Armed with best of breed technology solutions, value added distributor Spectrami has carved a niche for itself in a very …

A mobile future
It has been an eventful year in the solutions world as enterprises witnessed the rise of managed services, mobility and …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Gearing up for mobility
With the advent of numerous mobile devices into global business, Middle East is proactively adapting to mobility. It has geared …

IDC: HP customers should demand assurances over Autonomy’s future
Research group IDC has said that following HP’s £5.5 billion writedown of Autonomy, its customers should seek ‘formal assurances’ about …

Lenovo to lead China’s smartphone market by 2013
Lenovo, already China’s top PC seller, is expected to take the title for the country’s top smartphone vendor in 2013, …

Schneider announces strong growth in last quarter
Schneider Electric today announced it has seen 4% growth in the last quarter, as well as 9% in the first …
Schneider Electric anticipates major cloud adoption in region
Schneider Electric has announced it has registered stable growth of four percent over the last quarter, as well as nine …

Mobility and consumerisation in 2013
Analysts predict that cloud computing will play a larger role in mobility and consumerisation of IT, Windows Phone and Android …

HP exec calls Microsoft Surface “slow and kludgey”
Don’t expect HP to have a change of heart about building Windows RT devices anytime soon. Todd Bradley, Executive Vice …

Cisco, Qualcomm collaborate to improve Wi-Fi services
Cisco Systems and Qualcomm are putting their considerable wireless weight behind a system to make it easier for retail stores …

Dell profit slides 47% amid weak PC market
Dell has reported a sharp drop in revenue and profits for the third quarter as the weak PC market continued …

Virtually misguided
Vendors and industry leaders appear to have led the formation of an almost ubiquitous assumption that desktop virtualisation is something …

Sourcefire adds advanced malware protection to FirePOWER
Sourcefire announced today it has strengthened and expanded its FirePOWER appliance family, providing users with the unmatched ability to protect …

Lenovo sees profit growth dip in Q2
Lenovo said its net profit for the fiscal second quarter increased by only 13 percent year-over-year, marking a shift from …
Microsoft announces strategic partnership with Westcon Convergence
Microsoft has announced a new strategic global partnership with the value added distributor Westcon Convergence. Westcon Middle East is a value-add distributor of convergence, security, networking and mobility products and services, covering the Middle East, Pakistan and North Africa regions.

Google follows Apple with Android app security screening
Google’s new app scanner in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean moves the platform closer to Apple’s model of vetting software before …

Apple’s ‘ambitious processor plans’ to involve ditching Intel in future Macs?
Apple is investigating ways to ditch Intel chips in future Macs and replace them with its own ARM chips like …