FVC and Sonus sign MEA distribution deal

FVC, a value-added distributor in the Middle East & Africa (MEA), has signed an agreement with Sonus, a global player in enabling and securing real-time communications, to tap into the growing SIP-based, Unified Communications (UC) opportunities across the region.

Kaspersky: Critical infrastructure faces severe threats

Cyber-terrorism attacks against power grids, water supply systems, chemical plants and other critical infrastructure loom as a threat that could become harsh reality before slow-moving agencies act to secure them better, says the head of Kaspersky Lab.

A healthy house

Al Noor Hospitals Group has long been a leading healthcare provider in the UAE. As they look to expand beyond the borders of the Emirates, Wissam Ismail, Head of ICT is determined to keep the company’s IT infrastructure robust and healthy.

Tech, travelled

With the organisation’s data centre archaic and inefficient, Saeed Al Ghailani, Head of Infrastructure and Telecoms, Department of Transport Abu Dhabi, knew change was a must. When the arm moved to a new office in Bain Al Jessrain, he took the opportunity to modernise and streamline IT operations.

Banking on trust

Surya Subramanian always considers the bottom line where IT is concerned. Emirates NBD’s Group Chief Financial Officer talks to CNME about his relationship with technology and the company’s CIO, and how the bank’s customers are benefitting from the digital transformation.

Kaspersky Lab enhances partner support

The recently appointed Kaspersky Lab Middle East MD, Ovanes Mikhaylov, announced the company’s focus on aggressive growth in the enterprise security sector across the region. He elaborated on the company’s strategy to meet this target by combining innovation and intelligence with a boost in support for channel partners.

VMware launches vCloud for NFV

VMware has entered the network function virtualisation market with a platform that lets service providers run their network functions as virtualised applications from different vendors.

Alcatel-Lucent boosts Wi-Fi

At the Mobile World Congress 2015 being held in Barcelona, Alcatel-Lucent has announced its ‘Wireless Unified Networks’ strategy which blends the …

Etisalat to host energy IT conference

Etisalat has announced that it will host the debut edition of its energy industry IT transformation event ‘Together we energise the world: Modern energy powered by modern solutions’ next month.

IBM outlines Twitter plans

Capturing public conversations around the world in real time, Twitter could be a valuable source of intelligence for the business world. IBM is now creating new ways to derive potentially valuable information from this massive, sprawling data set.

Avaya extends SDN offerings

Avaya this week extended its SDN arsenal with an architecture and supporting products designed to simplify enterprise connectivity and application provisioning.

HPE CEO Meg Whitman has announced that she will not be taking over as Uber CEO

Bloomberg: HP to acquire Aruba

HP is in talks to purchase Aruba Networks, with an eye toward acquiring that company’s wireless networking infrastructure technology, according to a report published today by Bloomberg News.

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