ICT solutions provider, Huawei, recently announced that 45,000 if its engineers use virtual desktops as part of the world’s largest desktop …
Top 5 information management and backup trend predictions for 2012: Symantec
“Backup Fights Back in 2012” You can’t call backup boring anymore. Data is exploding year on year. The backup market …
Oracle preps MySQL Cluster for Web use
Oracle has updated its MySQL Cluster software to make it more appealing to large Web service providers, among other users …
Rackspace enlists Redapt for private cloud installs
Rackspace hopes to make it easier to use its OpenStack private cloud offering by partnering with Redapt, a company that …
Winning with consolidation
Data centre consolidation is a term being thrown around in 2012 almost as much as virtualisation, cloud and big data. …
Intel’s 10G ‘Romley’ server to spur Ethernet switch growth
When Intel ships its long-awaited 10G-enabled server platform later this quarter, it’s expected to have a significant impact on the Ethernet switching …
HP launches Gen8, promises extra-fast ROI
HP announced the launch of the next generation of its ProLiant servers, called Gen8, boasting a new architecture that is …
“I do not believe a regional broad line distributor can become a true VAD”
Dr Ali Baghdadi, CEO and President of Aptec Group In 1980, Baghdadi formed Aptec Distribution to bring appropriate technologies …
Cisco boosted profit, sales in Q2 while cutting costs
Cisco Systems posted year-over-year gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, reporting net sales up …
Schneider recognised for Smart World, Al Ain university implementation
Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, received two distinctions at the recently held Data Centre Middle East Awards. Schneider …
Survival of the fittest
The past year has given enough reason for regional enterprises to begin investing in a robust business continuity (BC) and …
New VMware software platform makes it easier to wholesale clouds
VMware has introduced a new software platform that makes it easier for service providers to wholesale their cloud-services infrastructure to …
HP revamps networking channel programme
HP announced changes to its Partnerone and Expertone programs that enable networking channel partners to increase market competitiveness and revenue …
Organised for speed
The UAE-based Al Shirawi Group is one of the largest manufacturing, engineering, distribution, contracting and services industries conglomerates in the …
HP takes first steps into OpenFlow
HP has announced it is taking its first leap into OpenFlow-enabled network equipment, supporting the standard on 16 of its …
CommVault unveils new Simpana software
At its SolveForward 2012 event, CommVault unveiled new, next-generation singular information management innovations that further empower Simpana software customers to …
On the lookout
It might be just another year in the technology evolution chain, but vendors believe that 2012 will bring with it …
Do and re-do
Service providers are launching new services for 2012, and are working to ramp up their support services. All-in-all, they look …
Tilera reveals new 36-core chip
Tilera today announced availability of its new 36-core processor, which the company says can trump traditional x86 server chips from …
FVC and Zoho to bring emerging cloud apps to MENA
FVC, a Value Added Distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has signed a partnership agreement with Zoho, …