Cisco to shed 5,500 jobs

Cisco Systems plans to lay off approximately 7 percent of its global workforce, in a restructuring that will see it further focus on hot IT areas such as the internet of things, security, collaboration, next-generation data centres, and the cloud.

Drue Reeves

All set for IoT

Drue Reeves, Managing Vice President and distinguished analyst, Gartner, shares his insights on how enterprises can prepare for the inevitable Internet of Things.

Why CIOs should worry about IoT

The Internet of Things brings with it the promise gee-whiz applications and life-changing innovation. But one thing’s for sure – there are as many questions as there will be gigabytes of data being poured into your data centres.

Blueprint for IoT

Companies are excited by the opportunities around the Internet of Things (IoT), but CIOs are realising IoT is not a one size fits all solution. We give you five architectural components to better implement Internet of Things capabilities.

Edwin Diender, Vice President of Government and Public Utilities Sector, Huawei Global

Huawei: ICT innovations to drive Safe City success

Huawei has recently held its global Safe City Summit 2016 in Dubai, where the company revealed how new ICT innovation including Big Data, The Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing are driving successful Safe City deployments around the world.

Major IoT challenges hindering success

Heralded for driving positive transformations in consumer products, retailing, healthcare, manufacturing and more, the Internet of Things (IoT) promises a “smart” everything, from refrigerators, to cars, to buildings, to oil fields. But there’s a dark side to IoT, and if we don’t overcome the challenges it presents, we will be heading for trouble.

The in-thing

In a world driven by as-a-service models, telco providers stand to suffer if they do not get their fair share of the services they provide. How can they differentiate themselves in terms of delivering Internet of Things infrastructure, and what hurdles must be overcome in this process?

Cisco and Intertec highlight importance of digitisation

Cisco and Intertec Systems hosted a joint event to highlight the importance of digitisation in the Internet of Things (IoT) era at the Waldorf Astoria, Ras Al Khaimah (RAK). Technology experts and senior executives from both companies provided insights on Cisco’s Data Center, Application and Collaboration solutions and held demonstrations to highlight the key features and benefits delivered by these solutions and the role they play in supporting RAK’s digital transformation initiatives.

Business enabler

Sachin Bhardwaj, Director Marketing and Business Development, eHosting DataFort, explains how the Internet of Things will increase the demand for cloud and managed IT services in the Middle East.

Advantech unveils new M2.COM IoT sensor platform

Advantech, along with ARM, Bosch Sensortec, Sensirion and Texas Instruments (TI), has announced the collaboration of a new Internet of Things (IoT) sensor platform called M2.COM, which will be unveiled during the upcoming Embedded World 2016.

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