Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has appointed Dell EMC’s data domain and data protection suite solutions to create a scalable protection and availability foundation for supporting rapid data growth. Gulf Air aims to leverage the backup and recovery capabilities offered… Read More
Businesses in the GCC stand to gain many benefits from digitalization, if they can undertake a fully holistic approach to embarking on a digital transformation. The point was reiterated in a joint study conducted by Siemens and the Ideation Center at the management consultancy Strategy&… Read More
Global cloud traffic is expected to rise 3.7-fold, up from 3.9 zettabytes (ZB) per year in 2015 to 14.1 ZB per year by 2020. The recently released sixth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2015-2020) reveals that in Middle East and Africa (MEA), data center traffic… Read More
After posting annual declines for six quarters in succession, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market finally exited the third quarter of 2016 close to flat, with year-on-year growth of 0.4% based on shipments of 3 million units, according to global technology research and… Read More
Driverless cars are officially here. The newest in smart cars is currently being tested in Dubai, along with some of the other markets, and a key question is how are driverless cars perceived by UAE Residents. A recent study using YouGov’s Omnibus Service, has found… Read More
Juniper Networks, a US based player in automated, scalable and secure networks, has appointed Hatem Hariri as General Manager, Middle East and Africa. In this role, Mr Hariri is responsible for all aspects of sales strategy, planning and operations across Juniper’s entire MEA business. Mr… Read More
Mobile device adoption in the workplace is not yet mature, states a recent survey from Gartner. Although 80 percent of workers surveyed received one or more corporate-issued devices, desktops are still the most popular corporate device among businesses, with more than half of workers receiving… Read More
To help CIOs and IT executives lead their organizations through the accelerating process of digital transformation, IDC has laid out 10 most important shifts that will happen in IT organizations over the next 36 months and will guide senior IT executives in the formation of… Read More
As data becomes the most critical aspect of all things business, including marketing, GroupM has set up [m]PLATFORM, a technology suite of flexible media planning applications, data analytics and digital services. The platform aims to improve advertisers’ ability to use audience-defining insights from various data… Read More
Seated, strapped and headsets on…. I had expected the rollercoaster ride that Samsung was offering through its Virtual Reality (VR) headset to be fun but not that real. After all, I was in a chair, at one spot and fully aware of that. But boy… Read More
