One reason is that processing that took an hour on a standard PC about eight years ago now takes six …
Forming links
It is a well documented fact that the Middle East remains a largely IT hardware market to date. As the …
The payback from virtualisation
Organisations looking to introduce virtualisation should look at timescales to implement projects as it will take longer to achieve any …
Striking back
It can’t be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft’s chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill …
Executive exchange
At the recent SAP user group (SUG) MENA meet held in Bahrain, customers of the German-software giant got together to …
A perfect fit
It would seem obvious that for the effective functioning of an enterprise data centre it is imperative that both IT …
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 …
Building smart
Sahara Petrochemicals, based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), prides itself on maintaining the highest in quality standards and …
The security channel
For organisations too big to outsource all security functions and too small to have their own IT army, the mid-market …
HP consolidates, protects data centres
For server connectivity in a converged data center, HP unveiled a FibreChannel-over-Ethernet module for its A5820 data center switch, which …
HP consolidates, protects data centres
For server connectivity in a converged data center, HP unveiled a FibreChannel-over-Ethernet module for its A5820 data center switch, which …
Security lesson
Education has, at its core, a belief that information is meant to be shared and learned. And this is exactly …
Interactive Intelligence signs pact with 2share
Interactive Intelligence Middle East, the regional arm of the global provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has signed a …
Power a top concern for regional data centres: Tripp Lite
Power consumption, cooling of high density configurations and environmental impact are the top concerns of datacentre managers in the Middle …
China Sourcing Fair grows in Dubai
With more than 1,300 booths and filling seven exhibition halls, the Fair remains the largest China-products trade show in the …
To tape or not to tape?
Tape was once the only option because hard disks were incredibly expensive. And since old habits die hard, many believe …
The new frontier in business video
With companies worldwide slashing corporate travel budgets, telepresence, which burst onto the technology scene couple of years back, is getting …
Agile by design
Digital conversion and preservation allows content to be available for research, use, and distribution. Future content businesses will be based …
How to tame digital content
As the resolution and depth of video content increases, the amount of content that must be retained for immediate production, …