With demand for storage and networking capabilities skyrocketing, in-house and hosted data centres are being put under greater pressure than …
Pirated software costs channel billions
Pirated software is costing industry in excess of $114 billion, according to a new IDC survey commissioned by Microsoft. Though …
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 …
State of flux
The sixth edition of IDC’s Middle East CIO Summit had a strong sense of urgency to it. From the nature …
Cautious optimism
Amid a declining global PC market, Lenovo seems incredibly upbeat about its regional prospects. Perhaps that has something to do …
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 …
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 …
Pirate software market costs business $114bn, MEA market among largest
Pirated software is costing industry in excess of $114 billion, according to a new IDC survey commissioned by Microsoft. Though …
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 …
Secure everything, everywhere ..and that includes performance and productivity
Dell SonicWALL’s Head of Product Marketing, Florian Malecki, talks devices, data, and security. We love our devices. IDC is predicting …
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 …
Dell pushes Office 365 on new PCs
Some major computer makers are pushing Office 365 with their new PCs, but others have stuck with a more traditional …
ZTE promises Tegra 4 smartphone by mid-year
Chinese technology firm ZTE said on Thursday that it will be the first vendor to launch smartphones using Nvidia‘s Tegra …
It’s all about mid-market
The burgeoning mid-market is offers a plethora of opportunities for the channel willing to invest in services and solutions, and …
Intel scales back Itanium plans
Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium, raising questions about the future of the 64-bit server …
Grappling with information management
A holistic approach to information management means big benefits in cost reduction and risk management, says Allen Mitchell, Senior Technical …
Are 8 Windows more shatterproof than 7?
So far, the evidence suggests Windows 8 has hardly been the gleaming success that Microsoft no doubt hoped it would …
Enterprise networking and smart investments
Sufian Dweik, Regional Manager, MEMA, Brocade, details four opportunity areas that networking managers should focus on. Many enterprises in the …
Driving business growth with big data
Sam Tayan, Regional Director, VMware MENA, discusses driving business growth in the Middle East with big data. Throughout 2012, big …
Businesses urged to tool up for big data
Middle East businesses have been urged to tool up in order to harness big data, gaining value from their exponentially …