All stories in ‘Case-Studies’
Strategy from scratch
When James Halluk joined Oman Oil Company as IT senior advisor in 2009, the company was only six months old with 17 employees – Halluk was the sole member of [...]
Beating the odds
Being a hotel at the end of a manmade island may be an appealing prospect for tourists, but not for those running the hotel’s IT infrastructure. The Atlantis Hotel in [...]
The lion’s share
The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) is investing in multiple technology deployments and upgrades in a bid to secure the government’s 2030 vision of creating a leading knowledge economy. In [...]
The second coming
For the uninitiated, unified communications or UC means a combination of multiple communication and collaboration tools such as instant messaging, conferencing, email, unified messaging, team collaboration, and video with presence [...]
Smart recovery
When AW Rostamani, the family owned conglomerate, decided to set up a disaster recovery (DR) site, it found its partner of choice in Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES). Disaster recovery (DR) [...]
Technology on wheels
Fleet tracking technology isn’t new. But, Dubai-based Emirates Driving Institute uses existing technology in a unique way for timely and effective communications, offering its business a competitive edge. Emirates Driving [...]
Organised for speed
The UAE-based Al Shirawi Group is one of the largest manufacturing, engineering, distribution, contracting and services industries conglomerates in the Arabian Gulf. It boasts of more diverse operations and business [...]
Learning innovation
Although young to the UAE, the Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is making the right investments to offer a competitive learning and campus experience. Pallavi Sharma reports. Opening the doors [...]
Open regulation
As the regulatory body and registry operator for the .ae domain name, the .ae Domain Authority (.aeDA) naturally takes its duties and responsibilities very seriously. “The department within TRA which [...]
Brick-by-brick
Every once in a while, there comes an organisation that challenges the way other organisations have been dealing with strapped economies, increasing competition and shrinking revenue margins. Arkan Building Materials [...]
Deal’s on
Pallavi Sharma speaks to the technology chief at Cobone.com to figure out what makes the group buying site tick. If you live in the Middle East and are constantly on [...]
Back to school
The application of IT is not only transforming the way students learn, but also the way they are being taught. Pallavi Sharma studies how educational institutions in the region are [...]
Critical connections
KSA’s Jarir Bookstore battled the challenges associated with connecting disparate centres of business by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA Series and building secure VPN tunnels to support strategic growth. Pallavi Sharma writes. [...]
Viva vibe
Kuwait’s Viva Telecom implements a data warehouse and business intelligence (DWBI) solution to benefit business operations, Pallavi Sharma reports. As part of its ambitious path of strategic growth, Saudi Telecom [...]
Challenging the norm
Dubai’s Department of Economic Development (DED) has managed something most IT managers only dream of – implement a network and turn almost all costs into opex. Sathya Mithra Ashok writes [...]
