NetApp successfully concludes Insight 2015 in Berlin

NetApp recently hosted its annual technical conference Insight in Berlin, Germany. With almost 3,500 customers, partners, engineers and consultants in attendance, the event was held from 16th to 19th November, and discussed how NetApp’s Data Fabric vision is becoming a reality.

In full flow

Gathering over 3500 attendees including industry experts, sponsors, customers and partners, NetApp hosted the 2015 edition of its Insight conference at CityCube, Berlin.

Oracle highlights silicon-level security

Oracle used a Dubai media roundtable to highlight security updates to its cloud offering encompassing its Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings.

SD-WAN opportunities

As CSPs face challenges to maintain business services revenue and profit streams in the face of bandwidth commoditisation, SD-WAN solutions open up possibilities to enable them to increase the value of their managed services for business customers.

Driving demand

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 convergence era

The regional market is seeing an uptake for converged infrastructure solutions. Reseller ME examines how channel partners can effectively sell these solutions.

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