Cyber-crime will not stop for Christmas

Threats lurk within networks, endpoints or devices, often hidden in poorly configured settings or permissions, ineffective data governance, access management and usage policies. These unseen threats come from all perimeters of the organisation and major trends such as BYOD, big data, cloud, and mobile apps have increased the challenge faced by IT leaders.

In the virtual realm

Redington Value has been recently signed up by VMware to distribute its whole portfolio in MENA region, with a special focus on software-defined data centres. We speak to B. Ramkumar, Senior Vice President, Redington Gulf-Value Division, about the deal and further plans for 2014.

Eyeing the future

Tom Kendra, VP and GM, Systems Management Software, Dell Software Group, talks about how the company is sorting through all the software it has acquired and efforts to become a more profitable, software- and services-driven company.

Dell’s global solution centre to open in Dubai

The company plans to focus more in the Middle East region, as it is a strategic and growing market. The new centre will allow customers to come with their own code and test the solutions before they purchase it.

WatchGuard rates highest in UTM

WatchGuard Technologies has been awarded a “Performance Verified Certification” by independent test lab, Miercom, for performing nearly 3.5 times faster …

Top marks

The concept of value-added reselling or distribution has reached its zenith in the Middle East. Since the economic crash of …

Selling to SMBs

Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) represent an important element in the business ecosystem of the Middle East. Industry analysts predict …

Tightening the ship

Topaz is a Dubai-based oil field services company that provides marine and engineering solutions to the global energy industry. After …

Eye of the storm

Experts recently pointed towards security as the main obstacle for adoption of all cloud types and claimed that cloud security …

Dell comes out fighting

Dell executives went on the offensive this week, claiming that the firm can trump Cisco in the information technology security market, as …

Leading the pack

Within first five years of operation, Redington Value has already made its mark in the regional value-added distribution landscape. B …

Ditching restrictions

File sharing is a critical, sensitive and valuable task for companies in all verticals. It’s costly, involves patching, management, and …

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