The Dubai Municipality is mandated to fulfill the ambitions of Smart Dubai. Determined to modernise the organisation’s IT environment, the government arm’s IT team has set about consolidating its infrastructure.
Data management to be the most important skill in 2017
Data management will be the most important skill for Middle East organisations in 2017, with Chief Data Officers taking on the role of driving organisation-wide skills growth, according to recent studies.
EMC launches new offerings for hyper-converged environments
EMC Corporation has announced new products and support that optimise the protection of VMware workloads across the spectrum of VMware environments to enable protection everywhere.
Dell-EMC deal receives China’s approval
Dell’s massive acquisition of EMC reportedly has passed legal muster in China, clearing what is expected to be its last hurdle.
EMC survey reveals top IT challenges faced by businesses
EMC has recently revealed the results of a new UAE-based study, which exposed increasing concerns among business and IT leaders over the inadequacy of their current IT infrastructure and the skills of IT professionals as organisations plan to run a customer-focused business.
EMC, VMware introduce hyper-converged appliance
EMC and VMware announced the new VCE VxRail Appliance family, the only integrated and jointly engineered hyper-converged infrastructure appliances (HCIA) for VMware environments.
Riverbed announces new SVP and CSO
Riverbed Technology announced that Phil Harris has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, a newly created position reporting to Chairman and CEO Jerry M. Kennelly.
Riverbed appoints new SVP and Chief Strategy Officer
Riverbed Technology announced that Phil Harris has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, a newly created position reporting to Chairman and CEO Jerry M. Kennelly.
Centred security
From SDN to cloud, the transition to any modern technology requires careful management. This all starts in the data centre, where carefully chosen solutions can give the enterprise the best chance of success in terms of security.
The convergence era
The regional market is seeing an uptake for converged infrastructure solutions. Reseller ME examines how channel partners can effectively sell these solutions.
Riverbed announces SteelFusion 4.2
Riverbed Technology has announced Riverbed SteelFusion 4.2 will support VMware vSphere 6.
EMC showcases Smart City platforms
EMC puts emphasis on its unique Smart City platforms that deliver the speed, performance and scalability needed to build hyper-connected and data-driven cities at GITEX
Dell-EMC merger creates tech behemoth
In what is being billed as the largest tech deal in history, Dell has acquired EMC for a record $67 billion last week. Under the terms of the deal, EMC shareholders will receive cash and shares in a VMware tracking stock, though the latter will continue to operate as an independent company.
AlJammaz Distribution organises channel meet in Turkey
Saudi-based VAD, AlJammaz Distribution has organised the second ChanEx (Saudi IT Channel Executives Meeting and Conference) event in Istanbul – Turkey between 8th and 10th of October 2015.
Redington Value strengthens solutions offering
Redington Value, the value-added distribution arm of Redington Gulf, has focused on transforming itself into a solutions player over the last year. This continues to be the emphasis for the regional distributor at GITEX 2015.
EMC to highlight its Smart City platforms at GITEX
EMC’s presence at this year’s GITEX will focus on its Smart City platforms and in demonstrating the power of the Federation, with an emphasis on Big Data, converged infrastructure and Flash solutions.
EMC Federation announces new solutions and partner programme
The EMC Federation has previewed updates to the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution at VMworld, announced a new Federation End-User Computing solution and a new Business Partner Programme.
EMC Federation expands partnership with SAP
The EMC Federation, including newly acquired Virtustream, has announced new innovations, partner programmes and customers across its Hybrid Cloud portfolio.
In a flash
Flash storage is gaining popularity in the enterprise storage market, Reseller ME speaks to experts to learn how partners can benefit from this growth wave.
StorIT announces new social initiative at ‘Converge’
StorIT Distribution unveiled its new social initiative, THOT (The Human-side Of Technology), at its annual technology summit, ‘CONVERGE’, held at The Atlantis Hotel, Dubai. The initiative aims to be a platform for getting the regional IT fraternity together in reaching out to people and communities lacking basic needs such as access to clean water or education.