DLP (Data leakage prevention or as I sometimes call it, “disastrously ludicrous project”) is fantastic in theory. However, without the …
Fast out of the starting gate
Meydan City, Dubai, uses IP convergence to create ultimate 21st century horse racing experience. Meydan City is Dubai’s new iconic …
Mainframe, meet cloud
Mainframes are stable, secure and under your control – perfect for anchoring a private cloud- but where’s user provisioning? Mention …
Industry agrees on vulnerability reporting format
Three years after its founding, the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) is starting to bear …
Software glitch caused Exchange Online to trip up
A software bug caused e-mail queues of some Exchange Online customers in the Americas to clog up on Thursday, leading …
Full steam ahead
Set up in 2006, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) is a master developer of ports and industrial zones. By developing …
Dell sees silver in the cloud
Dell is reporting some success in its struggle to retool itself as a cloud and enterprise services provider, even as …
Into the vortex
Everyone says the cloud is the future. Not without the proper service level agreements (SLAs) – contracts that specify quality …
Cisco plans job cuts, drops growth target
Cisco Systems plans to eliminate jobs as it focuses in on core businesses such as routing and switching, the company’s …
IBM lures Oracle users
IBM is attempting to lure Oracle database and middleware customers to “move up” to its own software with a new …
Cisco Systems announces job cuts
Cisco Systems plans to eliminate jobs as it focuses in on core businesses such as routing and switching, the company’s …
Backup to the future
I was shocked to hear recently that an established telecoms company had lost revenue because its billing system wasn’t backed …
A matter of scale
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is one of the largest hotel groups globally, with around 97 properties in the Middle East …
Brocade developing 32-Gigabit Fibre Channel
Brocade Technologies, which announced 16G bps (bit-per-second) Fibre Channel products on Monday, is already working on a 32G bps version …
RIM announces two new BlackBerry Bold phones
Research in Motion announced two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones on Monday that run on a new BlackBerry 7 operating system …
Riding the cloud
The Jumeirah Group has built a private cloud in a hybrid environment to connect disparate offices and improve efficiency. Home …
IBM tailors BPM for small business
IBM has customised its new BPM (business process management) software to help small and midsized organisations set up their own …
Charting growth
With the anticipated channel growth this year, all eyes are on the Middle East channel. Octagon International MD Sukant Mishra …
Going global
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MoFA) in the UAE is unifying mission websites and building a new network to ensure that …
Intel and Micron shrink NAND flash
Intel and Micron Technology said they had shrunk NAND flash memory in size, which could help add more storage and …