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Choice partner
CNME asked CIOs to name and explain the elements that they believed made for a strong partnership. Here’s what they had to say. When choosing a partner, we usually look [...]
Getting trends-as-a-service
There has been a shift towards management software in recent years, particularly as companies attempt to get to grips with trends that are changing how they do business. But what [...]
Gain with intelligence
Storing data is one thing, but how does a company actively gain intelligence from analysing the data and then pump it back into the company to achieve business gain? Ben [...]
Making it work
Storage systems can prove to be challenging to deploy and use within organisations. Vendors suggest choosing the latest in technologies and implementing select processes to make it easier for enterprises. [...]
Beyond the hype
Nobody can seem to stop talking about virtualisation and all the supposedly wonderful benefits it gives enterprises. It has gradually made the transition from buzz word, to key trend, to [...]
Bonds that last
The systems integrator (SI) a company chooses to work with, and the partnerships it forms with it, can make a huge difference to how successful a project is. With that [...]
Secure future
The year 2012 is dominated by three key trends – cloud, virtualisation and big data. These may be revolutionising the way people do business, but enterprises are starting to realise [...]
“We are hungry”
Nidal Abou-Ltaif, the swashbuckling lead of communications and networking major Avaya in the region, talks about how the Middle East remains on the forefront of technology adoption, and how partners [...]
Filling the gaps
The noticeable gap between the IT skills needed and those that are currently available in the market got Pallavi Sharma talking to two prominent IT companies in the region to [...]
More on the air
With the advent of 4G, operators are being forced to revamp their backhaul strategies, or risk being left behind. Mobile operators in the region are faced with key challenges that [...]
Working to be stronger
Many companies in the Middle East are missing out by not gaining valuable intelligence from threats. Security information and event management (SIEM) has arisen on the enterprise scene as the [...]
Write it right
Whether you like it or not, contracts are a necessary and unavoidable part of doing business. When mistakes are made, it can significantly impact the business you do. Ben Rossi [...]
Old but worthy
Companies can work to ensure they get productivity from their existing storage investments, but this would have to be done in a proactive manner. It is all great for the [...]
Racing towards the digital economy
Accelerated by government policies and increasing demand from consumers for more bandwidth and video-centric applications, Leo Xu, VP of solutions and marketing Middle East at Huawei, investigates how the roll-out [...]
Winning with consolidation
Data centre consolidation is a term being thrown around in 2012 almost as much as virtualisation, cloud and big data. You’ve heard people singing its praises and you’ve heard a [...]
