Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it has closed the sale of its subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center for a fee of around $254 million.
Twitter, IBM form analytic apps partnership
IBM and Twitter have announced a partnership that will merge Twitter’s massive flows of social media data with Big Blue’s analytics software, including Watson.
Red Hat committed to third platform transition
Brendan McErlain, Director, Marketing, EMEA, Red Hat was delighted with the company’s strong GITEX outing.
Logicom named official distributor of Cisco Meraki for UAE & KSA
Logicom, the regional distributor of technology solutions and services, has expanded its vendor portfolio with a new agreement with Cisco Meraki, where it was named as the official distributor for the vendor in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Apple’s Achilles heel
James Dartnell takes a look at Apple’s lack of responsibility following the breach of its iCloud.
The evolution of CRM
Customer Relationship Management solutions now encompass a wide range of services, providing sales and marketing aspects and call centre management software. But that wasn’t always the case. CNME takes a look at the evolution of CRM and how it impacts business today.
Eastern promise
At its Cloud Congress in Shanghai, Huawei unveiled a range of exciting new products, as well as results of its ‘Global Connectivity Index’. Deputy Editor Annie Bricker reports from the gathering.
Virtual virtues
After years of false starts, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has finally gone mainstream. If implemented correctly it can deliver substantial cost savings to enterprise IT shops. What are the risks and rewards involved in embarking on a VDI implementation for your organisation?
Insights to data security
Protegrity, a global provider of data-centric enterprise data security solutions, including advanced tokenisation and encryption solutions for databases, applications, Big …
Cyberoam introduces CR10iNG UTM appliance
Network security appliance provider Cyberoam has launched its Unified Threat Management appliance CR10iNG.
Avaya scoops Frost & Sullivan awards
Avaya has received two market leadership awards from industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
A mandate for growth
Dell is now a private company. And that’s good news for the channel, says Cheryl Cook, VP of Global Alliances and Channel at Dell. In an exclusive interview with Reseller Middle East, she reveals how the company plans to ramp up the partner eco-system.
EMC to acquire VCE
Storage vendor EMC has announced that it is acquiring converged infrastructure firm VCE.
Cook: First Apple-IBM products to launch in November
The first products from Apple’s mobile enterprise partnership with IBM will roll out next month, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who said the partnership “could change the way people work.”
IBM’s Rometty defends rocky financial results
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is moving quickly to quell concerns about the company’s sinking earnings and decision to pay more than a billion dollars to cast off its money-losing microelectronics business to GlobalFoundries.
IBM offloads semiconductor unit to GlobalFoundries
IBM will sell the semiconductor technologies unit that makes its Power processors to Abu Dhabi-owned GlobalFoundries, paying the chip manufacturer about US$1.3 billion to take two factories off its hands in a move to erase losses.
Promise Technology appoints Musallam Trading as MENA distributor
Promise Technology has announced its appointment of Musallam Trading as a distributor of its storage solutions for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Aruba Networks signs up EMW for UAE
Aruba Networks has signed a partnership agreement with EMW for the UAE market. The systems integrator will promote the vendor’s portfolio of access management, network infrastructure and mobility application solutions that will enable enterprises to create next-generation mobility networks. Under the terms of the agreement, EMW will sell, implement and service Aruba’s products across all market segments and verticals in the country with a special focus on government, hospitality, education and healthcare.
Aruba Networks partners with EMW
Aruba Networks has signed a partnership agreement with EMW today to promote its portfolio of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise market in the Middle East.
Red Hat releases fresh SDS offering
Red Hat has announced the availability of the release of Red Hat Storage Server 3, its software-defined storage solution for scale-out file storage.