Rauf Chougle, Group General Manager, SNB Middle East, discusses the opportunities and trends present in the surveillance security market in the region.

IDC: MEA external storage market dropped 8.8% in Q3
The Middle East and Africa external storage market declined 8.8% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest figures from IDC.
Taking stock
As data is generated by the minute through various mediums, Reseller ME explores the channel’s role in optimising storage solutions.

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.

NetApp highlights cloud bridging strategy
NetApp has outlined its strategy to deliver “seamless” cloud data management, bridging public and private clouds.

Reseller Hot 50 honours channel icons
The stakeholders of the channel gathered together for the second edition of Reseller Hot 50 Awards, which was held at H Hotel in Dubai.

HP enjoys networking success, predicts the same for Big Data
HP has transformed its position in the networking space from a year ago and is now ready to do the same with Big Data, according to the heads of its Middle East operations.

HP’s department merger aims to ‘revolutionise’ storage industry
HP’s policy of ‘Converged Infrastructure’ aims to combine the departments of servers, storage and networking into one arm of the business.

Spectra Logic unveils ‘industry-leading’ tape storage solution
Storage vendor Spectra Logic has unveiled its new BlackPearl deep storage appliance.
StorIT adds SAS Visual Analytics to its portfolio
StorIT can now offer Big Data solutions to its customers in the Middle East