As a relatively new entrant in the Middle Eastern market, GFI Software could be forgiven for not knowing its audience. But at its second Middle East Partner Conference, GFI and sole distributor Comguard showed that the vendor had made a happy home out of the region.
Efficiency will hold down storage growth, IDC says
Lean storage techniques will keep a lid on storage investments over the next few years, though the world’s enterprises still are on track to buy 138 exabytes of storage system capacity in 2017, IDC said.
Prism doesn’t have CIOs in a panic – yet
Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency’s Prism surveillance programme have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy’s impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.
Microsoft announces Office Mobile for iPhone
Microsoft has finally unveiled Office Mobile for iPhone, available to Microsoft Office 365 subscribers. After months and years of rumours, …
IBM re-moulds DB2 10.5 as a Hadoop killer
In the new update of DB2, released Friday, IBM has added a set of acceleration technologies, collectively code-named BLU, that …
IT department could disappear by the end of the decade, says Forrester
The IT department of 2020 could disappear as a separate entity and become embedded in departments throughout the entire organisation, according to analyst Forrester.
AccessData named HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for security
AccessData was recently given the HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year Award in the security category at the HP Discover 2013 conference in Las Vegas.
Cloud-based productivity apps – ‘don’t believe the hype’ says Gartner
Despite the hype, only a tiny proportion of firms have moved towards cloud email or cloud office systems, says analyst …
Software AG buys complex-event processing technology from Progress
Software AG is building out its portfolio of CEP (complex-event processing) software with the acquisition of Apama from Progress Software, …
AT&T Cabling Systems signs Westcon as Middle East distributor
Westcon Group has signed a distribution agreement with AT&T Cabling Systems that will see it distribute the vendor’s complete product portfolio in the Middle East.
Imation unveils Nexsan Assureon next-gen object store
Imation this week unveiled its next-generation object store, the Nexsan Assureon secure automated archive solution, which, the vendor said, cost-effectively consolidates storage tiers, secures data and simplifies storage management.
WWDC: iWork for iCloud highlights productivity suite update
iWork is getting down to business in the cloud. During an announcement-packed Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple CEO Tim Cook took …
Oracle releases Java EE 7 with eye on HTML5 development
Oracle has announced the availability of Java Platform Enterprise Edition 7, a release that brings new capabilities for HTML5-based application …
HP ties knot with Google, as Whitman talks up customers
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday said it has begun to integrate its hardware and management systems with Google Apps. The announcement was …
Gartner: Start security monitoring in the public cloud
Security monitoring – the type involving traditional security information and event management (SIEM) – can be done in some public …
Reseller celebrates channel champions at Partner Excellence Awards
The channel community came together at Emirates Towers last night for the fourth annual Reseller Partner Excellence Awards, sponsored by Octagon.
By definition
There may have been a few people who spat out their coffee the morning they read that EMC had unveiled …
The spaghetti incident
In 2009, DP World in the UAE decided to set up its own IT department separate from the shared services …
Ticking time bomb
The last year has shown more than ever how careful businesses need to be with their data. However, recent reports …
Unstructured data: Can you crack the code?
A simple motive for code cracking has always been the benefits of what lies beneath the complexity. As with the universe-load …