Asbis Enterprises has been appointed as AccelStor’s official distributor to deliver AccelStor NeoSapphire all-flash storage arrays in over 30 countries …
AccelStor, Asbis announce distribution partnership
Asbis Enterprises has been appointed as AccelStor’s official distributor to deliver AccelStor NeoSapphire all-flash arrays with storage technologies in over …
Dell EMC expands converged infrastructure portfolio
Dell EMC has expanded its converged infrastructure (CI) system with the addition of the next generation Dell EMC VxBlock System …
Citrix acquires Internet traffic management player Cedexis
Citrix has announced the acquisition of Cedexis, a real-time data-driven service for dynamically optimising the flow of traffic across public …
Dell EMC announces new servers for SD environments
Dell EMC has announced three new servers designed for software-defined environments, edge and high-performance computing (HPC). The PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge …
Cisco announces new general manager for Oman
Cisco has appointed Ali Al Lawati as general manager for Oman. In his new role, Ali Al Lawati will work …
Op-ed: The global tech industry can no longer ignore Saudi Arabia
Silicon Valley’s eye is now well and truly on Saudi Arabia. The Wall Street Journal reported that state-owned oil firm …
Eaton makes strategic changes to partner programme
Power management company Eaton has made a number of key strategic enhancements to its Power Advantage Partner Programme to leverage …
Saudi Aramco, Alphabet in talks to build tech hub
Google parent Alphabet and Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco are reportedly in talks about about jointly building a technology hub in the Kingdom.
StarLink aims to close 2018 with ambitious targets
StarLink, a value-added distributor (VAD) in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region, revealed that it successfully closed its …
Apple to create more jobs following overhaul of tax law
Apple revealed that it aimed to create over 20,000 new jobs through hiring at existing campuses and opening a new one.
Revealed: Tahawul Tech’s top tech vendors of 2018
As a prelude to the inaugural Masters of Tech Awards, the CNME editorial team decided to give its own take …
Hesham Tantawi on taking Asbis Middle East to the next level
Hesham Tantawi, vice president, MENA, Asbis Middle East, reveals plans to become a one-stop-shop player for solutions across the technology …
Emirates signs $85m managed services deal with IBM
IBM has signed a ten-year, approximately $85 million managed services agreement with Emirates airline. The agreement will enable Emirates to …
STC to build MENA’s largest NOC
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced the start of constructing the largest network operations centre (NOC) in MENA, in order …
What does 2018 hold for hardware in the Middle East?
Back in 2013, a Baird Equity Research Technology report stated, “Cloud services will drive a shrinking IT spending pie.” Now, in 2017, that statement holds true.
Apple and Amazon ‘in talks’ to set up Saudi presence
Apple and Amazon are having separate discussions over the prospect of opening a presence in Saudi Arabia, two sources have …
VMware research spotlights the future of work
VMware has unveiled its annual report into the state of digital workspace technologies and their impact on businesses, which reveals …
Bahrain entrepreneurs to take the stage in Startups Week 2018
Bahrain Startups Week is expected to attract over 1000 entrepreneurs, who will have the opportunity to meet with leading innovators.
Baidu announces AMD-powered ‘ABC’ services
AMD and Baidu, the Chinese language Internet search provider and leader in artificial intelligence (AI), has announced the immediate availability …