Information security metrics have a bad rep. Mention metrics to a CISO and immediately his thoughts may well turn to …
Map to the future
There has been a major shift in CEO priorities from early in 2009 with top priorities switching from cutting costs to …
A perfect fit
It would seem obvious that for the effective functioning of an enterprise data centre it is imperative that both IT …
Building the region
“Last year was a challenging environment,” Balall Yaqub says with some understatement. As group CEO of Emitac, he takes a …
Reviving ERP
Everybody knows it. The major ERP suites are old and not as flexible as some newer stuff, and they can’t build …
Riyadh Municipality invests US$5m in call centre
25 July 2010 The Municipality of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia has invested USD 5 million towards an initiative called ‘Emergency …
Silo state
It is here. Information explosion and excess data are realities that we as individuals, and as members of larger organisations, have …
Made for the Middle East
Technology vendors never miss a chance to state that the Middle East market is a very crucial one for them. …
Mission: Obtained
There are few organisations like the Qatar Foundation. Formed in 1995, the Doha-based Foundation is dedicated to building human capital …
Oil spill partly caused by IT failures
The news comes as US officials announced BP had begun to slow the rate that oil is spewing into the …
Smartly mobile
Over the past few years smartphones have moved beyond the briefcases and boardrooms of the corporate world into the back …
Building smart
Sahara Petrochemicals, based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), prides itself on maintaining the highest in quality standards and …
IHG selects Avaya
The framework agreement calls for Avaya to deploy its portfolio of innovative communications solutions for the hospitality industry, including in-room …
BlackBerry service to be suspended by UAE
Some BlackBerry services will be suspended in the United Arab Emirates from Oct. 11 because the services do not fall …
Samsung to push MPS
The initiative which is part of the global MPS offering from Samsung was unveiled in the Middle East region recently. …
NetApp and Intel lead evolution to 10G unified Ethernet networking
NetApp has announced it will support the Intel Ethernet X520 family of SFP+10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server adapters. This extends …
Avaya stares down Microsoft, Cisco
The company is in the midst of digesting and integrating Nortel's enterprise division, which it bought last year for $900 …
UAE says BlackBerry data handling violates the law
The offshore storage of data by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry smartphones conflicts with a 2007 law passed in …
Unmasking DLP
If you have been following the security technologies landscape, chances are that you have already heard of Data Loss Prevention. …
Pano Logic appoints Middle East distributor
Pano Logic solves major challenges inherent in the current PC-based, client-server computing model, while providing end users with the same, …