Haider Salloum, Small Medium Business Director, Microsoft Gulf, explains how channel partners play a crucial role for IT adoption within SMBs.
Information investment
With its companies siloed and speaking different IT languages, Khalifa Butti Bin Omeir Group needed a fresh solution that could unite its finance and HR operations. Samir Mayani, IT Director, KBBO, opted for a Cloud-based ERP solution to drive the change.
Holding the fort
A company’s day-to-day operations rely on its IT function to run smoothly – maintaining a healthy network infrastructure and keeping downtime to a minimum is critical. To date, more and more organisations are turning over certain IT functions to managed service providers, freeing internal IT staff to focus on strategic IT projects.
Microsoft and distributor partners stress on SMB growth
Microsoft Gulf along with its regional distributors – Aptec, Mindware and Redington Gulf; held a partner event recently focusing on the importance of using the right digital marketing tools, social media and product offerings in order to encourage growth in the small and medium businesses (SMBs) space.
Resource reach
Charles Phillips is an industry heavyweight. The Infor CEO was a member of Barack Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board and …
Setting the pace
Ajay Singh Chauhan, CEO, ComGuard, on exploring newer avenues of growth and how partners can develop their capabilities to capitalise on the prospects.
Finesse inks SI services deal with VCE
Under the agreement, Finesse will provide services in consulting, gap analysis and suggesting the optimum infrastructure requirements to meet the constantly increasing demand from customers for converged infrastructure and cloud services based on Vblock Systems from VCE in the UAE.
Centred security
From SDN to cloud, the transition to any modern technology requires careful management. This all starts in the data centre, where carefully chosen solutions can give the enterprise the best chance of success in terms of security.
Taking control
Each day, cybercriminals find more ways to exploit gaps within enterprise systems. Jesper Andersen, CEO, Infoblox, speaks with CNME about the threats surrounding DNS and how the company can help address the issue.
The keys to a Smart City
In major metropolitan areas and smaller cities alike, governments are adopting software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) to deliver the agility and flexibility needed to support adoption of ‘smart’ technologies that enhance the liveability, workability and sustainability of their locale.
Bottom line in mind
If network infrastructure is not your organisation’s core competency, a network infrastructure cost optimisation consultation can help you drive infrastructure costs down, capture the network environment processes, identify systemic issues and leverage best practices.
A10 Networks introduces new Thunder Convergent Firewall
A10 Networks announced the A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW), a standalone security product that leverages the ACOS Harmony platform.
The convergence era
The regional market is seeing an uptake for converged infrastructure solutions. Reseller ME examines how channel partners can effectively sell these solutions.
Former VMware, Microsoft and Citrix execs open new startup
Start up ContainerX has created a platform for IT operations administrators to centrally manage clusters of application containers.
Veeam announces Q3 2015 revenue
Veeam Software recently announced 86 percent year-over-year revenue growth specifically for Veeam Availability Suite Enterprise Plus edition during Q3 2015.
Ericsson, Cisco sign strategic partnership
Ericsson has announced a next-generation strategic partnership with Cisco, which will combine the capabilities of both companies: routing, data centre networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global services capabilities.
Cisco expands ‘Security Everywhere’ strategy
Cisco has announced that it is advancing its Security Everywhere strategy deeper into the cloud, network, and endpoints with new security products and features, and threat awareness service, as organisations execute on their digital transformation.
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Cisco expands ‘Security Everywhere’ strategy
Cisco has announced that it is advancing its Security Everywhere strategy deeper into the cloud, network, and endpoints with new security products and features, and threat awareness service, as organisations execute on their digital transformation.
Monitoring security
Sanjay Ahuja, VP, Middle East and Africa, AGC Networks, explains why organisations need to leverage Managed Security Services (MSS).
Arrow Electronics receives award from Trend Micro
Arrow Electronics has announced it was awarded the ‘2015 Trend Micro Global Distributor of the Year Award’ at Trend Micro’s Global Partner Summit in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.