The 10 most powerful IaaS companies, assembled by Network World with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, …
Microsoft celebrates 20 years in the Gulf at Open Door UAE
Microsoft celebrated 20 years in the GCC region today at its Open Door UAE event in Dubai. Since coming to …
United we stand
Alaa Alshimy, director, HP ESSN points to the right mix for the right channel strategy while discussing the possibility of …
VMware Forum and PEX 2012 to be held in Dubai
VMware is scheduled to hold its VMware Forum in Dubai today. The event is expected to bring 13,000 attendees expected …
Intel launches Xeon processor E5-2600 to UAE
Intel today unveiled to UAE users the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, which it said meets the demands of …
UAEU deploys first integrated educational system of its size in region
The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has successfully deployed Arrive Systems green technology by Visionaire, Dubai’s homegrown ICT and Intelligent …
Cisco introduces new Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers with app enabled capabilities
Cisco recently unveiled a new line of Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers with app enabled capabilities for consumers to power and …
Dell says AppAssure now its premier backup product
Despite its longstanding partnership with Symantec and CommVault, Dell says that products from recently acquired AppAssure will become the company’s primary backup …
Google deprecates old App Engine datastore in favour of High-Replication version
Google is deprecating the Master/Slave Datastore used by its cloud platform App Engine in favor of the High-Replication Datastore (HRD), …
DCIM tools eliminate inefficiencies
Some data centre managers were never sold on first generation data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tools because the tools were …
Dell launches XPS 13 Ultrabook in the Gulf
A regional increase in the ‘bring your own device’ or BYOD trend within the Middle East’s workplaces bodes well for …
Oracle frees Ops Center for existing customers
The newest version of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, released yesterday, is now available free for any organisation with …
Epicor’s business software solutions make it to 2012 CODiE Awards finalist category
Epicor Software Corporation, a provider of business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organisations, recently announced that EpicorHuman …
Sony’s new head of consumer products to lead unit formed from Sony Ericsson
Sony said today that the newly installed head of its consumer electronics business will also lead the mobile unit formed …
Interactive Intelligence acquires Netherlands reseller, Brightware
Interactive Intelligence Group, a provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire its …
Secure future
The year 2012 is dominated by three key trends – cloud, virtualisation and big data. These may be revolutionising the …
“We are hungry”
Nidal Abou-Ltaif, the swashbuckling lead of communications and networking major Avaya in the region, talks about how the Middle East …
Dell buys application modernisation firm Clerity
Dell announced yesterday it has purchased application modernisation vendor Clerity Solutions, in its second enterprise software-related acquisition this week. On …
Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ still suffering low adoption
Although it’s been over half a year since Google unveiled Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich”), the platform has been adopted by just …
Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive
Hitachi’s former disk-drive division today announced what it said is the first enterprise-class 4TB hard disk drive. The drive has …