Syntech now “exclusive distributor” for SPEEDLINK in South Africa
2015-02-03
Syntech, a leading IT distributor has now become an exclusive distributor for SPEEDLINK products in South Africa.Read More…
IBM staff bracing for massive layoffs: Report
2015-02-02
Technology powerhouse, IBM is set to begin laying off what could amount to 26% of its global workforce starting this month, according to one report on the rumoured firings. Last October, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty vaguely hinted the company’s self-styled makeover to analytics, cloud, mobile and security specialist could meanRead More…
Global prepares Middle East I-onik launch
2015-02-01
Regional value-added distribution (VAD), Global Distribution FZE, has said that everything is on track for the much anticipated launch of its I-onik range of mobile devices in the Middle East. The plan to introduce the I-onik range of products, follows the company’s success in launching these products in India, EuropeRead More…
Lenovo launches EMC VNX5150 storage array
2015-02-01
Lenovo has announced the UAE launch of the Lenovo EMC VNX5150 storage array, a SAN solution that offers SMBs excellent value with an affordable price. Designed for demanding needs and unpredictable workloads for SMB environments, the new Lenovo EMC VNX5150 is a dual storage processor SAN with full redundancy forRead More…
Before you move your business to the cloud
2015-02-01
The South African digital economy is booming – with rapidly decreasing prices of connectivity, coupled with more and more cheap and cheerful entrants into the smartphone game, the average South African is now more exposed to cloud computing than ever before. We are using cloud services, such as Facebook, iCloudRead More…
AMD unveils embedded Radeon HD 7850
2015-02-01
AMD has announced that the AMD embedded Radeon HD 7850 GPU is enabling cutting-edge application performance for the BK Ultrasound, powered by Analogic, bk3000 ultrasound system. “The Radeon HD 7850 GPU with OpenCL provides a powerful and efficient pairing,” said Cameron Swen, segment marketing manager, medical applications, AMD Embedded Solutions.Read More…
TP-LINK to increase Middle East head count
2015-02-01
TP-LINK Technologies Co Ltd, a manufacturer of SOHO and SMB networking products and solutions, has announced it is moving its regional headquarters to a bigger office, as part of the company’s expansion plans for 2015. The move to bigger office premises comes as the company has been expanding its regionalRead More…
Bringing partners up to speed
2015-02-01
Dan Panesar, regional sales director, Europe and Global Growth Markets, UC and Network Security at Avaya, talks about the IT threat landscape in the region. CHANNEL POST MEA: How is the IT security readiness of the Middle East channel at present? From a networking point of view, network security isRead More…
NetApp introduces all-flash storage array
2015-01-29
Storage solutions vendor NetApp Inc, has announced the launch of the NetApp EF560 all-flash array with improvements in storage performance to offer absolute and consistent latency, bandwidth and IOPS critical to enterprise database and analytics applications. NetApp said the new offering is based on a new Storage Performance Council SPC-1Read More…
Huawei increases consumer sales by 30% globally
2015-01-29
Chinese technology giant Huawei has announced that revenue in 2014 for its Consumer Business Group (BG) grew. The technology and telecoms kit vendor said sales revenue for the consumer business group increased 30% year-on-year to $12.2bn, crossing the $10bn mark for the first time. The company said shipments grew byRead More…
Sony launches full-frame camera
2015-01-29
Sony has launched in the Middle East, its latest digital camera the α7 series of interchangeable-lens models and first camera with optical 5-axis image stabilisation, the company claimed in a statement. The camera is compact size and light build and takes forward the traditions of the α7 series that includesRead More…
Apple posts largest quarterly profit in corporate history
2015-01-28
Apple Inc quarterly results smashed Wall Street expectations with record sales of big-screen iPhones in the holiday shopping season and a 70% rise in China sales, powering the company to the largest profit in corporate history. The company sold 74.5m iPhones in its fiscal first quarter ended December 27, 2014Read More…
