Microsoft has agreed to acquire Yammer, a maker of cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software, for US$1.2 billion in cash, …
Women of the channel- The enthusiast
A telecommunications engineer by qualification, Habib’s decision to pursue a career in the IT market was driven by circumstances. “After …
Game on
At a recent roundtable, senior representatives from SAP discussed technology for SMEs and the role the channel plays in driving …
Spectrami and Actifio organise training workshops for partners across ME
Spectrami, a prominent value added distributor in the MENA region recently conducted a successful training workshop on copy data management …
Small cells gaining intelligence for mobile performance
As major cellular equipment makers push small cells as tools to boost mobile data capacity, two smaller manufacturers are building …
Google Coordinate helps manage workers on the move
Google has launched a location-based tool that combines its mapping technology and Android smartphones to deploy offsite staff effectively depending …
The end of email
IBM is a firm believer that the future of the enterprise is social and believes its messaging and collaboration solutions …
Big data in the cloud
There’s a wealth of data that companies can use to better understand customers and identify emerging business opportunities and threats. …
FVC appoints Waleed Heloo GM for GCC and Pakistan
FVC, a prominent value added distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the appointment of Waleed …
Riverbed enhances Stingray family
Riverbed Technology has announced enhancements to its software and virtual application delivery controller (ADC) product family, Stingray. These enhancements allow …
Snapshot
Video conferencing (VC) represents a steadily maturing technology that offers the channel huge opportunities. We speak to vendors and partners …
OKI unveils expanded printer range for MENA
OKI, a prominent print technology manufacture, has launched over thirty new printer products to the Middle East and Africa market. …
How to get the best out of your IT department
Many medium and large businesses have a dedicated Information Technology (IT) department. They’re the ones who run the servers, keep …
IT jobs market continues to improve
IT is continuing to outstrip the overall jobs market, according to the monthly Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG …
Dell looks to cut $2 billion in costs over next three years
Dell yesterday said it wants to cut US$2 billion in costs over the next three years as the company moves …
Dell lays out software strategy
Dell outlined its software strategy yesterday, casting the growing business as a secondary, but key, component to the company’s enterprise …
Salesforce.com gets access to Twitter's messages feed
Salesforce.com announced yesterday a deal with Twitter that will give the enterprise cloud computing company access to Twitter’s “firehose” feed of public …
RME Partner Excellence Awards 2012 honours the best of the region
At a gala event that brought together the who’s-who of the channel community, Reseller Middle East yesterday honoured leading members …
Red Hat launches Cloud Forms
Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the next step in its delivery of open …
Forrester: Cloud is not the future of IT
Cloud computing is not the future of IT and commoditisation is, says analyst house Forrester, although the two support each …