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Middle East sees strong representation at Oracle Open World conference
As companies from all over the world flock to San Francisco for the Oracle Open World Conference, Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, VP, Oracle Middle East, tells AMEinfo.com how this region has been involved and plans for a conference in the Middle East in the future.
HP and Oracle make up as new deals announced
Despite recent tension between Oracle and HP, the two firms announced their latest deal at the Oracle World Conference. AMEinfo.com in San Francisco speaks to Kevin Lyons, Director of Solutions & Alliances, HP about the details of the deal and the future of collaboration between the two companies.
Double Take Software provide disaster recovery solutions
To avoid data loss in the event of a systems failure disaster recovery solutions need to be in place in an IT environment. Phil Blizzard talks to Wouter Vancoppenolle, Regional Sales Director, ME&A, Double Take Software about secure data systems in both physical and virtual servers.
IDC analyse the future of IT spend in the UAE
Jyoti Lalchandani, VP, IDC, MEA talks to Phil Blizzard about the changing IT landscape and what CIO's need to address in order to reduce their IT spend in light of the global economic crisis.
Single software enterprise solutions from Epicor
Single software enterprise solutions enables companies to conduct 'business without barriers' with a unified application. Rishikesh Trivedi, Marketing & Channel Development, Epicor, MEA & India talks to Phil Blizzard about the advantages of using this type of software.
Evolving IT demands within the Emirates group
Patrick Naef, Senior Vice President - IT, Emirates and Phil Blizzard check into the staff terminal at the new Emirates HQ talks to about the information technology infrastructure and requirements for the diverse range of operations within the Emirates Group.
Mercator to support smaller airlines and start ups
Phil Blizzard talks to Duncan Alexander, VP, Mercator about the Emirates airline technology provider system and the acquisition of tikAERO passenger services system solutions. This IT solution will offer hybrid, regional, low-cost and start-up airlines worldwide an innovative world-class IT product.
Toshiba display masterpieces and laptop technology
Salvador Dali, Van Gogh and Andy Warhol are just a few of the artistic masters being represented alongside the latest laptop technology at the Toshiba Masterpiece Exhibition in Dubai. Santosh Varghese, Regional GM, MEA, Computer Systems, Toshiba acts a guide as Phil Blizzard tours the gallery.
Cyberscammers tackle FIFA World Cup
Cybercriminals are using the FIFA World Cup in phishing activities, luring potential targets with very professional lottery type emails. Phil Blizzard links up with Greg Day, Director of Security Strategy, McAfee, UK on what to avoid and the techniques now being used by cyberscammers.
Monitoring of social media essential says Mediastow MD
Monitoring of social media is more crucial as sites like Twitter and Facebook are being used as marketing platforms in the business arena. Mohamed Elzubeir, MD, Mediastow, a Dubai based media intelligence consultancy, talks to Phil Blizzard about the importance of monitoring and how techniques are evolving.
Sophisticated approach to monitoring social networks needed
Craig Hanna, Director, Econsultancy talks to Phil Blizzard about the monitoring of content on Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites and how advanced technology will enable greater accuracy in the semantic analyses of content.
Samsung's Galaxy S aims to bite into Apple's iPhone market
Samsung have launched two new smart phones in the Mena region with the aim of increasing their market share. The Wave uses the company's Bada OS, while Android 2.1 is the OS for the Galaxay S, which will no doubt be compared with Apple's iPhone. Phil Blizzard talks to Sandeep Saihgal, GM, Telecoms Group, Samsung about the key features of each phone.
Alcatel IP Telephony business solutions at Mecom
IP Telephony offers business solutions across a range of data and voice applications. At Mecom, Abu Dhabi, Phil Blizzard talks to Manish Punjabi, Marketing Manager, Al-Futtaim Technologies about those applications and if a business has to be of a critical size in order to benefit from IP Telephony.
Online digital development and trends, including Four Square
Craig Hanna, Director, Econsultancy and keynote speaker at Digimedia.me which was held in Dubai talks to Phil Blizzard about the latest on-line trends, including Four Square which he says is a cross between Twitter and Facebook.
McAfee report the exploitation of tragedies
Spammers are taking advantage of breaking news stories and global tragedies in "get rich quick" scams to exploit users. Phil Blizzard talks to Greg Day, Principal Security Analyst, McAfee, EMEA, about the risks, what to avoid and how to protect your system.
