Alpha Data has announced that it has been upgraded to Platinum ProPartner status by Veeam Software.

Strategy for security
At RSA Conference 2016, we caught up with Robert Griffin, Chief Security Architect, Security Evangelist, RSA, to learn more on …
EES names new CEO
Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES) has announced the appointment of Tony Alam, as its new Chief Executive Officer.
HCL Infosystems, Avaya partner to bring digital transformation to India
HCL Infosystems has announced a strategic alliance with Avaya to help businesses and organisations in India accelerate their digital transformation strategies.

Autodesk, Siemens inks deal to increase software interoperability
Autodesk and Siemens have announced an interoperability agreement aimed at helping manufacturers decrease the costs associated with incompatibility among product development software applications and avoid potential data integrity problems.

Kaspersky Lab bests TOP3 metric for Internet security
Kaspersky Lab has announced that for the third year in a row, it has achieves the top spot in the TOP3 metric for Internet security.

Huawei puts spotlight on 4.5G and 5G
During last week’s Mobile World Congress Huawei and other players from the mobile industry laid the foundation for wider commercial use of 4.5G & 5G broadband, which they considered the backbone of today’s digital economy.

EMC adds to all-flash arrays
EMC today announced additions to its all-flash storage solutions as well as announcing an ‘inflection point’ in the storage market.
EMWme named as Brocade’s Elite Partner in the UAE
The upgrade makes the systems integrator Brocade’s first elite direct value added partner in the UAE.
Red Hat inks distribution agreement with Spectrami
Red Hat and Spectrami DMCC have recently sign a distributions agreement for the Red Hat JBoss Middleware portfolio and Red Hat Mobile Application Platform.
Zebra introduces new products for retailers
Zebra Technologies is introducing new products and solutions that can help retailers in the Middle East optimise profitability and increase employee productivity while improving the omnichannel shopping experience.

Ooredoo, Cisco expand strategic partnership
Ooredoo is building its long-term strategic relationship with Cisco, announcing two new significant agreements at the recently held Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Cisco launches new NFVI solution
Cisco recently introduced its new NFV Infrastructure Solution (NFVI), which according to the company, combines both virtual and physical environments, and provides all the necessary compute, storage, and networking infrastructure to run NFV network services.
Al-Futtaim Technologies receives partner award from ALE
Al-Futtaim Technologies has won the award for Converged Partner of the Year at Alcatel Lucent Enterprise’s (ALE) annual Partner Day held recently in Dubai.

Red Hat, Amdocs collaborate for new CSP solution
Red Hat has announced that Amdocs has integrated Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform with the Amdocs Network Cloud Service Orchestrator – an open, vendor-agnostic, catalogue-driven solution designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) transition from physical networks to cloud service environments.

Gemalto releases Breach Level Index
Gemalto has released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that 1,673 data breaches led to 707 million data records being compromised worldwide during 2015.
ALE honours regional business partners at annual event
The theme of the 2016 event, ‘Own it!’, encouraged partners to consider how to deliver state-of-the-art technology offerings that meet the needs of today’s businesses.
IBM unveils new mainframe for encrypted hybrid clouds
IBM has recently unveiled a new mainframe, bringing the security of data encryption without slowing down system performance to mid-sized organisations.
Evanssion partners with Avi Networks
Evanssion, a regional value added distributor for cloud transformation and information security solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Avi Networks, a vendor in next-generation Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs).

HDS announces new solution for predictive analytics
From the 2016 Mobile World Congress, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has announced a new Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) 6000 for Predictive Analytics solution.