Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, has been appointed as a VMware distributor in WECA, marking a …
Virtually unstoppable – VMware: We’re miles ahead
“It’s nice to have competition,” says the senior director of VMware’s pre-sales division, Herve Renault. He sits in Grosvenor House …
HP announces extended converged infrastructure innovations
HP today announced new innovations aiming to strengthen its HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio. At its yearly Global Partner Conference in …
MEA IT infrastructure spending to reach $3.9bn by 2013 – Gartner
According to research firm Gartner, the Middle East and Africa IT infrastructure market is set to reach $3.9 billion in …
VCE announces two systems, SAP HANA qualification
Calling it the biggest news since its creation, VCE last week added two low-end models to its line of Vblock …
The virtual legacy
It took a long time for companies to come around to the idea of virtualising their environments. Virtualisation is a …
Blazing a new trail
Karl Driesen, VP EMEA, Palo Alto Networks
Is VMware in trouble?
It would be hard to disagree with the opinion that VMware has had a tough couple of weeks. In the …
Big transformations for enterprise IT
Paul Cormier, President of Products and Technologies, Red Hat, explains how cloud, middleware, storage and virtualisation technologies will drive the …
VMware threatens 900 job losses as growth slows
VMware said Monday it will cut 900 jobs in a move to focus more on high potential businesses, as profits …
Symantec CEO: ‘Our system is broken’
Under the helm of its new CEO, Steve Bennett, Symantec last week outlined a re-organisation intended to lead to a leaner …
The benefits of fabric networks
Sufian Dweik, Regional Manager, MEMA, Brocade Communications, explains how fabric networks can provide a comprehensive solution to five critical enterprise …
Beyond ICT: Digital citizenship in 2013
Shi Yaohong, Middle East President, Huawei, previews the innovations that are set to usher in a new age of digital …
A new world
The rise of virtualisation and cloud has revolutionised the data centre. With many touting 2013 as the year of cloud …
Red Hat to acquire ManageIQ
Red Hat has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ManageIQ, which provides enterprise cloud management …
Citrix delivers 2013 tech predictions
At 103 percent the Middle East is reported to have one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world. …
Keeping secure? Virtually impossible
The last 12 months has seen an incredible transformation from traditional IT towards a new, digitalised world which has begun …
Enterprises to ‘get real’ about cloud in 2013: Forrester
IT leaders will need to “get real” and stop saying that everything is moving into the cloud during 2013, according …
Nicira CTO shares sneak peek of company’s SDN plans
Nicira, the software-defined networking (SDN) startup that VMware purchased for $1.2 billion earlier this year, plans to release an SDN product that runs independent …
More fireworks
It’s not just data that’s exploding as storage vendors set off fireworks to celebrate a lucrative year in the Middle …