Frank Gens, Senior Vice President & Chief Analyst, IDC

Cloud computing growing, despite skepticism

The growth of cloud computing is expected to accelerate, as companies look to spread their IT spending further. But skepticism remains around public cloud services, says Frank Gens, Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst, IDC, with the private cloud expected to attract more Middle East attention.
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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, February 07 - 2010 at 12:42
Jyoti Lalchandani, VP & Regional MD META, IDC talks to AME Info

IT budgets rise as Middle East leads spending increases

IT budgets are expected to see modest increases this year, but emerging markets such as the Middle East are likely to experience double digit growth. Jyoti Lalchandani, VP & Regional MD META, IDC, explains which countries will see the biggest rises and why, and outlines the technologies he thinks companies will spend their money on.
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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, January 31 - 2010 at 15:57

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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United Arab Emirates: Monday, January 25 - 2010 at 12:52

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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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, January 03 - 2010 at 00:09
Zahl Limbuwala, Chair, Data Centre Specialist Group, BCS

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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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, December 27 - 2009 at 16:46

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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Middle East: Tuesday, December 22 - 2009 at 10:47

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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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, November 29 - 2009 at 09:43
Panasonic HD video camera at the Gitex operating stand

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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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, October 25 - 2009 at 17:41

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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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, October 25 - 2009 at 10:20

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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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, October 25 - 2009 at 09:55
Shaik Umar, Director, IDA Middle East talks to Phil Blizzard

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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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, October 25 - 2009 at 09:54
Phil Blizzard with Ray Milhem, CTO, Technology Investment, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority  at Gitex

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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United Arab Emirates: Thursday, October 22 - 2009 at 14:33
Husam Dajani, Oracle's Senior VP, MEA

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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United Arab Emirates: Thursday, October 22 - 2009 at 07:59
The new Ford Taurus, which is released next year, includes several safety and performance technology features

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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United Arab Emirates: Thursday, October 22 - 2009 at 07:54
Alastair McFadzean, Business Manager, Dell EMEA

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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United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, October 21 - 2009 at 07:50