Comguard and WildPackets are scheduled to host two roundtables in the UAE on the 10th and 11th of September 2012 and intend to take these roundtables to Bahrain, Kuwait, KSA, Oman and Qatar.
Itqan listed among finalists for the Microsoft Server Platform Partner of the Year
Itqan Al-Bawardi Computers has been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Server Platform Partner of the Year Award.
Greener pastures
Green IT investments go deeper than energy efficiencies; they root down to investments in training and education to gain mindshare to reap any significant benefits. Industry experts tell us exactly how these investments are shaping up in the region.

A different beat
Regional system integrator Gulf Business Machines is transforming its networking business with a focus on four emerging technologies. GBM’s networking business, …

Dell expands private cloud services
Dell has said it will offer dedicated servers in its data centres and off-premises application and storage services for companies …

Dell taps former HP chief as profit drops 18 percent
Dell has announced the employment of a former HP executive to run its server, networking and storage division, on the …

HP readying three-part effort at network virtualisation
HP is preparing three new software capabilities that are designed to help enterprises pool their computing and storage resources across …

Wearable technology to generate $6bn
Wearable, wireless devices capable of offering real-time data such as personal health information is expected to grow from 14 million …

Still going strong
As storage technologies go through massive changes, some analysts have begun to doubt the role and relevance of storage area …

Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …

Connecting the world
Everybody’s heard of Internet2, the network consortium that connects universities and research communities across the USA. Less have heard of …

Tryst with a new destiny
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of months, you have probably heard of software-defined …

HP unveils all-SSD option for 3PAR storage array
Hewlett-Packard is extending its 3PAR enterprise storage offerings with an all-SSD version of the P10000 array. The all-SSD (solid-state disk) …

Oracle buys Xsigo for software-defined networking
Oracle said yesterday it has inked a deal to buy software-defined networking vendor Xsigo Systems, in a move that will …
Steady direction
Logicom Dubai has experienced exponential growth since its inception.

Huawei records $16bn sales revenue in H1
Huawei recorded sales revenue of $16.16 billion in the first half of 2012, a 5.1% increase over the first half …

Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership
A new technology partnership between Riverbed and Juniper will see the latter license Riverbed’s application delivery controller for use in …

VMware to acquire OpenFlow pioneer Nicira for $1.26 billion
Continuing its push to virtualise all aspects of the data centre, VMware is acquiring software-defined networking firm Nicira for US$1.26 …
2012: The year of the campus LAN
2012 is the year of campus network and it will continue witness rising investments over the next five to ten years.

Oracle set to hype advances in Exalogic 'cloud in a box'
Oracle is planning to discuss how its Exalogic application server machine is “the logical choice” for running applications, during a special …


