Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, has been appointed as a VMware distributor in WECA, marking a …
State of flux
The sixth edition of IDC’s Middle East CIO Summit had a strong sense of urgency to it. From the nature …
Whitman dismisses HP break-up claims
In an effort to assure concerned users and investors that it is working to put past distractions aside, struggling Hewlett-Packard …
New kid on the block
Qais Gharaibeh, UAE Managing Director, SAP MENA
Virtually unstoppable – VMware: We’re miles ahead
“It’s nice to have competition,” says the senior director of VMware’s pre-sales division, Herve Renault. He sits in Grosvenor House …
ARM server maker offers cloud service to port x86 code
ARM processors are used mostly in smartphones, but Boston Limited is offering a service through which developers can port existing …
HP announces extended converged infrastructure innovations
HP today announced new innovations aiming to strengthen its HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio. At its yearly Global Partner Conference in …
No jeopardy for Watson
Following IBM’s February announcement that Watson – its groundbreaking artificial intelligence computer system – will carry out its first commercial …
Eye of the storm
Experts recently pointed towards security as the main obstacle for adoption of all cloud types and claimed that cloud security …
RAK Ceramics goes live with SAP ERP
RAK Ceramics, the world’s largest manufacturer of ceramic and porcelain tiles, has gone live with software solutions from SAP in …
Secure everything, everywhere ..and that includes performance and productivity
Dell SonicWALL’s Head of Product Marketing, Florian Malecki, talks devices, data, and security. We love our devices. IDC is predicting …
The hidden costs of IT support
Brent Flint, Middle East and Africa Services Executive at Dimension Data, points out that the bulk of support-related expenses fall …
Hortonworks ports Windows version of Hadoop
Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops, it was reported on Monday. The …
MEA IT infrastructure spending to reach $3.9bn by 2013 – Gartner
According to research firm Gartner, the Middle East and Africa IT infrastructure market is set to reach $3.9 billion in …
VCE announces two systems, SAP HANA qualification
Calling it the biggest news since its creation, VCE last week added two low-end models to its line of Vblock …
HP Moonshot server due next quarter
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announced on Thursday that the firm’s first low-power server for hyperscale computing environments, developed under a …
The virtual legacy
It took a long time for companies to come around to the idea of virtualising their environments. Virtualisation is a …
Unstoppable force
When Cisco sold its home networking arm, Linksys, to rival Belkin in January, the firm said that it wanted to …
Optimus becomes Avayo distributor
Optimus Technology and Telecommunications on Monday announced that it had signed a distribution deal with Avayo Electronics. The agreement will …
Customers to keep a close eye on Dell
Dell customers have shown mixed reactions to the firm’s decision to go private, and are watching developments closely as they …