Tata Communications has appointed James Parker as its new President of Global Sales, where he will be responsible for leading the company’s global sales organisation across all customer segments.
Ingram Micro launches automated cloud services platform
Aptec, an Ingram Micro company has announced the launch of its Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, an automated cloud services platform that’s now available across various countries in the Middle East region.

The power of one
Following its historic split from HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise is now playing its part in in delivering Dubai’s Smart City ambitions. Vice president for the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa region Chris Johnson is bullish about HPE’s prospects as an independent infrastructure partner for the GCC.

Riverbed returns to promote ‘future of networking’ concept
Having exhibited through partners at the 2015 event, the company has a strong presence at GITEX 2016 – with its own stand in Hall 6, as well as featuring at the Microsoft stand in Hall 7 as a platinum level sponsor.

Emitac launches Offshore Development Centre
The ODC, according to the company, has over 15 software professionals and is strategically located in Bangalore, the IT capital of India, to facilitate instant access to a trained pool of resources skilled in various technologies.

DarkMatter highlights its ‘Resiliency Model’
DarkMatter, the first ever Cyber Security Innovation Partner for GITEX Technology Week, is making its debut at the 2016 issue of the trade show. The company is also showcasing its ‘Resiliency Model,’ a proprietary methodology that focuses on the interconnected impact of a cyber-incident on varying critical national infrastructure entities.
Kaspersky Lab names new MD for META region
Kaspersky Lab has announced the appointment of Maxim Frolov as its new Managing Director for the META region (Middle East, Turkey and Africa).
Kaspersky Lab has announced the appointment of Maxim Frolov as its new Managing Director for the META region (Middle East, Turkey and Africa).
NEC Payments to launch cloud-based processing technologies
NEC Payments will launch a public cloud-based core transaction processing platform at GITEX Technology Week 2016, in collaboration with Microsoft.

BlackBerry stops making smartphones
BlackBerry has announced that it will soon end all hardware development and will instead outsource its phone production and design to third parties.

The battle of intelligence
The philosophical war between artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligence augmentation (IA) has been waged for more than half a century, with the focus shifting between the two as each has made important strides.
Riverbed appoints new Regional Channel Sales Director
Riverbed Technology has appointed Ramzi Itani as its Regional Channel Sales Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region.

HID Global launches new IoT solutions
HID Global has announced the launch of new solutions that aims to secure Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Riverbed to flaunt latest networking solutions
Riverbed Technology has announced that it will be participating at the upcoming GITEX Technology Week under the theme ‘Experience the future of networking.’

EMC announces enhancements to XtremIO all-flash storage platform
EMC Corporation has announced the release of new application integration and management features in the EMC XtremIO all-flash storage platform for VMware and Microsoft virtualised environments.
CMCS forges reseller partnership with TimeXtender
CMCS has recently announced that it has entered into a reseller partnership with TimeXtender (TX), a provider of Data Warehouse Automation (DWA) software for Microsoft SQL Server.
STME launches Veritas-NetApp archival solution
STME has launched an integrated solution from two vendors, Veritas and NetApp. The bundle, based on Veritas Enterprise Vault in conjunction with NetApp FAS storage arrays, combines solutions from both vendors to provide clients with a comprehensive archival solution.

Review: RealPresence Trio 8800
SMEs who are on the hunt for an affordable and practical unified communications solution may have found their perfect match with the Polycom RealPresence Trio 8800.
Gartner, IDC recognise Polycom as ‘leader’ in videoconferencing
Two technology industry analyst firms, Gartner and IDC, have separately recognised Polycom as a Leader in the videoconferencing market.
Epicor expands cloud-first strategy to the Middle East
Epicor Software Corporation has announced its new cloud-first strategy for Epicor ERP deployments in the region.

Epicor rolls out cloud-first strategy in the Middle East
Epicor Software Corporation has announced its new cloud-first strategy for Epicor ERP deployments in the region.