Most outsourcing analysts and consultants will tell you that the future of the traditional IT services industry is uncertain. Arjun …
Security nightmares
What security issues keep major regional CIOs up at night? Apparently, a lot. “The security of business IT systems has …
Trend Micro bolsters VMware security
Trend Micro Deep Security 7.5, which leverages the latest VMware vShield Endpoint API, now comes with a new agentless anti-malware …
Dell loses 3Par bidding war to HP
Dell on Thursday said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire virtualized storage vendor 3Par, paving the …
Banking on the channel
With the software solutions market being touted as the sector that holds lots of opportunities for solution providers in the …
HP acquires automation vendor Stratavia
HP says Stratavia’s technologies will help enterprise customers to simplify the deployment and management of applications in hybrid IT environments, …
3PAR finds HP's offer superior
Storage technology firm 3PAR confirmed late Friday that its board has accepted Hewlett-Packard's acqusition offer of $30 per share, ending …
Preparing for growth
RME: How has the year 2010 been so far for Al Taqnyah Business Solutions? UZ: From the start of …
IDC: Virtualisation helps boost switch sales
Ethernet switch revenue grew by 32.7 percent year-over-year during the second quarter, helped by the growing popularity of applications such …
Infrastructure services users worry less about security
A recent Yankee Group survey about enterprise use of IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) offerings found that once companies start using such services, …
Intel to acquire McAfee
In terms of the deal, in which Intel will buy all of McAfee’s common stock for $48 per share in …
NetApp revenue grows 36% in Q1
Data storage vendor NetApp reported today on its revenue for the first quarter of 2011, stating total product sales grew …
On the centre stage
NWME: X86 virtualisation was once a revolutionary technology. But now, hypervisor is fast becoming a commodity. What is your differentiation? …
Skills and training
Chandan Mehta, product manager at Fujitsu Technology Systems in the region The Middle East has traditionally and for many years, …
Off centre
HP Critical Facility Services customer project manager Kevin Miller For businesses that choose to outsource their data centre requirements, there …
Virtual world
Mohammed Thameem Rizvon,Group IT manager, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Have you implemented virtualisation solutions in your enterprise? If so, what …
Molding the Future
In the world of enterprise software, there are but a handful of “rock star” analysts who cover the industry well, …
Overpowering Pirates
Enterprises across the Middle East risk damaging their businesses through the use of pirated software, with an estimated two-thirds of …
Lenovo weighs in on Think netbook
The popularity of netbooks has been so appealing that Chinese PC powerhouse Lenovo is weighing in on the options of …
Paying the price
Servers’ hard disk access times have not kept up with the increasing speed of their CPUs, and the resulting lags …