Microsoft has reported the strong performance of its cloud offering last quarter, with revenue from its Azure services more than doubling from the same period last year.
Step up
Ashwin Venkatchari, Research Director, Imaging Printing and Document Solutions, IDC Middle East, Africa and Turkey, urges channel partners to move up the value chain to be a true solutions provider for customers.
Samsung signs Gulf Islands Group as UAE distributor
Samsung has appointed Gulf Islands Group as the official distributor of its office automation services in the United Arab Emirates.
Etisalat launches virtual telecom function
Etisalat has announced that it successfully on-boarded its first virtualised telecom function using Affirmed Networks’ virtualised Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) solution, which follows the launch of its first NFV telco cloud.
Device advice
Mobile is the new endpoint in IT. Getting the job done using mobile devices as you move around has brought in its wake many benefits and improved productivity to organisations in the Middle East. Here is how to protect mobile devices and data.
The means and motivation
FireEye Founder, Vice Chairman and CTO Ashar Aziz discusses the company’s transition to an as-a-service model – and his vision for the impact of a “cyber-geddon” – with Security Advisor Middle East.
Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 to integrate Windows Server 2016
Veeam Software has announced that the new Veeam Availability Suite 9.5, available later this year, will fully integrate with Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V technologies used in the data centre.
Sophos announces new partner programme for MEA
Sophos has announced a new partner programme for resellers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), to help channel partners achieve their growth objectives with competitive margins, dedicated marketing and sales support, deal registration protection and more.
STC deploys Juniper Networks Contrail
Juniper Networks has announced that Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has deployed Juniper Networks Contrail Networking to create automated cloud services for its customers.
Define digital
How ‘digitalised’ are this region’s telecom services and will future demand be dictated by consumers or providers?
The new kid on the block
IBM’s Middle East and Africa vice president of cloud, Maged Wassim, explores how blockchain could transform the financial industry.
6 steps to achieve an as-a-Service transformation
The ‘as-a-service’ model promises to reshape business service delivery to provide companies with plug-in, scalable, consumption-based services, but the opportunities are vastly untapped.
Gartner names Fujitsu as ‘leader’ in data centre outsourcing
Fujitsu has announced that it was recognised as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Centre Outsourcing (DCO) and Infrastructure Utility Services (IUS), Europe for the fourth year in a row.
Qualys supports new Cisco Threat-Centric NAC
Cisco has announced its new Rapid Threat Containment offering, which integrates Qualys solutions to enable ISE to retrieve Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) classifications from Qualys VM.
BlueJeans signs partnership with Equinix
BlueJeans Network has partnered with Equinix and joined the Equinix Cloud Exchange to quickly expand its global reach and provide high-performance connectivity to its cloud-based video offerings.
Epicor announces acquisition by investment firm KKR
Epicor Software Corporation has recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by the global investment firm KKR from funds advised by Apax Partners.
StarLink wins distributor award from Gemalto
StarLink has been awarded ‘Identity and Data Protection Solutions Distributor of the Year’ by Gemalto at their Middle East Partner Summit 2016.
Qualys releases Web Application Scanning app for Splunk Enterprise
According to the company, the new app delivers information about affected web applications and prevalent vulnerabilities into the Splunk dashboard, and enables preconfigured searches and reports, for customers using both Qualys and Splunk.
Infor announces H&L Digital
Business applications provider Infor today announced H&L Digital – its new division to provide end-to-end digital cloud solutions – at Inforum 2016 in New York.
Gartner highlights strategic technologies for government in 2016
According to the recent study by Gartner, government CIOs remain under pressure to further optimise IT and business costs while leading digital innovation in the public sector.