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Move to virtualisation as Middle East IT spend edge upwards
Confidence is beginning to return to the IT sector and budgets are again on the rise. But, as delegates at IDC's CIO Summit in Dubai found out, levels are often still below budgets set in 2008, making the move to cloud computing and virtualisation more attractive.
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Aligning business and IT needs with managed services
IT managed services is a growing Middle East sector, and Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting Datafort looks at why customers are moving in this direction, but also the areas that customers are still shying away from. He also discusses pay-as-you-go managed services, virtualisation and cloud computing in this sector.
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Data centres push towards greater energy efficiency
There is greater urgency now for better energy efficiency in data centres. Zahl Limbuwala, Chair, Data Centre Specialist Group, BCS, outlines the major drivers behind this trend, current best practices for managing company data and looks into his crystal ball for future changes in this sector.
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Managing data centre costs and efficiencies
Managing data centre costs is crucial, but companies are not always on top of that expenditure. Peter Hannaford, VP, Datacenters & Alliances, APC, looks at the changes in data centre to help better manage those costs, such as power- and space-saving techniques, and improving efficiencies.
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Multi-tiered data centres cut customer costs
Ed Ansett, Director, EMEA Critical Facilities Services at HP, believes that companies should move to a multi-tiered environment within data centres, helping businesses to cut costs and save space. Speaking during the Datacentre Dynamics conference in Dubai, he tells Rob Jones why it is important that companies match their facility resilience to their application resilience.
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Panasonic imaging healthcare with HD video camera
Healthcare technology from Panasonic includes electronic queuing systems, durable tablet PCs for nursing staff and High Definition (HD) video cameras in the operating theatre relaying, perhaps not for the faint hearted, graphic imaging of a heart operation. Phil Blizzard has a guided tour from Anthony Peter, Associate Director, Customer Care Group, Panasonic.
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Criminals hitting easy targets as Middle East security threats rise
With security threats on the rise, Tarek Kuzbari, Managing Director for Kaspersky Lab Middle East, looks at trends in the enterprise, what businesses need to consider when trying protect their information, whether managed security is a viable option and discusses where the next wave of threats will come from. Rob Jones reports.
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Red Hat: We will use virtualisation to target enterprise desktops
The Linux operating system continues to grow in the server space, but has yet to make inroads on enterprise desktops. Franz Meyer, VP South Europe and MEA at Red Hat, talks about the developers plans, its presence in the Middle East, whether the company will target desktop PCs and gives his opinion on if Red Hat and the Linux community failed to exploit the weaknesses of Windows Vista.
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ICT solutions from Singapore at Gitex
The vibrant IT industry of Singapore led by the Infocomm Development Agency (IDA) of Singapore attended Gitex, Dubai for the fifth year. Shaik Umar, Director, IDA Middle East, talks to Phil Blizzard about their key projects with governments in the region and the technological advances expected during the next 12 months.
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Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority calls for greater IP protection
Dubai's own Silicon Valley, the direction for the IT industry in the emirate and the need for greater Intellectual Property protection are topics discussed by Ray Milhem, CTO, Technology Investment, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority with Phil Blizzard at Gitex 2009.
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Business Intelligence growing as companies seek more knowledge on customers
Despite sweeping IT budget cuts, business intelligence software tools have survived the downturn unscathed as customers look for ways to get more information that will help them make more money. Oracle Senior VP for the Middle East Husam Dajani talks to Rob Jones during Gitex about the growth in business intelligence and what Oracle is seeing happening with virtualisation in the region.
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Ford using technology in battle for customers
With the car market having suffered a huge downturn in sales, Ford is including technology often only seen in high-end cars as part of its efforts to attract customers. Speaking during Gitex, Theodore Benson, Marketing and Communications Manager at Ford Middle East, talks to Rob Jones about how Ford is using technology to help gain market share and gives an insight into how the car giant is now doing financially and outlines its biggest market in the region.
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Dell launches Middle East managed services
Dell has launched a range of modular services in the Middle East at Gitex. Under the umbrella of Software as a Service - which is yet to go mainstream in the region - it aims at operational areas, giving customers a chance to take small steps. Alastair McFadzean, Business Manager, Dell EMEA talks to Rob Jones.
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Microsoft: Windows 7 will overcome Vista's 'perception challenge'
Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, goes on general sale this week. Microsoft believes that the software will be better received than its predecessor, which the company admits had a 'perception challenge'. Rich Reynolds, General Manager Windows Commercial at Microsoft, speaks to Rob Jones during Gitex in Dubai about the OS, early reaction and why the developer believes more enterprises will now upgrade from the aging Windows XP to Windows 7.
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Gitex opens in Dubai to improving optimism
IT companies have been reporting improving fortunes as they emerge from the global economic downturn. On day 1 of Gitex Technology Week in Dubai Phil Blizzard takes a look at the companies at the event and assesses the mood of delegates and visitors.
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