Microsoft welcomed over 25,000 business customers to its annual IT event, Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida., where the company showcased …
Linksys unveils gaming-focused router for Middle East market
Linksys and Rivet Networks has announced the upcoming availability of the new Linksys WRT gaming edition router – the WRT32X.
Gartner: Q2 server growth jumps 2.8%, Huawei 58%
Worldwide server revenue increased 2.8 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2017, while shipments grew 2.4 percent …
iPhone 6 sales dominate UAE smartphone market in Q2: TRA
The TRA also reported that 34.5% of all handsets registered on UAE mobile networks in the second quarter were manufactured by Samsung, but none of the company’s flagship phones were ranked in the top eight most popular.
MEA personal computer shipments plummet 7.3% in Q2
These trends translated into year-on-year declines of -21.9% for desktops and -15.7% for slate tablets in Q2 2017.
Strategic alliances: Regional Value-Added Resellers
While relationships have commanded the business environment in the Middle East, value-added resellers (VARs) play an even bigger role as …
Gartner: Worldwide PC shipments declined 4.3% in Q2 2017
Gartner’s preliminary results revealed that worldwide PC shipments totaled 61.1 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 4.3 …
Vintage tech: IBM ThinkPad 700C
Inspired by the proportions of a classic, all-black cigar box with little styling or flair, the 700C was one of …
Microsoft Inspire announces partner-first strategies
The technology giant introduces Microsoft 365 and new ISV Cloud Embed programme along with updates to the Azure stack. Microsoft …
Nutanix unveils multi-cloud capabilities
Enterprise cloud computing provider Nutanix has announced that its Enterprise Cloud OS will be delivered as a full software stack …
AMD launches Epyc server processors
AMD has lunched AMD EPYC 7000 series high-performance data centre processors. The innovative AMD EPYC design, with up to 32 high-performance …
MEA PC market falls 8.8 percent in Q1
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market experienced a decline of 8.8 percent year-on-year in Q1 …
AWS Greengrass is now available to all customers
With AWS Greengrass, devices can run AWS Lambda functions to perform tasks locally, keep device data in sync, and communicate with other devices while leveraging the full processing, analytics, and storage power of the AWS Cloud.
Gartner: Dell EMC only top server vendor to grow in Q1
In the first quarter of 2017, worldwide server revenue declined 4.5 percent year over year, while shipments fell 4.2 percent …
UAE, Saudi Arabia drive GCC mobile market
The GCC mobile phone market started 2017 off on a positive note, according to the latest figures announced by IDC.
HPE to bring Optane storage to Unix servers
In the next year or two, Hewlett Packard Enterprise will add support for Intel Optane memory and storage to its …
Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 Creators Update
Microsoft’s next big upgrade, the Windows 10 Creators Update, will now be rolling out to users across the world.
Windows 10 Creators update coming on April 11
Microsoft has announced that the Windows 10 Creators Update will be available in UAE from 11th April.
Africa’s smartphone market shows signs of a slowdown
The continent’s smartphone market totalled 95.37 million units in 2016. While this is up 3.4 percent year on year, it represents a considerable deceleration from the double-digit growth rates seen in the previous two years.
IDC: MEA tablet market sees decline
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24.2 percent year on year (Y-o-Y) in the final quarter of 2016 to total 3.07 million units, according to the latest figures announced today by International Data Corporation (IDC).