Businesses worldwide need to re-think their use of cloud computing, in light of recent revelations around the Prism and Tempora surveillance programmes, according to independent privacy advocate Caspar Bowden.
50 Azerbaijani schools deploy Cisco-based infrastructure
Cisco today announced that 50 schools involved in Azerbaijan’s e-School project have deployed a unified distance learning system based on Cisco Enterprise …
Cisco unveils major product refresh, “biggest in years”
Cisco today revealed a major product refresh for its enterprise network portfolio, calling it the “the biggest network announcement in …
CIOs bemoan lock-in and the ‘false flexibility’ of the cloud
Despite the promise of portability from service providers, the reality of the cloud for big customers is a similar type …
Safe investment
Quickly expanding strategic investment company, Tawazun, recently teamed up with Huawei in order to commit to its mission to develop the UAE’s defence sector. The company deployed Huawei’s IPv6-based solution across its vast industrial site, as it aims to ensure faster surveillance response times, a stronger technological backbone, and the capabilities for flexibility and expansion.
du, Encloud partner to launch Business Cloud platform for UAE enterprises
UAE telco du has expanded its managed services portfolio by launching the Business Cloud platform, which constitutes a range of cloud-based services through Encloud.
Emirates Towers reaches capacity as Reseller launches Partner Excellence Conference
CPI Technology welcomed a heaving crowd inside the Jumeirah Emirates Towers today as it kicked off the 2013 Reseller Partner Excellence Conference and Awards.
By definition
There may have been a few people who spat out their coffee the morning they read that EMC had unveiled …
Cisco overtakes IBM as top cloud hardware provider, research firm says
Cisco has overtaken IBM as the leading provider of infrastructure for cloud computing, analysts at Synergy Research reported on Monday. Synergy …
Holding down the fort
Trinity Holdings has grown a substantial amount over its 30-year history, so it stands to reason that the demands on …
Tucci’s promise
CEO Joe Tucci used EMC’s Global Partner Summit (GPS), which ran as part of EMC World 2013, to promise partners …
Dell’s server strategy paying off
The decline in PC spending has hit Dell hard, but the company’s server business is growing, said IDC in its first …
Etisalat ICT Forum: Broader than broadband
When you’ve built yourself up to become one of the Middle East and Africa’s largest telecoms operators, it can be …
IDC: Server market revenue down 7.7 percent in Q1
Server revenue worldwide was down 7.7 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, as weak economic conditions and server consolidation by …
Logicom gains Cisco Distributor Accreditation
Logicom Dubai recently announced that it has been awarded Distributor Accreditation by Cisco EMEAR. The accreditation will help to drive …
Brocade appoints new country manager for Saudi
In an effort to drive its business expansion in the Middle East, Brocade has appointed networking industry veteran Dr Cherif …
VMware launches network-savvy cloud service
VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from …
The growing role of network performance management
Brent Lees, Senior Product Marketing Manager, EMEA, Riverbed Technology Global enterprises and growing businesses are harnessing IT to add branch …
SAP CEO shuns Forrester’s criticisms that HANA cloud is a ‘half-baked business model’
SAP’s co-CEO, Jim Hagemann Snabe, has responded to analyst Forrester’s criticisms following the launch of HANA enterprise cloud, claiming that …
Dell ‘refining’ plans for OpenStack-powered public cloud
Fresh off the acquisition of a company that specialises in helping customers manage resources across multiple public clouds, Dell said it is …