Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $19.6 billion, with profit down 5 percent to $2.4 billion, IBM recently announced.
Nexthink and SITA announces partnership
Nexthink has announced a strategic partership with air-transport IT specialist SITA. Through the agreement, SITA will leverage Nexthink’s technology to …
Huawei to outline partner commitment
Huawei is set to unveil a renewed channel strategy for its Middle East Enterprise Business and announce a vision of ‘Transforming Together’ with its partners during the company’s Middle East Channel Partner Summit, taking place on 22nd April at Atlantis, the Palm Dubai.
Riverbed launches new software solution
Riverbed Technology has announced the launch of Riverbed SteelCentral Portal a new software solution for managing application performance in today’s hybrid …
CompTIA launches new Linux+ exams
CompTIA, has launched new exams for the CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI certification that will help junior-level Linux administrators advance …
Etisalat to host secure solutions conference
Etisalat, in partnership with CNME, is hosting its ‘Empowering the UAE with secure ICT and digital solutions’ conference this Wednesday at the Ritz Carlton Abu Dhabi Grand Canal.
UAE managed and outsourcing services ‘$972m’ by 2018
An increasing number of organisations in the UAE are seeking out specialised IT services providers to manage their IT infrastructure, according to the latest insights from IDC.
Nokia to buy Alcatel-Lucent
Nokia has said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding to acquire Alcatel-Lucent in a deal that would value …
Treasury tech talk
Saad Maniar, Managing Partner of Crowe Horwath UAE, explains how modern technology and software can be utilised to maximise finance business performance
Informatica goes private in $5.3B buyout
In 2010 there was a round of widespread speculation that Oracle was about to snap up Informatica, but – like so many such rumours – it never came to pass. Now, Informatica is being purchased by someone else.
The road to SDN
The road to a software-defined network can be rocky without rigorous planning. We look at what it takes to make the daunting yet enriching jump.
Grand designs
With design projects including the award-winning film Avatar and Freedom Tower in New York City under its belt, software firm Autodesk’s aim is to make creativity and planning simple. Louay Dahmash, Head of Middle East, Autodesk, talks to CNME about the company’s direction and its cloud offerings.
Huawei reports 20 percent revenue increase
Huawei has released its latest annual report which showed record revenue and net profit for 2014 with global financial performance up strongly across all business areas.
Interview: Robyn Denholm, CFOO, Juniper Networks
At its Innovation Showcase in London on 12th March, Juniper Networks unveiled new products that deliver on the company’s vision …
IBM to pump $3 billion into new IoT business unit
Hungry for a bigger piece of the Internet of things market, IBM will invest US$3 billion over four years to …
Roadmap for growth
Citrix’ Johnny Karam, Regional Vice President, Middle East and Africa and Luca Marinelli, Vice President, Channel Sales & Strategy, EMEA, explain how specialisation is key for partner profitability.
Avaya to drive SDN networking educational courses & certification
Avaya has announced plans to create a new industry certification programme to drive expertise in SDN-Fabric based networking. The Avaya Certified Expert-Fx programme aims to bridge the current skills gap in the Middle East between traditional, hardware-intensive networking technologies and next-generation, software-defined fabric-based networking.
EMC pools enterprise smarts to create data ‘lakes’
EMC is drawing on its “federation” of companies to help customers build data lakes using EMC storage, VMware virtualisation and …
Boosting partnerships
At VMware’s Partner Exchange 2015, the vendor announced updates for its partner network. Reeman Ansari, Manager Partner Organisation, MENA, VMware, elaborates on the finer details.
Crayon to offer optimised services to UAE Microsoft EA customers
Crayon Middle East, part of Crayon Group, the global leaders in software asset management (SAM), cloud, volume licensing and associated consulting services has announced an exclusive offering for Enterprise Agreement holders in the United Arab Emirates transferring their agreement to Crayon Middle East in 2015.