The last thing anybody needs is another story highlighting the benefits and challenges of implementing a cloud-based solution for their …
The new era of big data management: Analytics
Amr Refaat, General Manager, IBM Middle East and Pakistan, talks managing big data and what big data trends will mean …
Oracle suffers in storage market slowdown
According to Gartner, Oracle suffered the most as growth in the storage market continued to slow during the end of …
You only live twice
With an ever-increasing data volume but by no means an ever-increasing IT budget, businesses are facing a tough task in …
Blue-sky thinking with a chance of cloud
Condo Protego CEO Andrew Calthorpe urges VARs not to get spooked by the cloud as it moves from buzzword to …
The big fuss over big data
There is no denying the hype that has surrounded big data over the past few years. Big data is set …
Samsung exec hits out at Windows 8
The grumbling of PC makers is getting louder with Windows 8 doing little to spark laptop sales. The latest complaints …
Beating the big data blues
Henrik Pederson, Senior Technical Account Manager, CommVault Systems, explains how an integrated data management strategy can help to manage big …
Huawei earns SAP HANA certification
Huawei’s enterprise division is ramping up its European presence, following an announcement last week that SAP has certified the company’s …
Getting social with Infostreams
Over the past year, it’s been impossible to ignore what research firms IDC and Gartner describe as the four forces …
HP announces extended converged infrastructure innovations
HP today announced new innovations aiming to strengthen its HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio. At its yearly Global Partner Conference in …
The era of PC+
Oliver Ebel, Executive Director and General Manger, Lenovo Middle East and Africa, explains why rumours of the PC’s demise are …
Cisco makes server vendor top 5 for the first time
Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu …
Avoiding the partnership from hell
Forty for you, sixty for me and equal partners we shall be. A witty quote to be taken with caution …
Geared for growth
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Channels of profit
Times have never been better for security-focused channel partners. The fast changing threat landscape and the emergence of advanced threats …
Coke bottler forgoes SAP for SaaS
A recent Gartner report showed that even in the poorest segments of the SaaS market, the annual growth rate is …
The virtual legacy
It took a long time for companies to come around to the idea of virtualising their environments. Virtualisation is a …
Preventing a BYO Disaster
The use of smartphones has become almost ubiquitous, with tablets not far behind. It is estimated there are two billion …
Microsoft to drop support for Windows 7 RTM
Microsoft last week reminded customers that the first edition of Windows 7, which was launched more than three years ago, …