Xerox Corporation names new CEO ahead of split

Xerox has announced that its board of directors appointed Jeff Jacobson as the new Chief Executive Officer for Xerox Corporation, the appointment will take effect upon the completion of the company’s planned separation into two publicly traded companies.

HPE CTO to step down

Nine months after Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) separated from HP’s PC and printer group and a month after it said it would spin off its enterprise services division, CEO Meg Whitman has announced more changes that will see the company’s CTO Martin Fink leave at the end of the year.

Out of station

Inflexible and complex IT infrastructures can hamper any organisation. These barriers result in slow deployment of critical applications and services, leaving them unable to keep up with growing business demands. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can tackle these issues, and bring a whole host of benefits.

What’s in store

EMC’s Stephen Manley, CTO of the company’s Core Technologies Division, discussed some of the challenges of shifting away from tape storage at EMC World.

With open arms

The benefits of open source are well known – software that is largely free of charge, constantly updated and prevents vendor lock-in. How trusting are Middle East organisations to open source when it comes to one of the most important parts of an IT strategy – the network?

Technology for good

ICT offers an incredible platform for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Having already reached an estimated 20 million people with initiatives such as Connect to Learn, Reunite and Ericsson Response, Ericsson does not plan to slow down any time soon.

Telefonica, Fortinet team up to offer MSS

Telefonica and Fortinet have recently announced a strategic alliance agreement that will add Fortinet’s Security Fabric architecture into Telefonica’s portfolio of managed security services (MSS).

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