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.
Starlink strengthens presence in KSA
StarLink has recently announced that it achieved a 100 percent year-on-year growth, both in terms of revenue and also team size in KSA.
Getting a grip on cloud security
Cloud use continues to grow rapidly in the enterprise and has unquestionably become a part of mainstream IT – so much so that many organisations now claim to have a “cloud-first” strategy.
Building a secure DNS architecture for NFV
Dilip Pillaipakkamnatt, Vice President, Service Provider Business, Infoblox, discusses the need for an intelligent securIty approach when it comes to virtualised environments.
Partner power
Riverbed Technology aims to leverage the strength of its channel partner ecosystem to drive business forward as a key application performance solutions provider.
Consumer is king
As data centres move towards being software-defined, application response time is deemed as more important than infrastructure capacity management. With applications consisting of a plethora of services delivered from a range of resources, end-user experience (EUE) is key.
Huawei hosts seminal Telecom Leaders’ Summit
Huawei will share its vision for the ICT industry, “Open ROADS to a Better Connected World”, at the 2016 SAMENA …
A whole new network
With the evolution of IT, the network has undoubtedly changed from what it was a decade ago. Enterprise organisations need to look at upgrading their network management and monitoring tools to keep up with more demanding network activities.
HPE Aruba hosts inaugural ‘Channel Sales Academy’
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, in association with its value added distributors recently organised the first edition of its Channel Sales Academy, a sales workshop for its SMB partners.
Cloud on your terms
Haider Salloum, Microsoft Gulf’s Director for its Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) segment, explains why cloud is a game changer for SMEs, and how the firm’s Azure services are geared towards this market segment.
Tracking growth
Citrix’ Luca Marinelli, Vice President, Channel Sales and Strategy, EMEA and Johnny Karam, Regional Vice President, Middle East and Africa, discuss partner enablement strategies and company focus for 2016.
Ericsson outlines its 5G strategy at ‘5G World Series’
Ericsson has outlined its strategy to drive 5G in the industry during the 5G World Series, formerly LTE MENA, sharing its experiences from four generations of mobile networks and strong global 5G engagements.
Learning curve
At its annual conference Ellucian Live, the higher education software vendor previewed its new technology platform and announced its plans to move aggressively into the embryonic competency-based education market. Jeevan Thankappan caught up with John Kopcke, CTO of Ellucian, to talk about the company’s technology strategy.
IDC calls for increased proactivity around security
A recent IT security survey of Middle East organisations conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) identified the top three threats to enterprise security.
Cisco to showcase solutions at Kuwait information security event
Cisco has announced its participation at Kuwait Info Security Conference and Exhibition, which will be held at Radisson Blue Hotel, under the patronage of the Central Agency for Information Technology on 11th to 12th May.
Doubling profits
Sachin Bhardwaj, eHosting DataFort, Director, Marketing and Business Development, explains how managed hosting services can help SMBs stand out from competition.
Kodak Alaris appoints new president
Kodak Alaris has appointed Rick Costanzo as the new President and General Manager of the company’s Information Management (IM) division.
Intel Security report reveals need to improve cloud security
Intel Security has recently released ‘Blue Skies Ahead? The State of Cloud Adoption,’ a global report advocating the need for technology vendors to help businesses, governments and consumers understand the implications surrounding the growing adoption of the cloud.
StorIT, Commvault ink distribution deal
According to the agreement, StorIT will promote and distribute Commvault’s range of solutions for data protection, backup and recovery; cloud and infrastructure management; and retention and compliance through its extensive channel network of value-added resellers and systems integrators across the region.
Fortinet unveils Security Fabric
Fortinet has unveiled its Security Fabric, an integrated, collaborative, and adaptive architecture designed to deliver distributed security for global enterprises providing protections against threats from IoT and remote devices, through the infrastructure core, and into the cloud.