Having gone private a year-and-a-half ago, Dell is pitching its end-to-end integrated solutions, and has chalked out a go-to-market strategy with partners playing a key role in it. We sat down with Driss Elougmani, the new GM for Dell’s recently formed Middle East Turkey and Africa business to understand the channel implications.

‘Trust no one’
The ‘paradigm’ in which data leaks can solely be branded accidental is long-gone. So says Tarique Mustafa, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GhangorCloud, who tells CNME why a new generation of Data Loss Prevention solutions is needed to combat the rise in malicious information theft.

Verizon boosts role in smart cities
Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions unit has recently announced a bigger push into smart cities and smart agricultural support services that rely on wireless networks and Internet of Things technologies.

Using your Apple watch without your iPhone
Strapped to your wrist, the Apple Watch goes everywhere that you go. Between it and the iPhone, it’s almost possible …

Effective meetings
Farouk Hemraj, Director and Co-Founder, DISTREE Events, runs Reseller ME through the new features attendees can expect from DISTREE ME 2015, scheduled to take place from 12th to 14th May, 2015 in Abu Dhabi

Cisco launches AMP Threat Grid at GISEC 2015
Cisco today unveiled a host of new capabilities and services that give security professionals extensive intelligence and analysis on potential compromises and solutions to protect against, respond to and recover from attacks.

Giada Technology introduces the i200 Thin Client
Giada Technology, has announced an update of its compact mini PC – i200, which is specially designed for industrial application in financial services, health care, and retail.

Project Fi will help Google amass more data about its users
As Google dives into the Wi-Fi and cellular network services business, some are wondering just where the company is headed.

Winning the IoT tug of war
In the next few years, businesses may live or die by IoT. Handle it well and your company thrives. Mess …

Spec showdown: Samsung Galaxy S6 vs. Huawei P8
The Samsung Galaxy S6 is now the benchmark for high-end smartphones running Android, but there are lots of challengers, including …

Amazon offers network file storage in the cloud
Amazon Web Services continues to chip away at the enterprise storage market, with plans for a new service designed to be a nimbler alternative to network attached storage (NAS) appliances.

Chinese hacker group among first to target air-gapped networks
An otherwise unremarkable hacking group likely aligned with China appears to be one of the first to have targeted so-called air-gapped networks that are not directly connected to the Internet, according to FireEye.
Mammoth Asian tech expo approaches
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will host the Hong Kong Electronics Fair and International ICT Expo from 13th-16th April, and Reseller Middle East will be covering the event as it unravels.

Staying above water
Venturing into the use of Big Data – and in particular, predictive analytics – solutions can be a messy business. We look at what IT leaders can do to get the most out of their sea of data.
The value quotient
Amjad Fathi Al-Omar, General Manager, Sariya IT, reveals growth strategy and channel plans for the year.

IBM to pump $3 billion into new IoT business unit
Hungry for a bigger piece of the Internet of things market, IBM will invest US$3 billion over four years to …

China discloses cyberwarfare unit
It came as a shock to just about no one in the cybersecurity industry that China has a cyberwarfare unit, which was acknowledged by the government there this week.
Path to success
With resellers being the key component of the channel landscape, RME profiles leading players and discusses important factors to their success.

Safety on the go
There is no question that the use of mobile devices, both personally and professionally, are now not only convinient, but necessary for productivity. As the mobile technology develops, mobile security best practices must also adapt.

Think green
Launched in 1992 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ‘Energy Star’ was the initiative that kick-started green IT. Since then, minimising the negative impact of information technology use on the environment has become increasingly pertinent in the age of sustainability.