HP’s ProCurve networking unit painted the target there early in the decade, when they began gunning for Cisco, whose strength, …
Coverage & capacity planning, before going wireless
The pre-installation site survey has long been a core element of wireless-LAN deployments. The concept is simple: set up an …
Aptec & Avaya offer innovative IP telephony solutions
Aptec Holdings, technology distributors in the Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey & English speaking sub-Saharan Africa, has teamed with Avaya to …
Cupola to mordenize and maintain EMW's contact centre
Cupola Teleservices (CTS), provider of outsourced contact centre services in the Middle East, has signed a contract with EMW, to …
Symantec unveils endpoint protection services
Symantec announced managed endpoint protection services for round-the-clock monitoring and management of computers that use Symantec security products. The new …
Busting the nine myths of cloud computing
Wherever you turn, someone's ready to tell (or sell) you something related to cloud computing. Cutting through the myths is …
Platform Computing tackles tech-agnostic cloud management
Grid vendor Platform Computing has unveiled new private cloud software that aggregates servers, storage, networking tools and hypervisors to create …
ATS is Symantec's best services company
Advanced Technology Services (ATS) (an Aptec Holdings Company), is recognised as the ‘Best Services Company’ whilst its consultant Karthik Ramakrishnan …
Salesforce offers no-charge access to Force.com
Salesforce.com is hoping to drive more interest from corporate developers and indpendent software vendors in its Force.com development platform by …
IBM unveils new cloud offerings
The new product line, dubbed IBM Smart Business, focuses on delivering hosted tools and services for two tasks: virtual desktop …
Emulation or Virtualization?
Emulation is what we do when we try to make one system behave like or imitate a different system. We …
Weighing the pros/cons of desktop virtualization
Successful server virtualization deployments lead many IT managers to believe desktop virtualization would provide the same benefits. While that is …
WLAN market slammed, but 802.11n gains
The first quarter of this year may have been the gloomiest ever for the wireless LAN market, with overall revenue …
Microsoft to deliver free antimalware this Tuesday
Microsoft said it will release a public beta of its free antimalware software, now called Microsoft Security Essentials, formerly “Morro,” …
Aptec wins Symantec award
Aptec Holdings, one of the largest technology distributors in the Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey & English speaking sub-Saharan Africa, has …
Opennet offers SMB-focused open source support packages
Opennet Middle East & Africa, the master distributor and authorised Certified Training Centre of Red Hat Linux products for Middle …
Emirates Computers wins award from Blue Coat
Emirates Computers announced winning the “Top Performance in 2008” award from Blue Coat Systems. The award was recently presented to …
Extreme Networks announces partner branded service
Extreme Networks has announced that it is providing enhancements to its services program in North America and EMEA by launching …
Microsoft backtracks, extends XP availability to 2011
Just hours after a noted research analyst criticized Microsoft's plans to limit sales of Windows XP PCs, the company said …
What is a router?
Is a router still a router even if forwarding packets is just one of its many jobs? More and more …