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30th anniversary Gitex opens with latest trends in cloud computing and mobile apps
Gitex 2010 opens in Dubai reflecting the latest trends in ICT as this premier show celebrates its 30th anniversary. Phil Blizzard reports from the Dubai World Trade Centre on the show which is expected to attract over 130,000 visitors.
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Gitex 30th anniversary event set to open in Dubai
Gitex has grown from its debut show in 1981 which had just 46 exhibitors and 3,000 visitors to become one of the world's top three ICT events. Phil Blizzard previews the 30th Gitex Technology Week and its new features which include sections dedicated to new trends such cloud computing and mobile applications. Gitex is held at the Dubai Trade Centre.
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Smartworld to boost cloud computing in Middle East
The leading next generation ICT service provider is to focus on the small and medium business in the Middle East with its cloud based Smart Hosted UC (unified communications) offerings as Phil Blizzard reports in this cloud computing feature.
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Data Centres in the region continues to go green
The rising power consumption rate in numerous data centres is a growing concern for many business in the region. In this interview, Phil Blizzard talks to Rodney Callaghan, VP, Gulf Countries of APC by Schneider Electric, on the latest green technology in cooling data centres, it's efficiency on energy savings and future of the business.
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Disaster Recovery with Double Take Software
Disaster recovery solutions need to be in place in an IT environment to avoid data loss should a systems failure take place. Phil Blizzard talks to Wouter Vancoppenolle, Regional Sales Director, ME&A, Double Take Software about secure data systems in both physical and virtual servers.
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Epicor enabling business without barriers
Rishikesh Trivedi, Marketing & Channel Development, Epicor, MEA & India talks to Phil Blizzard about their single software enterprise solutions which enables companies to conduct business without barriers with a unified application.
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Emirates Group business technology
Phil Blizzard checking into the staff terminal at the new Emirates HQ talks to Patrick Naef, Senior Vice President - IT, Emirates about the information technology infrastructure and requirements for the diverse range of operations within the Emirates Group.
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IDC analyse the future of IT spend following 15% UAE downturn
The global economic crisis is having a major impact on the ICT industry, with the IT spend across the UAE down 15% in 2009, according to Jyoti Lalchandani, VP, IDC, MEA. He talks to Phil Blizzard about the changing IT landscape and what CIO's need to address in order to reduce their IT spend.
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Emirates Mercator acquire tikAERO to serve smaller airlines
The acquisition of tikAERO passenger services system solutions by Mercator will enable the IT solutions provider to offer hybrid, regional, low-cost and start-up airlines worldwide an innovative world-class IT product. Phil Blizzard talks to Duncan Alexander, VP, Mercator about the system which is based on the latest technology systems architectures using Microsoft Technologies.
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Radio Frequency Systems sends clear telecom signal
Urban development can block or reduce telecom signals getting through to users in tower blocks, shopping malls and other structures. Hesham El-Nahhas, GM, Middle East, Radio Frequency Systems talks to Phil Blizzard about solutions to increase signal coverage and also to boost bandwidth capabilities during peak times in shopping malls and also at special events.
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Econsultancy at Digimedia.me
The development of online activities and the monitoring of online social networking are a couple of topics discussed by Craig Hanna, Director, Econsultancy and keynote speaker at Digimedia.me which was held in Dubai. He also enlightens Phil Blizzard on Four Square which he says is a cross between Twitter and Facebook, as well as looking at new digital trends and their impact offline.
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Oracle predicts growth in healthcare, education IT
Dr Juan Rada, SVP Public Sector and Education Business Unit, Oracle, tells Edward Poultney what developments he expects to see in the Public Service and Healthcare sectors within the Middle East, where regional governments are investing and what aspects of research and development Oracle are focusing on.
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Blue Coat optimizes cloud computing security
With a growth in remote storage of information, shared resources, and software it is important that security measures associated with cloud computing are optimized. Kevin Biggs, Senior VP, Worldwide Sales, Blue Coat, talks to Phil Blizzard about the measures they take against malware and other threats and how they see cloud computing evolving.
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EMC targets fast growth as it expands Middle East services
EMC hopes to see net income rise from $1.1bn in 2009 to about $2bn in 2010. It believes it can achieve this through getting closer to customers and partners and targeting key growth industries. Mohammed Amin, GM, EMC Middle East, explains why the company is opening new offices in the region, its growth targets and about new services the company intends to launch. Plus he tells Rob Jones why EMC thinks cloud services will start to take off in the Middle East this year
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Security trends in virtual environments
Securing a virtualised business environment introduces new areas of thought, especially around the public cloud. Dave Rand, Chief Technology Officer, Internet Content Security, at Trend Micro, explains what security risks companies face, how the environment is changing and how to avoid them, such employing strong encryption. Rob Jones reports.
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