It might be just another year in the technology evolution chain, but vendors believe that 2012 will bring with it …
Do and re-do
Service providers are launching new services for 2012, and are working to ramp up their support services. All-in-all, they look …
Big Data drives demand for database skills: Study
The growing amount of structured and unstructured data being processed by businesses is driving a demand for more database skills, …
King Faisal Specialist Hospital opts for Dell’s virtualisation solution
Internationally recognised hospital and the biggest research facility in Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, has selected …
CIO 50 event: Top CIOs brought together to honour their IT progress
The CIO 50 Awards and Forum commenced this morning at the Address Hotel in Dubai Marina. The event, organised by …
March to megapixel
New standards, better capabilities and the flexibility of IP drive adoption. Here’s what to consider. Despite the global economic downturn …
IT leaders continue to juggle multiple priorities in 2012: research
Analytics and business intelligence have moved back to the top of the technology priority list for CIOs, followed by mobile …
Enterprise Hadoop
It’s been a big year for Apache Hadoop, the open source project that helps you split your workload among a …
Existing industry models will be challenged through 2015: Gartner
Enterprises have difficult and challenging times ahead, and need to adapt to new technologies to remain competitive in the upcoming …
Google appoints VMWare’s former CEO to its board
Google has appointed Diane Greene, a co-founder and former CEO of VMware, to its board of directors and audit committee. …
Outlook 2012, Application explosion
IT environments in the Middle East are becoming increasingly complicated and the number of applications to manage is exploding. Virtualisation, …
Outlook 2012, Nations and networks
Gulf markets are leapfrogging developed economies by embracing new business models and technologies to achieve their social and economic goals. …
Outlook 2012, Reading the cards
Microsoft will begin to dominate new networking and technology areas by increasing its share of unified communication and voice over …
CIO=supply chain manager
A few years back, only a large company could afford sophisticated back-office and front-office automation. Whether it was SAP, Siebel, …
March to megapixel
Despite the global economic downturn the market for IP video surveillance cameras and other associated equipments seem to have remained …
Citrix introduces Elite partner programme
Noman Qadir, Regional Channel Manager at Citrix Systems, MENA and Turkey Citrix Systems, launched a renewed channel strategy and partner …
Volume and value jostle
Josef Miskulnig worked in IBM from 1977 to 1996. In 1997 he decided to set up Fast Lane as both …
Trend Micro revamps partner programme
Trend Micro has announced an aggressive new partner programme focused on rewarding proactive partners, driving new business, customer retention, while …
Consumerisation creates management blind spots: survey
As end users bring their own devices to work, download apps and sign up for cloud services, it’s getting harder …
Aiming high
Oscar Rodrigues, CEO of Extreme Networks, who visited the region recently, talks about why his company is a force to …