Veeam Software announced a new initiative in partnership with Veeam Cloud and Service Provider partners to give away up to $200 million through an exclusive Veeam Free Cloud Services programme. Effective immediately, every customer using Veeam for on-premises backup and recovery is now eligible for up to $1,000 in free cloud backup and Disaster Recovery […]

Cognizant announced it has been selected by Riyadh International Catering Corporation or RICC as a strategic partner to enable McDonald’s restaurant chain in Saudi Arabia to become a digital enterprise, transforming customer experience and service agility. RICC owns and operates McDonald’s in the Central, Eastern and Northern regions of Saudi Arabia. RICC has 154 quick-service […]

Despite 76% of MENA organisations saying printing or copying documents is essential or very important to them, 62% of them do not measure print costs efficiently, with the print cost measurement undertaken by organisations being typically basic and informal. This was revealed as part of Canon’s Office Insights 2016 report which aims to highlight the […]

Managed FZ, a provider of cybersecurity and managed security, announced the launch of its new VIP reputation threat monitoring service, Hawk-i. This pioneering service, now generally available, has been monitoring and protecting high-profile VIP reputations and identities online since 2014, using sophisticated and proprietary search tools and expert human analysis. The online presence of VIPs, […]

As Avaya, a global unified communication and collaboration software vendor, announced its intention to financially restructure its US operations, senior regional executives clarified that the regional operations would not be affected. Financials for regional operations have not been included in the bankruptcy filing of US chapter 11. “The company’s foreign affiliates are not included in […]

Claire Jones is presently, Director of Partner Sales for Middle East and Africa at Juniper Networks, a position she has held since late 2015. Claire has been involved in IT sales, channel strategies and business development for most of her career and has been aligned with vendor channel expansion where her skills are best utilised. […]

VMware, a global vendor in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, announced that Al-Mawarid Bank is deploying VMware NSX network virtualisation to improve security and application continuity, accelerate product innovation through IT automation, and meet stringent regulatory compliance requirements. Al-Mawarid Bank is a Lebanese bank that invests in the latest technologies to stay ahead of the […]

Bain & Company and Red Hat, released the results of joint research aimed at determining how deeply enterprises are committed to digital transformation and the benefits these enterprises are seeing. The report, For Traditional Enterprises, the Path to Digital and the Role of Containers, surveyed nearly 450 US executives, IT leaders and IT personnel across […]

VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, announced research findings that more than two thirds 68% of Middle East business leaders believe management of technology is shifting away from IT to other departments. This is as lines of business take charge of technology led innovation in EMEA organisations. The research, among 1,200 […]

Leading executives from information technology players, A10 Networks, Attivo Networks, Axiom Telecom, BT, Dell, Equinix, Fortinet, KPMG, Intel Security’s McAfee Labs, Riverbed Technology, Sophos, Veeam Software, present their take on what lies ahead in 2017. (Top left to right) Mohammed Al-Moneer is Regional Director MENA at A10 Networks; Ray Kafity is Vice President of Middle […]