Paul Maritz will step down from his role as CEO of VMware, to be replaced by EMC Chief Operating Officer …

Jumbo savings
Powered by a private cloud, Gulf Air, the principal carrier of Bahrain, has been able to transform itself into a …

Salesforce.com to acquire shared-browsing startup GoInstant
Enterprise cloud computing company Salesforce.com said yesterday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian shared-browsing technology startup …

Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook
A year ago, we saw the first Samsung Chromebook and we were left feeling pretty underwhelmed with it. Not only …

Data centre demand in AP turns positive: Emerson study
A recent vendor study recently indicated that the Asia Pacific region is finally warming up to building date centre infrastructures …

Channelled beginnings
Recently appointed territory channel manager at Brocade, Khaled Kamel tells us about the evolution of the channel and what he …

Citrix launches VDI-in-a box for Middle East SMEs
Citrix Systems, a provider of virtual computing solutions today announced the launch of VDI-in-a-Box in the Middle East, an all-in-one …

Technology leadership is crucial, says SAP
According to a survey conducted at the recent SAP User Group Middle East and North Africa (SUG-MENA) Executive Exchange held …

Citrix launches VDI-in-a-Box in the Middle East
Citrix Systems today announced the Middle East launch of VDI-in-a-Box, an all-in-one virtual desktop solution for small and mid-sized enterprises …

HP to trim 9,000 jobs
Hewlett-Packard plans to trim its workforce by about 9,000 in the U.S. as part of its long-term plan to reduce …

New Oracle OpenWorld details give early look at company's plans
Oracle tends to keep a tight lid on the specific announcements it will make each year at the OpenWorld conference …

Smart devices need smart security
The Smart Mobile Computing Devices (SMCDs) such as Blackberry, Android and iPhones are multi-function devices that come equipped with various …

FVC appoints Waleed Heloo GM for GCC and Pakistan
FVC, a prominent value added distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the appointment of Waleed …

Juniper guns for Cisco again with smaller QFabric
Juniper this week unveiled a version of its fabric switches for mid-sized data centres and also increased the scalability of its …

Juniper guns for Cisco with smaller QFabric
Juniper this week unveiled a version of its fabric switches for mid-sized data centres and also increased the scalability of its …

SanDisk launches Lightning PCI Express SSA cards for the enterprise
SanDisk Corporation, a provider of flash memory storage solutions, today introduced Lightning PCI Express (PCIe) Solid State Accelerator (SSA) cards …
HP and Oracle, now headed for a split, could have split up Sun
One of the more surprising episodes in HP and Oracle’s ill-fated enterprise IT partnership was touched upon for only a …

Virtual Bridges partners with GBM to bring latest solutions to the GCC
Virtual Bridges and Gulf Business Machines (GBM) have announced a partnership to deliver Virtual Bridges Verde virtual desktop management and …

Ellison: Next version of Oracle database set for December or January release
The next version of Oracle’s database will be released in either December or January, CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday during …