The mood was anything but geeky at HP Software Universe 2008 in Vienna. From December 9th to 11th, the bottom …
HP appoints Samer Zein as Director of Technology Services Middle East.
He will have the responsibility of maximising HP technology services’ profit and revenue growth in the Middle East, as well …
Juniper poaching Nortel’s channels?
Juniper has the most to gain from Nortel's tenuous financial position, according to a bulletin issued this month by investment …
Managed Security Services – Bane or Boon?
The supporters vehemently profess that Managed Security Services should be considered as a kind of panacea for today’s burgeoning security …
Securing the Web
What’s the significance of the web security appliances for the government sectors, investment companies and banks in the UAE? And …
Microsoft confirms it’s been working on SQL bug since April
On Monday, the company warned customers of a bug that could be used to compromise servers running older versions of …
Intel ships 160GB solid state disk drives
The X25-M product is shipping now, and the 1.8-inch 160GB version shipping next month. Intel announced the 80GB X25-M and …
Foundry joins Brocade without founder Johnson
The companies agreed to an approximately US$3 billion deal in July, but soon afterward, downturns in the stock and credit …
HP on a roll, but challenges await in 2009
HP last month reported fourth quarter net revenue of US$33.6 billion, a 19% year-over-year increase, or 16% after adjusting for …
IronPort offers new e-mail security appliances
The new IronPort C-Series and IronPort X-Series e-mail security gateways, as well as the new IronPort M-Series security management appliances, …
Extreme Networks names new regional head
Ala’ali brings to Extreme Networks over fifteen years experience in the region as well as the IT sector, where he …
Emirates Computers achieves Cisco UC specialisation
This specialization recognizes Emirates Computers as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell deploy and support comprehensive …
Three deals symbolized storage trends in 2008
Overall demand for storage capacity is growing by about 60 percent per year, according to IDC. Another research company, Enterprise …
FSC expands partnership with Cisco
Helping to eliminate the cumbersome number of physical connections previously needed to bridge servers to other elements in the datacenter, …
Avaya looking to catch unified communications wave in 2009
In its favor are that the company is privately held, has been at work streamlining and has installed key executives …
Cisco among 3 bidders for Nortel’s Ethernet biz: report
Nortel is reportedly entertaining bids from three companies, including Cisco, for its Metro Ethernet Networks business unit. According to a …
APC sees potential business in Saudi Arabia
Launching a new office in Riyadh, annual customer awards and regular channel activities in Saudi Arabia are just a few …
Nexans partners with STS in Jordan
Nexans also announced the appointment of its new business development manager in Jordan, who will help oversee the operations. Speaking …
Wireless outpaces wired
Respondents were also questioned on drivers for wireless adoption and 57% cited their main reason for going wireless as a …
Juniper maps out 2009 plans
“We will spend money on making sure [customers are] secure; where they can drive TCO down; and increase choice in …