Arbor Networks’ 2013 research of DDoS activity in the Middle East has revealed that the average size of attacks in the region is 2.376Gbps and the average duration of an attack exceeds an hour and ten minutes.
Gartner: future data centres will have more flexibility
Tomorrow’s data centre will be mobile, flexible, highly efficient and secure, says David Cappuccio, Managing Vice President and Chief of Research for Gartner’s infrastructure teams.
Verizon acquires EdgeCast to boost video capabilities
Verizon has signed an agreement to acquire EdgeCast Networks, in an effort to enhance its video delivery and Web services capabilities.
Middle East, Africa record highest Ethernet sales in Q3
The growing popularity of 10 Gigabit and 40 Gigabit Ethernet in data centres helped the Middle East Ethernet switch market record the highest third quarter increase, according to IDC.
NSS Labs: cybercriminals have access to 100 zero-day flaws on any day
On any given day cybercriminals and nation states are in possession of as many as 100 zero-day software exploits known only to them, NSS Labs has calculated using the commercial vulnerability market as a baseline.
In the virtual realm
Redington Value has been recently signed up by VMware to distribute its whole portfolio in MENA region, with a special focus on software-defined data centres. We speak to B. Ramkumar, Senior Vice President, Redington Gulf-Value Division, about the deal and further plans for 2014.
New game, new rules
Havier Haddad, Channel and Alliances Director for Turkey, Emerging Africa and the Middle East, EMC
Brocade worldwide channel survey
The survey reveals that channel partners who can help customers migrate to fabric-based networks will succeed in new networking landscape
Riverbed appoints new worldwide channels SVP
Application performance infrastructure firm Riverbed Technology last week announced the appointment of Keith Hoskison as Senior Vice President of their Worldwide Channels and Strategic Account Programmes division.
Brocade: data centre availability is customers’ top concern
Brocade has released survey results which show that their customer’s primary network-specific concern is ‘data centre availability’ driven by virtualisation and mobility, as opposed to ‘network-complexity’.
Cisco: SDN, internet of things main 2014 concerns
Next year will see demonstrable evidence of the Internet of Things, real-time communications on the Web, and SDN-enabled platforms with killer applications for them, says Cisco.
IBM lays plans to be a cloud storage broker
IBM is developing software that will allow organisations to use multiple cloud storage services interchangeably, reducing dependence on any single cloud vendor and ensuring that data remains available even during service outages.
IDC: IT managers shifting from servers to SaaS
IT managers want to cut the number of servers they manage, or at least slow the growth, and they may be succeeding, according to new data.
Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks hit 13-year high as PC sales plummet
The Nasdaq computer index Friday hit its highest point since November 2000, in the wake of the dot-com bust, despite mixed reports this week from the hardware and components sector.
Reseller Hot 50 honours channel icons
The stakeholders of the channel gathered together for the second edition of Reseller Hot 50 Awards, which was held at H Hotel in Dubai.
The Way Forward
When it comes to security, it seems everyone’s in a state of perpetual panic. Whether it’s mobile malware, BYOD or hacktivism, over the course of 2013 the issue of protecting valuable information and resisting attack has inspired a dizzying and persistent challenge.
9 storage trends for 2014
CNME asks a panel of experts to look forward to the nine biggest storage trends of 2014.
Polycom appoint former Motorola executive as CEO
Polycom today announced that Peter A. Leav has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer, and will also serve as a Director on Polycom’s Board.
Riverbed Technology appoints Keith Hoskison as Senior VP
The company has appointed Keith Hoskison as the Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels and Strategic Account Programs and he will be responsible for Riverbed’s global partner strategy, execution and strategic sales programmes.
IBM: small provider price war saturating cloud market
There were some unexpected new entrants into the Cloud space this year, according to IBM Global Technology Services Cloud computing executive, Dean Evans.