Comguard, a Dubai based value added distributor for IT security products and the authorised distributor for Kaspersky, today announced the …
SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight
SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire …
Facebook's open-source data centre project gains strength
Facebook’s year-old project to develop open-source hardware designs with the aim to build efficient data centres gained momentum yesterday, with …
IDC: Data centres increasingly overwhelmed by business demand
Businesses are struggling to ensure their data centres cope with demand, according to analyst house IDC. Chris Ingle, an associate …
Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative
As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximise the business benefits …
Data centre investments growing in the region: Al Malik, DOZ
Investments in data centres are growing as regional enterprises increase their capabilities in running large consolidated operations from one location, …
Symantec announces new approach to data backup
Symantec today announced new cloud-based data solutions, which it said deliver a new approach to modernising backup and recovery for …
Intel targets data centre with new Xeon E5-2600 chips
Intel on Tuesday announced the Xeon E5-2600 processors for 2- and 4-socket servers, which is the company’s first major chip …
Micron to acquire PCIe virtualisation vendor Virtensys
Micron Technology recently announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Virtensys, a U.K.-based provider of PCIe-sharing products. No financial …
Data centre management has improved in the region: Oracle survey
Results from Oracle’s second Next Generation Data Centre Index show that data centres in the Middle East are geared for …
Big data, security and cloud identified as IT “super themes” in 2012
“Big data” analytics, security and cloud computing will be three of the most significant drivers of technological change in 2012, …
Cisco data centre forecast very cloudy
Global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from now to 2015, according to a new Cisco study. The growth represents a 66% …
Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data centre fabric
Alcatel-Lucent this week rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data centre switches to help further its data centre …
Data centre hardware spending to reach US$99 bn: Gartner
Data centre hardware spending is set to reach US$99 billion worldwide this year, up from $87.8 billion last year, as …
Data centre hardware spending on the rise
Worldwide data centre hardware spending is expect to hit $US98.9 billion in 2011, up 12.7%, according to analyst firm Gartner. …
EAA chooses VCE Vblock platform for virtualisation and cloud computing solutions
Cisco, EMC, VMware recently announced that the Executive Affairs Authority (EAA) in Abu Dhabi, has chosen the VCE Vblock Infrastructure …
Server virtualisation pushes storage demand to new highs
In 2001, VMware delivered its first virtualisation products for x86 servers, setting off what has become one of today’s biggest …
Hitachi Data Systems buys NAS-vendor BlueArc
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) today acquired high-end network-attached storage (NAS) vendor BlueArc in an all-cash deal, the company said. HDS …
Avoiding a revolution: an enterprise guide to virtualisation
With virtualisation comes the potential to reduce costs and enhance productivity, realising savings across server count, carbon footprint, power consumption …
VMware leading virtualisation market: V-Index survey
VMware is the primary hypervisor for 58% of organisations that use x86 virtualisation software, with Citrix and Microsoft’s Hyper-V splitting …