The Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MoFA) in the UAE is unifying mission websites and building a new network to ensure that …
SNIA puts storage networking tutorials online
The Storage Networking Industry Association this week announced a doubling its efforts to put tutorials for IT managers and storage …
Certifications that matter
As companies look bridge talent holes in their IT organisations, there is an increased emphasis on vendor-and technology-specific training. Here …
Africans use mobiles as multi-functional devices: MIT conference
African mobile-phone users are increasingly turning to their devices for functions beyond making calls, said speakers at a Massachusetts Institute …
Spectrum builds Dubai data centre
Spectrum, an IT Networking and Security training, certification and consultancy services provider, has opened new data centre based on Juniper …
New game, new rules
Alcatel-Lucent is a force to be reckoned within the enterprise space, says the company’s Sr VP for Sales EMEA Enterprise, …
SOA alive and well: Forrester
It’s been a little hard of late to find references to SOA (service-oriented architecture), the buzz-phrase that once saturated the …
Enterprise software getting more mobile
Mobile application development, including the need to extend enterprise applications to mobile devices, is growing in prominence, according to research …
In the safety zone
With the outages costing dearly, business continuity and disaster recovery are emerging as top priorities for regional businesses. Here is …
Shrinking data centre
Four forces operating in the market today could result in data center space requirements that will shrink dramatically before the …
Gartner highlights four data centre forces
Four forces operating in the market today could result in data centre space requirements that will shrink dramatically before the …
Citrix takes on ex-VMWare channel head as new regional director
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand …
On a security conference
The 20th RSA security conference concluded last Friday at San Francisco Moscone Centre. Especially for someone like me, that had …
Living on a prayer
By Valeria Camerino On the notes of a security-inspired version of Bon Jovi’s “Living on a prayer”, the 20th edition …
Microsoft appoints new server and tools business head
Microsoft has appointed its online services veteran, Satya Nadella, to head its US$15 billion server and tools business, the company …
Avnet expands distribution agreement with Enterasys
Avnet now has rights to distribute Enterasys Networks’ full portfolio of wired and wireless network infrastructure products and security solutions …
Avnet hosts ISS Academy in KSA
Vidyasagar Patro, Senior Technical Consultant, Avnet Technology Solutions MEA, says HP ISS is vital to maintain high I/O performance which …
Aptec launches Datacentre Alliance Partner Programme
The launch of the partner programme, follows last month’s partnership betweem Aptec Holdings Group, and four datacentre focused vendors APC, …
Organisations drag their heels on network automation
Nearly half of IT managers are being hit by network problems every month thanks to human error. That’s according to …
May you live in interesting times
Thus goes an ancient Chinese curse. Though I don’t know if it really is a curse, it sure is the …