Equinix has announced a collaboration with Alibaba Cloud to provide enterprises with direct, scalable access to Alibaba Cloud via the Equinix Cloud Exchange in a range of the company’s data centres.
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ABB snaps up GE’s industrial unit in $2.6 billion deal
As part of the deal, GE Industrial Solutions will be integrated into ABB’s Electrification Products (EP) division.0 1653
ManageEngine opens data centres in Amsterdam and Dublin
ManageEngine has announced the opening of its two new ISO 27001-certified data centres in the EU — one in Amsterdam, Netherlands and another in Dublin, Ireland.
BPI campaign aims to create global dialog on the future of data centres
The Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network has recently announced its “Transform to Better Perform” campaign which aims to explore business imperatives and IT trends reshaping the future of data centres and evolving hybrid IT models.
At the helm
Having gone private a year-and-a-half ago, Dell is pitching its end-to-end integrated solutions, and has chalked out a go-to-market strategy with partners playing a key role in it. We sat down with Driss Elougmani, the new GM for Dell’s recently formed Middle East Turkey and Africa business to understand the channel implications.
Dell broadens storage portfolio
Dell has recently rolled out a series of new storage offerings designed to help businesses and organisations cost-effectively adapt and scale their data centres to keep pace with ever-increasing IT demands.
Securing data centres
Anthony Perridge, EMEA Channel Director, Sourcefire, now a part of Cisco, discusses the importance of protecting data centres.
IBM to grow global cloud footprint
IBM plans to invest more than $1.2 billion to grow its global cloud footprint significantly and has additional centres planned for the Middle East region by 2015.
Avago agrees to buy LSI for $6.6 billion
Semiconductor company Avago Technologies has agreed to buy storage and networking company LSI for US$6.6 billion in an effort to expand its data centre offerings.
Brocade predicts 5 top Middle East IT trends for 2014
Marcus Jewell, vice president, EMEA at Brocade looks into his crystal ball to outline the top technology trends that Middle East enterprises should watch out for in 2014:
NetApp highlights cloud bridging strategy
NetApp has outlined its strategy to deliver “seamless” cloud data management, bridging public and private clouds.