BlackBerry is allowing rivals AirWatch, Citrix, SAP and IBM to directly manage its smartphones with the Blackberry 10 operating system as part of its strategy to open up management of its devices to third parties.
Lenovo unveils ThinkPad 10 tablet
Lenovo has taken the wraps of its ThinkPad 10, its 10-inch tablet based on Intel’s quad-core Atom Z3795 processor.
IBM to unveil software-defined storage product line
On Monday, IBM will take the wraps off a portfolio of products for software-defined storage, an area where established vendors and startups alike are already claiming the future has arrived.
Oxygen and Fortinet conduct training for partners
Oxygen and Fortinet came together to conduct training for its key channel partners across Saudi Arabia. The training covered areas such as the evolution of threats, types of attacks, defense options as well as debuted the introduction of four new distributed FortiDDoS security appliances.
Etisalat Presents Digital Connect
The enterprise is changing as the Internet has revolutionised traditional infrastructures. The rise of trends such as cloud, big data and mobility has caused for a rethink on how a business approaches its ICT operations.
As a result, organisations are at an important tipping point and have decisions to make. Should they be in the cloud? Should they be outsourcing non-core business functions? Should they allow employees to bring their own devices to work? And where does security come into play?
IBM develops online cloud marketplace
IBM has assembled a vast array of hosted cloud services, and is displaying them on its Cloud online marketplace from Monday.
Microsoft completes $7.2B Nokia acquisition
Microsoft has officially closed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s handset business, welcoming approximately 30,000 new employees to its rolls.
IBM making push for Power server chips
An IBM project to widen the use of its Power server chips inched forward Wednesday with Big Blue trying to challenge Intel for a bigger role in the hyperscale data centres run by the likes of Google and Facebook.
Huawei predicts eight billion smartphone users by 2025
Eight billion people will use smartphones and 100 billion terminals will be interconnected via the internet by 2025, according to Chinese ICT multinational Huawei.
Scaling up
Reseller ME chats with Matt Haynes, Director, WW Channel Strategy for Hosted Cloud Services, Microsoft and Karim Kalaawi, Hosting Lead, Middle East and Africa Headquarters, Microsoft on the company’s hosting services.
IT for business growth and excellence
Driving IT operations with maximum agility, simplicity, and efficiency to cater for services across the business function is key, says Abdul Rahoof, Project Manager, SecureTech.
COINS wins Queen’s Award after ME provides growth
Construction industry software firm Construction Industry Solutions (COINS) has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade in recognition of their growth in overseas earnings and commercial success in the construction sector, with the Middle East providing 26 percent of overseas growth in the past three years.
Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 3
They say that good things come in small packages—diamond rings, the crown jewels, keys to an exotic villa. When it comes to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, big is beautiful, writes James Dartnell.
Dawn of a new era
Held at HKCEC, the eleventh edition of Hong Kong spring electronics fair and the International ICT expo concluded last week, with exhibitors and visitors from all over the world coming together to see the latest products and technologies in these fields. Read on for an overview of the event.
Ericsson: TV market worth $750 billion in 2020
Ericsson’s strategic view of the future maps how the TV and media industry will evolve over the next six years and shows that the TV industry will be worth $750 billion by 2020.
Data centres: Why build when you can outsource?
Datacentre outsourcing has become a growing trend, with many large enterprises embracing the financial and operational benefits associated with it, says Sachin Bhardwaj, Director, Marketing & Business Development, eHosting DataFort.
Busting SDN myths
Software-defined networking (SDN) is the hottest thing going today, but there is considerable confusion surrounding everything from the definition of the term to the different architectures and technologies suppliers are putting forward.
New avenues for growth
Reseller ME explores how partners can gain a competitive advantage by embracing software-defined networking (SDN) solutions.
Bloomberg: NSA secretly exploited Heartbleed bug for years
News agency Bloomberg has alleged that the NSA has exploited the ‘Heartbleed’ OpenSSL bug for years to gather passwords and usernames of citizens.
Google envisions Glass in businesses
Google wants to put its Glass headmounted computer system to work. The company is looking to partner with enterprise software …