Silver Peak will be launching its wide area network fabric (WAN) ‘Unity’ – that it says unifies the enterprise network with the public cloud – at GITEX 2014.
SAP to drive ‘Run Simply’ cloud strategy at GITEX
SAP has announced that it will “use the cloud to drive the region’s IT simplification and business transformation” at GITEX Technology Week 2014.
Lenovo, IBM reveal x86 server strategy
With Lenovo expected to close its IBM x86 server business acquisition by year end, a glimpse at the combined server product line has emerged.
Fortinet hosts GCC workshops
Fortinet kicked off its ‘Power to Learn’ pre-sales partner training sessions across the GCC region Monday in Dubai.
Ready for cloud: How to prepare your network infrastructure
An increase in cloud computing has led to an increase in volumes of data organisations have to support. Tackling the challenge effectively needs more than just adding to the bandwidth; it requires an overhaul of the network infrastructure, says Mike Hemes, Vice President EMEA, Silver Peak.
Discovery in the Big Data era
Big Data can be extremely useful, or equally as tedious. With the world generating more and more data, businesses need the tools to tame this beast.
Flying high
In his first visit to an emerging market after taking over the reins at Juniper Networks, Shaygan Kheradpir sat down with us to talk about his vision for the company and strategy for the new era of IT.
The road to cloud UC
Unified Communications in the cloud is finding more takers in the region as it offers cost benefits, flexibility and agility to users
From bullets to bits
In addition to dealing with cybercriminals and hacktivists, enterprise security managers must pay increasing attention to avoid becoming collateral to nation-state cyber-warfare. Do recent high profile attacks on the region indicate that Middle Eastern businesses are at greater risk of attack, and what damage can cyber warfare inflict?
Seeing through the haze
Petra Heinrich, VP Partners & Alliances, Red Hat, EMEA, explains how partners can lead the discussions around cloud.
Sharp MEA introduces flagship MFP
Sharp Middle East and Africa has launched its new flagship multi-function printer (MFP), Polaris Pro MX-7500N/MX-6500N in the GCC. The colour print-on-demand powerhouse, built for full-scale advanced light production, will enable medium-to-large enterprises to produce high-quality, professional documents in-house.
Redington Value to exhibit at GITEX 2014
After a four year gap from participating in the annual event, the company will be turning the spotlight on its diverse portfolio of advanced enterprise solutions, particularly in IT domains such as cloud computing, virtualisation, software and security, convergence and infrastructure.
Set for growth
Sunil Paul, Co-founder and CEO, Finesse, shares the growth strategy in place for the systems integrator.
Paving the way
Fayez Eweidat, Regional Sales Manager, MENA, Brocade, says SDN is a tremendous growth opportunity for the Middle East IT channel organisations.
Infor appoints channel executive for healthcare
Infor has appointed Giuseppe Catania as the Channel Executive for Healthcare for the Middle East. Catania will be responsible for the growth of the vendor’s sales in the healthcare industry across UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Ace Global opens new office
Ace Global, a fast growing shipping company which is a part of Spectrum Group, inaugurated its new office last month in the presence of their key regional partners
Confronting malware intelligently
Brian Kenyon, Chief Technology Strategist, McAfee, a part of Intel Security, follows a “define-freeze-fix” approach to eradicate malware, and is confident that his company is well positioned to deal with today’s ever-evolving threat landscape.
Fresh blue Apple
James Dartnell takes a look at what the recent Apple-IBM enterprise deal could mean for the two corporate giants.
Best of both worlds
As enterprises deploy more and more applications in the cloud, the complexity of deployment, integration and management increases. Many CIOs are finding that integrating cloud services with existing architecture is more difficult than anticipated. CNME throws the spotlight on cloud integration strategies that reduce complexity and IT oversight.
Software AG appoints new ME & Turkey SVP
Software AG has announced the appointment of Mike Saxton as their new Senior Vice President for the Middle-East and Turkey.