The trends that defined the wireless network industry in 2016 are all still in play in 2017. While that might sound like more of the same, it can also be thought of as a prelude to 5G. Now is the time when mobile network operators (MNOs) are laying the groundwork for the future while monetising […]

It is likely that your approach to cloud infrastructure adoption was cautious at first. You may have limited your focus to rapid provisioning, or reducing equipment and operational costs. But the benefits of the cloud have been impossible to resist. It continues to evolve, gaining credibility across every industry. Today, we expect all enterprise systems […]

As with any security service, three core pillars of operations are people, process and technology. In order to simplify understanding, we compare each of these options in two scenarios: as an in-house Security Operations Centre and as a Managed Security Services Provider. It is a known fact that Security Information and Event Management is a […]

Open source software is, in fact, eating the world. It is a de facto model for innovation, and technology as we know it, would look vastly different without it. On a few occasions, over the past several years, software industry observers have asked whether there will ever be another Red Hat. Others have speculated that […]

For your business to lead the race, it needs, like a champion athlete, to have the ideal build. By that I am referring to IT infrastructure, which has now become vital to so many organisations that succeed in crossing the line first. Specifically, I am talking about cloud infrastructure, which handles all those prized traits […]

The retail landscape has since been diversified from the time of souks to online stores. At its core, retail is always defined by customer relationship and experience. Through the years, this foundation has not changed. What constantly changed are the ways by which retail established a customer relationship. In 2017, technological advances will propel small […]

Rapid onslaught of digital technologies and growth in digital communities have prompted IT managers to look beyond traditional ERP frameworks to what is next. Business and enterprise applications have relied on databases to store information and process it for results and inferences. But the architecture of databases used over the last decade have been used […]

The ability to connect machines, devices, sensors, and other everyday things into an intelligent network and make sense out of them, has huge promises to change everyday life. As can be expected by taking in our entire world and attempting to change it one stroke and with one magic wand is unrealistic, challenging and cause […]

When we started Pure Storage in 2009, we laid-out a bold but simple plan. We saw the coming of flash technology as an opportunity to re-think storage entirely, and we used flash as an opportunity to build a new class of smart storage solutions, focusing our innovation in three key areas: #1 Build affordable all-flash […]

We have been told to hire young people. We have been told we need new technology. We have been told that most organisations do not want it. Middle East businesses are awash with opinion, much of it misguided, regarding digitalisation and the foundations needed to implement it. First, let us dispel falsehoods. Digitalisation does not […]