The public cloud services market in the Middle East and North Africa region is on pace to grow 21.3 percent in 2014 to total $620 million, up from an estimated $511 million for 2013, according to the latest outlook by Gartner.
Mobile computing comes of age
With the explosion of mobile devices, computing on-the-go has now become the norm. Reseller ME finds out what this spells out for the channel and the way ahead.
Visualising business in the Cloud
Mohamed Sayed, SGI Cloud Computing Leader – MEA at IBM gives Computer News Middle East his insider tips for ways that the cloud is most likely to impact businesses in 2014.
5 things to consider when weighing public cloud against private cloud
Jesse Proudman, founder, Blue Box Group, gives five core tenets you should assess when weighing private cloud against public cloud options
EMC to lean on VMware for public cloud
In lieu of launching its own public cloud lineup, storage giant EMC has decided to resell the cloud products of its VMware subsidiary, Network World has learned.
Cisco & Intel: IT departments losing control through cloud services
The cloud offers senior executives the business control they demand, according to international research from Cisco and Intel, meaning IT departments need to “become more collaborative and innovative”.
SAP expects revenue of $30 billion by 2017, driven by cloud
SAP plans to increase its total revenue to at least €22 billion (US$30 billion), with revenue from its cloud business expected to grow up to €3.5 billion by 2017.
Cloud's worst-case scenario: what to do if your provider goes bust
Last September customers of storage provider Nirvanix got what could be worst-case scenario news for a cloud user: The company was going out of business and they had to get data out, fast.
Oracle makes cloud advancement by acquiring SDN firm Corente
Oracle is buying Corente, maker of SDN technology for WANs (wide area networks), in a strike against competitors Cisco and IBM. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close early this year, weren’t disclosed on Tuesday.
Key Asian cloud suppliers to pit against each other
IDC predicts key Asian cloud suppliers will pit against each other resulting in a new leadership structure within the IT industry.
IBM lays plans to be a cloud storage broker
IBM is developing software that will allow organisations to use multiple cloud storage services interchangeably, reducing dependence on any single cloud vendor and ensuring that data remains available even during service outages.
IBM: small provider price war saturating cloud market
There were some unexpected new entrants into the Cloud space this year, according to IBM Global Technology Services Cloud computing executive, Dean Evans.
Why mobile and cloud will converge to become Mobile Cloud
Everything’s coming up mobile these days. Gartner estimates that PC sales will make up only about 13 percent of device sales in 2013 – and some undisclosed portion of those PCs are notebooks.
Intel unveils Knights’ Landing at supercomputing conference
Intel has unveiled a raft of new innovations and software tools to tap the power of Big Data at the Supercomputing Conference 2013 held in Denver, Colorado.
Mayer Brown partner: NSA Spying Will Impact Cloud Providers and Customers,
Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection policies.
Asian financial sector’s cloud uptake gathering pace
The Asian financial sector is predicted to increase its cloud uptake, according to IDC Financial Insights’ latest study, ‘Business Strategy: Asia/Pacific Financial Cloud 2013 – Getting the Best of Both Worlds.’
WD unveils latest cross-platform personal cloud device
Storage provider WD today unveiled its latest personal cloud device; My Cloud.
Best practices for safely moving data in and out of the cloud
To avoid the fate of the now-defunct Nirvanix’s customers, follow these best practices for safely moving data in and out of the cloud.
Judge hits IBM in CIA cloud case
IBM was accused by a federal court of “gamesmanship” in its bid for the CIA’s cloud computing contract. The accusation is part of a ruling unsealed Friday.
Application services meet up with SDN in the cloud
Enterprises and service providers are looking beyond collections of boxes and toward virtual data centers that are better at growing and changing, and now application services such as security and acceleration are about to fit into that picture as well.