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Analysis - IT and Telecoms

"It's time for a data management revolution in the Middle East"- CommVault exec

CIOs and IT managers choose to tackle huge volumes of data with traditional storage strategies and technologies, but in truth a revolution in data management needs to take place in order minimise the expensive heavy-lifting needed to protect and manage large volumes of data.
Middle East: Thursday, May 09 - 2013 at 01:29
The Harvard Business Review labeled data science as the 'sexiest job of the 21st century'

The data scientist - an attractive investment?

It's been almost a year since the Harvard Business Review dubbed data science as the 'sexiest job of the 21st century', but many businesses are still in the dark about what they actually do - and if they are at all necessary.
Middle East: Wednesday, May 08 - 2013 at 12:52
The enterprise storage landscape is rapidly transforming

EMC Isilon innovations support next-gen cloud, analytics and mobile

EMC Isilon has today announced they are readying the next version of their network-attached storage (NAS) operating system to add efficiency and compliance for top enterprise trends.
Middle East: Tuesday, May 07 - 2013 at 09:00
EMC's new ViPR platform is due to be released later this year

EMC unveils 'world's first' software-defined storage system

Enterprise IT solution firm EMC today announced the first fully software-designed storage platform at their annual EMC World event.
Middle East: Monday, May 06 - 2013 at 22:11
Kaspersky Lab & Ferrari launched the partnership last week in Maranello

Ferrari begins deploying Kaspersky Lab security software

Scuderia Ferrari has chosen Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab's endpoint solution for their IT protection, for both the Formula 1 business and Ferrari's road vehicle production.
Middle East: Monday, April 29 - 2013 at 12:45
A social engineering campaign has been targeted at Skype users, which aims to fraudulently generate Bitcoins

Skype, Bitcoin attacks highlight social engineering threats

As cybercriminals target messaging apps and virtual currency, staying safe online is a matter of dollars and sense.
Middle East: Sunday, April 28 - 2013 at 15:25
The increases in mobile malware throughout 2012 were overwhelmingly Android-related

Android & BYOD still putting business data at risk

Approximately half of all businesses implement dedicated solutions to manage and secure smart devices on company networks, yet an increasing number grant full mobile access to corporate data, according to Kaspersky Lab research.
Middle East: Tuesday, April 23 - 2013 at 16:16
The total value of mobile payments is due to reach $670bn worldwide by 2015

Demand for mobile payments grows in the Middle East

As Middle East firms extend their mobile payments infrastructure to keep up with the evolution of commerce, the demand for alternative payment solutions is increasing.
Middle East: Sunday, April 21 - 2013 at 14:24
"The three top assets for any company are the brand, people and data

Storage key as the currency of information gains value

The biggest shift in IT right now relates to data storage, cloud computing and 'IT as a Service' (ITaaS), according to senior EMC executives in Dubai.
Middle East: Thursday, April 18 - 2013 at 14:56
HP unveiled their new Moonshot server in Dubai as part of their Middle East launch

HP shoots for the moon with launch of new server

HP unveiled a new breed of software defined server today in Dubai which is aimed at meeting the needs of today's data-hungry social, mobile, cloud and big data trends.
Middle East: Monday, April 15 - 2013 at 14:32