All of a sudden, data centre networking has gone from ho-hum to hot. The status quo — that hierarchical, three-tier …
The power of one
NWME: In June, you have unveiled Brocade One converged data centre strategy and product plans. Have you been able to …
Path to success
Effat University has chosen and built on SunGard’s solution to ensure a digital campus that works efficiently and helps improve …
Clearing the clouds
Middle East enterprises are slowly warming to the promise of cloud computing and are beginning to implement services in specific …
Microsoft bolsters partnerships in advance of OCS 14 release
The multi-year agreement with Polycom, to be announced Monday, is not exclusive but is “unique in the amount of commitment …
Will Oracle buy Informatica next?
Ever-acquisitive Oracle may place data integration specialist Informatica in its sights next, according to a recent pair of surveys. Informatica …
VMworld survey reveals security as primary business objective
Altor Networks and Juniper Networks recently announced the results of a jointly conducted survey at the VMworld show floor. The …
Brocade readying 100G Ethernet for data centers
Brocade Communications is preparing a 100-Gigabit Ethernet module for its NetIron MLX switch family, breaking the next LAN speed barrier …
The pipe gets bigger
For the uninitiated, the IEEE 802.3ba standard, ratified in June this year, is the first specification to simultaneously specify two …
Skills and training
Chandan Mehta, product manager at Fujitsu Technology Systems in the region The Middle East has traditionally and for many years, …
Virtual world
Mohammed Thameem Rizvon,Group IT manager, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Have you implemented virtualisation solutions in your enterprise? If so, what …
Talking Shop
By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, …
Measure for measure
Information security metrics have a bad rep. Mention metrics to a CISO and immediately his thoughts may well turn to …
Smartly mobile
Over the past few years smartphones have moved beyond the briefcases and boardrooms of the corporate world into the back …
The quest for the data centre crown
Last month, on the sidelines of Brocade’s Annual Tech Day event in New York, I’d the opportunity to talk to …
WAN optimisation goes virtual
While the benefits of WAN optimisation are well documented-better application performance, cost reductions and bandwidth savings, to name a few- …
Brocade aims high
At its annual Brocade Technology Day held in New York, the company took the wraps off Brocade One – its …
40/100G Ethernet standard ratified
The IEEE 802.3ba standard was ratified last Thursday, according to the IEEE. Ratification paves the way for a new wave …
Collaboration vendors join for interoperability
A number of unified communications vendors including Microsoft, Polycom and Hewlett-Packard have formed the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum, a group …
Aspect joins Unified Communications Interoperability Forum
Aspect has announced its membership in the newly formed Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF), a non-profit alliance of worldwide technology …