The channel needs to adapt skill sets and business imperatives to address the needs of customers in light of the availability of new technologies and solutions says Khaled Kamel, Territory Channel Manager, MENA at Brocade Communications

SAP unveils HANA-powered apps in the cloud
SAP is set to unveil a line of cloud-based EPM (enterprise performance management) applications that run on top of its …

Intel unleashes high-performance server chips for cloud computing
Intel on Monday said it is developing high-performance server chips that in the future will serve up faster results from …

Gartner: BYOD heralds biggest economic shift in computing since PCs
Bring your own device (BYOD) programmes have provided the most radical shift in the economics of client computing for …

Cloud impact: The implications of network cabling
Shibu Vahid, Head of Technical Operations, R&M Middle East and Africa, discusses the need for speed and flexibility of cabling requirements …

Salesforce.com drops bid to trademark ‘social enterprise’
Salesforce.com has decided to withdraw its applications to trademark the term “social enterprise” following objections from social organisations who held …

EMC issues ‘business war cry’ for big data future
Said Akar, District Manager, EMC, declared a ‘business war cry’ at today’s EMC Day 2012 event, urging enterprises to prepare …

Amazon improves developer friendliness of storage service
Amazon is adding a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing capability to its S3 Simple Storage Service, allowing developers to build web applications …

Baidu to build $1.6bn cloud computing centre
Chinese search giant Baidu said it would invest more than US$1.6 billion to build a new cloud computing centre, as …

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 …


