Chandan Mehta, product manager at Fujitsu Technology Systems in the region The Middle East has traditionally and for many years, …

Off centre
HP Critical Facility Services customer project manager Kevin Miller For businesses that choose to outsource their data centre requirements, there …

Virtual world
Mohammed Thameem Rizvon,Group IT manager, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Have you implemented virtualisation solutions in your enterprise? If so, what …

Employees ignore IT security: survey
New global research has found that most IT security administrators believe social networking, Internet applications and widgets have significantly lowered …

Explosive wireless growth drives security need
Devices capable of handling IEEE 802.11 based wireless communication are expected to exceed 1 billion units by year 2013 according …

Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground
IT is not a gig for the faint of heart. On one hand, we’re tasked with becoming more agile so …

A practical guide to migrating to VoIP
One of the most crucial steps any organisation should take in deploying a solution for voice over IP (VoIP) is …
Don’t Become the Poster Child for Data Loss
More than two thirds of over 2,000 SMBs surveyed in the Europe, Middle East and Africa ranked data loss to …

Framework Wise
CIOs have long struggled to measure and demonstrate the business value of IT investments. But there’s a relatively new approach …

Motorola deal may end mobile-gear consolidation
Nokia Siemens Networks’ acquisition of most of Motorola’s cellular networks business may be the last move in a long game …

RIM bumps into the politics of global business
Research in Motion is getting a tough lesson in geopolitics. Its problems in the Middle East and Asia this week …

Molding the Future
In the world of enterprise software, there are but a handful of “rock star” analysts who cover the industry well, …

Package Deal
Q: Is there any particular reason for your visit to the Middle East now? A: I am in town …

Talking Shop
By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, …

SAP-Sybase: What to expect in the first 90 days
Now that SAP’s roughly US$6 billion acquisition of Sybase has gained clearance from European regulators, it may not be long …

Speedy justice
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) ensures the delivery and administration of justice and equality for all citizens and residents …

Oracle gearing up for more purchases
Ever-acquisitive Oracle apparently has no immediate plans to stop buying up companies, as indicated by a US$3.25 billion debt issue …

RackSpace's OpenStack targets cloud lock-in
Rackspace’s contribution of code to a new open-source project called OpenStack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary …

Virtualisation's dirty little secrets
THE SHEER NUMBER OF POTENTIAL missteps has Doug Dineley, executive editor of the InfoWorld Test Center (one of CPI’s US …

Mission: obtained
There are few organisations like the Qatar Foundation. Sa’di M Awienat, director of IT at Qatar Foundation Formed in 1995, …