of SAP HANA as a data warehousing solution.
Daunting challenges await Nadella as he takes over from Ballmer
Satya Nadella will face a host of problems upon assuming his mantle as Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella to succeed Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has finally concluded its protracted search and chosen its new CEO: Satya Nadella, who as executive vice president of the company’s Cloud and Enterprise group has successfully steered the shift of the company’s back-end server software and tools to the cloud.
TRA launches first 2014 IPV6 training tourse for UAE government entities
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s 2014 IPV6 training courses are currently underway in the TRA offices both in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
What the Internet of Things will mean for CIOs
In a recent blog post, Frost & Sullivan analyst Andrew Milroy predicts that more data will be generated by machines, or things, this year than by human beings.
Analysing Smart City technology
Smart City technology to grow to USD 20.2 billion by 2020, but organisations need long-lasting IT plans in the next six months, says Condo Protego CEO Andrew Calthorpe
Symantec Q3 decline shows firm battling changing security market
With Gartner predicting the rise of sales of security software, one of the top security software houses, Symantec, appears to be struggling in the market it should be dominating.
German government faces legal action over NSA spying
The German government and the German Federal Intelligence Service are facing legal action because they allegedly aided the U.S. NSA data collection program.
Yahoo reports another sales decline as ads sag
Yahoo reported a 6 percent drop in revenue for the fourth quarter as sales of its display and search ads dropped compared to last year.
Canalys: Android, wearable tech to get boost from Google-Samsung patent deal
The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, analysts said Monday.
Enabling with technology
Hicham Abdessamad, Executive Vice President, Global Services, Hitachi Data Systems
Interview: Juniper Networks' new CEO, Shaygan Kheradpir
New Juniper Networks CEO, Shaygan Kheradpir, seemed to be hitting all the right notes speaking at the company’s RevUp 2014 conference in Las Vegas.
CrowdStrike: Global cybercrime dominated by 50 core groups
Cybercrime in 2013 was dominated by a core of around 50 active groups, including Russian and Chinese ‘threat actors’ whose activities are only now coming to light, a report from monitoring firm CrowdStrike has found.