Condo Protego, a value-added reseller focused on storage and data protection, is riding on the crest of the growth wave …
A mobile future
It has been an eventful year in the solutions world as enterprises witnessed the rise of managed services, mobility and …
Gaining momentum
The IT landscape is ever evolving as the divide between traditional business and personal consumption continues to narrow. At its …
3 steps HP should take to turn itself around
Generally, fixing any complex problem comes down to three steps: breaking the problem down into components, conducting triage and deciding …
Security without compromising performance
IT managers in corporate and mid-size businesses have to balance both network performance and network security concerns. While security requirements …
Businesses to increase SaaS spending over next two years
Nearly three quarters of enterprises in Europe are planning to increase spending on software-as-a-service (SaaS) over the next two years, …
Analyst and SAP tied up in software discount row
SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, claiming that a handful of …
Commscope boasts bold, new strategy during product launch
Commscope has announced the release of a new infrastructure management solution, coinciding with a bold, new strategy during its Middle …
Fedora 18 finally makes beta
After a number of delays, the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date …
Red Hat rolls out private PaaS
Red Hat officially jumped into the cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) market yesterday. Last year the company announced an initial version of OpenShift, an application …
Alcatel-Lucent enters crowding SDN field
Alcatel-Lucent’s enterprise division this week jumped into the SDN market with a strategy to fortify products to enhance network programmability …
A forgotten cause
Dr Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, CEO, German Imaging Technologies (GIT) Dubai LLC, says the Middle East IT industry is not doing …
Security worries hinder cloud adoption in Gulf
Concerns over data security is the top factor delaying the widespread adoption of cloud-based services, according to a new survey …
Dual-identity smartphones to bridge BYOD private, corporate divide
Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an …
Microsoft promises Surface RT support until 2017
Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after …
Windows 8’s early uptake trumps Vista’s, not Win 7
Microsoft’s Windows 8 may be lagging far behind Windows 7 in its usage uptake, but it’s easily topping the low …
Key to success
For Dell, its Storage Forum in Paris was all about revealing five end-to-end updates to its storage portfolio, but behind …
Gearing up for mobility
With the advent of numerous mobile devices into global business, Middle East is proactively adapting to mobility. It has geared …
Fortinet hosts global partner conference
Fortinet has recently hosted its annual Global Partner Conference, which this year took place on board the Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner ‘Majesty …
STME acquires Symantec data protection specialisation
STME has achieved Symantec Specialization in the area of data protection with a focus on Symantec’s backup and recovery technologies. …