At its sixth annual Partner Excellence Awards 2015, Reseller Middle East, bestowed its highest honour upon the best performing companies from the regional IT channel community. Held last evening, at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, the awards commended channel players who have strived to grow their business through differentiation and innovation.
Public progress
As a member of the company CEO office, HP’s Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector Programmes Suparno Banerjee is in the business of dealing with high-powered people. Recently in Dubai, he took time out to speak with CNME about his philosophy on transforming government through technology.
Ericsson tests 5G mobile speeds
Ericsson has announced this week that it is testing out 5G networks in the US and Sweden, and has already exceeded 2Gbps throughput using multiple radio streams at the same time.
Connecting future cities
Suparno Banerjee, VP, WW Public Sector Programs, HP and Mohammed Khodr, Director of Sales, Enterprise and Public Sector, HP UAE, outline the role partners play in delivering solutions to government entities.
IDC reveals most favoured software vendors by enterprise customers
A recent report which was jointly prepared by IDC and Flexera, reveals that organisations form deep-seated opinions about software vendors based on a wide spectrum of criteria – factors that vendors should take note and be aware of as they develop, launch and support their products.
D-Link introduces DIR-890L
The DIR-890L Wireless AC3200 Tri Band Gigabit Cloud Router lets you easily connect, control, and monitor a network. It is equipped with advanced AC SmartBeam which provides a significant increase in wireless performance, while Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) efficiently distributes bandwidth.
Dell to release new cloud-ready printers
As people are increasingly using smartphones and mobile devices to access remote documents, Dell is now taking their printers to the cloud.
At the helm
Having gone private a year-and-a-half ago, Dell is pitching its end-to-end integrated solutions, and has chalked out a go-to-market strategy with partners playing a key role in it. We sat down with Driss Elougmani, the new GM for Dell’s recently formed Middle East Turkey and Africa business to understand the channel implications.
Vintage tech: Motorola MicroTAC Elite
Long before we began to carry tiny mobile computers in our pockets, the world’s tech elite were strapping massive, clunky mobile phones to their belts. Motorola’s line of MicroTAC mobiles, first released in 1989, sat proudly on the high-end of mobile technology for the time.
Flying home
Patrick Naef, Divisional Senior Vice President of IT, Emirates Airline, did not spend his entire career in the aviation industry. However, when he was offered a position at Emirates, he knew he had found his new home.
DISTREE Middle East 2015 opens
The 11th annual DISTREE Middle East begins today with more than 500 delegates registered to attend the three-day event. DISTREE Middle East runs from May 12th to 14th at the Fairmont Bab al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Speed up
When applications lag behind, businesses will pay the price. However, when it comes to determine the cause of the slowdown, the waters can become a little bit muddied. The key to optimising applications is to assess where the issue lies, and determining the appropriate solution.
AMD developing mega-chip that combines CPUs and GPUs
AMD will battle Intel for computer performance supremacy with a new high-speed chip that could be the fastest when it ships.
Google mobile searches now bigger than PCs
Google now gets more search queries from mobile devices than it does from PCs.
Fortinet rolls out security solutions for NCCPL
Fortinet today announced that the National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL) has deployed FortiGate integrated network security appliances and FortiClient endpoint software at its head offices and disaster recovery site
Linksys WRT1200AC: A fast, full-featured, open-source-friendly router
Sometimes, less is truly more. When it comes to the Linksys WRT1200AC, the little brother to the WRT1900AC router introduced last year, it might be best to say less is just enough.
Worldwide PC shipments declined 5.2 percent in Q1 2015
According to a recent report by Gartner, PC shipments worldwide has totaled 71.1 million units during the first quarter of 2015, a 5.2 percent drop as compared to the same period in 2014.
Westcon ME launches ‘Westcon Academy’
Westcon Middle East’s participation at GISEC 2015 saw the launch of their new initiative ‘Westcon Academy’, an end-user technical training.
Lenovo assigns new EMEA leaders
Lenovo has announced new leaders for North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), following a recent realignment of …
Infoblox to showcase cloud innovations at GISEC 2015
Infoblox Inc., has announced its participation at Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) 2015.