IFS North America CTO Rick Veague explores why companies aim to achieve global ERP and the challenges and benefits of …
PayPal launches Facebook app for sending money
PayPal has launched a Facebook application designed to let users of the social networking site send money to each other. …
Salesforce.com to buy cloud computing services company
Salesforce.com has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Model Metrics, a cloud computing consulting and services company, with practices in …
MENA yet to embrace the cloud: SAP
As part of the agenda at SAP SAPPHIRE NOW Madrid, Spain yesterday, I had an opportunity to meet with Sam …
Socialising for intelligence
Ten years ago, Logicalis, a systems integrator, would have needed a wiretap to overhear the grumblings of a competitor’s dissatisfied …
Back to school
The application of IT is not only transforming the way students learn, but also the way they are being taught. …
A solutions company
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell outlines the company’s aggressive plans to grow its portfolio of solutions by acquiring more intellectual …
Cisco plans free telepresence client
Cisco Systems is taking several steps to extend its TelePresence videoconferencing technology beyond enterprise meeting rooms, introducing two endpoints and …
VMware and NVIDIA to deliver true, virtual workstation experience
NVIDIA and VMware, announced today at VMworld 2011 a strategic partnership to advance virtual 3D graphics technology and enable the …
ADAC selects Juniper for agressive expansion and transformation
Juniper Networks, a network innovations provider, today announced that Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), owner and operator of five airports …
Wataniya and Huawei deploy industry’s first nodal IP microwave network in Kuwait
Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced that it is collaborating with Wataniya Telecom, a …
Polycom buys ViVu for Web videoconferencing
Polycom has acquired ViVu, a provider of software for embedding videoconferencing in websites, for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced. …
Menya Zavoot GITEX
One of the best parts of GITEX for me is the number of people from outside the UAE that you …
Sharp reports 50% increase in business leads at GITEX 2011
Sharp Middle East recorded increased interest in its LCD solutions compared to last year, as the inaugural Infocomm exhibition became …
Virgin Megastore to debut at GITEX Shopper 2011
This year marks Virgin Megastore’s first stand-alone participation at GITEX Shopper and commemorates the brand’s 10th year in the MENA …
Nexans to highlight LAN infrastructure solutions at GITEX 2011
Nexans, a cabling solutions provider, today announced that it is participating in GITEX Technology Week 2011 along with its distributor, …
Gemalto to exhibit solutions to enhance and secure digital connections at GITEX
Gemalto, a provider of solutions to make digital interactions secure and easy, announced that it will be exhibiting at Gitex …
NEC to showcase solutions for Middle East SMB and enterprise markets at GITEX 2011
NEC Corporation will once again be present at GITEX Technology Week, scheduled to run between October 9-13, 2011, and will …
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to debut at GITEX
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a division of Alcatel-Lucent, will have an increased presence at Gulfcomms 2011, as part of GITEX 2011, the …
Hitachi-LG Data Storage to plead guilty on price-fixing
Hitachi-LG Data Storage have agreed to plead guilty in connection with rigging bids and fixing prices for sales of optical …