Blue Coat Systems has announced the appointments of two senior sales and marketing executives who will help drive the company’s go-to-market …
Cybercrime and punishment
Several high-profile security breaches around the world grabbed the attention of the Middle East IT industry, but it has taken …
Clouded with uncertainty
The migration of enterprise applications to cloud infrastructure is becoming more and more of an inevitability. But whilst private cloud …
Symantec cripples Windows XP with defective update
Symantec last week crippled a large number of Windows XP machines when it shipped customers a defective update to its …
A new era
With the advent of the BYOD phenomenon, the amount of threats businesses face have multiplied on an unprecedented scale. Ben …
RME Partner Excellence Awards 2012 honours the best of the region
At a gala event that brought together the who’s-who of the channel community, Reseller Middle East yesterday honoured leading members …
Cloud-based mobile device management getting hot: Gartner
To place management controls on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference for acquiring …
Intertec to bring industry majors together to host virtualisation event for end users
Intertec Systems in collaboration with its partners HP, Trend Micro and VMware is organising an event on ‘Planning Your virtualisation’ …
What to consider before signing up for Google Drive
Just as with an Apple product launch, Google has had to do next to nothing to create buzz around its long-awaited Google …
Apple, Oracle, Google lead major vendors with software vulnerabilities in Q1
Apple led all major technology vendors in reported vulnerabilities in its operating system and software during the first three months …
RIM chief wanted shift from BlackBerry to data services
RIM’s former co-CEO Jim Balsillie wanted to shift the company from its dependence on BlackBerry hardware in favour of a …
BlackBerry still trumps Android for security: analysis
RIM’s BlackBerry remains the clear leader in mobile security with market share leader Android lagging badly, a ‘strengths and weakness’ …
VMware to double regional presence in a bid to continue growth pattern
At a press conference yesterday, VMware announced that its operations in the Middle East are showing signs of steady growth …
BlackBerry triumphs in comparison of mobile platforms in enterprise
BlackBerry 7.0 has come out on top in a comparison of mobile platforms and how they meet the demands of …
McAfee brings antivirus support to VMware’s vShield
McAfee yesterday announced a version of its antivirus software for VMware’s vShield security technology. The McAfee Management for Optimized Virtual Environments (MOVE) …
Avira latest to offer antivirus software for Macs
German security company Avira has released free antivirus software for Apple Macs, joining a host of security software providers offering …
IT execs accept BYOD, despite some reservations: survey
Despite security and IT integration problems related to the consumerisation of IT in the workplace, CEOs and IT execs are …
Cloud Security Alliance establishes APAC headquarters
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the establishment of the CSA Asia pacific headquarters.eva chen The announcement came in …
“We are a supply chain services provider in the emerging markets” Raj Shankar, Managing Director, Redington Gulf
Shankar heads the largest IT distribution business in the region. At close to Dollar Two billion, Redington Gulf has the …
MySQL.com hacked to serve malware
The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors yesterday. Security vendor Armorize …