Seagate, a storage solutions vendor has outlined a renewed vision for its enterprise storage business in the Middle East focusing on how to help partners access and interpret information more quickly, accurately and securely. The vendor revealed the new strategy at the annual Seagate Partner Conference hosted in Dubai recently.Read More…
To address the growing demand for Colocation, Cloud and Disaster Recovery Services in West Africa, nigeria’s leading telecom and internet service provider In addition, MainOne launched Premier Tier III Lekki Data Center.Read More…
Dell today announced the opening of its Dubai Solution Centre to help customers in the EMEARead More…
With the launch of East Africa Data Centre Ltd., The Liquid Telecom Group today unveiled its biggest carrier-neutral data centre in East Africa offering secure and reliable space for dedicated hosting,Read More…
Dell Networking unveiled its new S6000, the industry’s highest-density 1RU 10/40GbE switching platform for highly-virtualized data centres.Read More…
In a move to accelerate momentum and broaden scope across its solutions and services for client computing, cloud, networking, data centre and enterprise mobility, Dimension Data has expanded its global collaboration with Citrix.Read More…
South Africa based leading ICT solutions company, The Webcom Group recently signed up an reseller agreement with Huawei to sell range of products and solutions like, video ATMs, networking, data centre and telepresence solutions in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Commenting on the tie-up Pieter le Roux, Technical Director at The Webcom Group, said, “These four mainline product segments broaden our scope of offering, allowing us to deliver a Tier 1 brand to our customers. Huawei’s product offering is competitive and complements our existing offering to customers.”Read More…
eHosting DataFort believes that as the business models for Data center are rapidly changing with the increased adoption of managed services and the growing awareness of cloud computing that results in reduced costs, higherflexibility and lower risks. Yasser Zeineldin, CEO at eHosting DataFort said “Driven by the need to innovate and increase efficiency within their IT infrastructure to better serve customers,clients are now looking to make the transition to managed services and cloud computing.eHDF’s managed service offerings and experience with several organizations across the region are helping drive this evolution for customers,thereby enabling them to focus on new business initiatives.” Read More…
Kenya Data Network unveiled state-of-the art data center in Nairobi that will serve the growing requirements of hosting data and software applications for local and international organisations in Kenya. Kenya Data Network also expects to cater the demand from companies hailing from East Africa and Central Africa. In line with the vision of Kenya to create a green economy, the data centre is powered by solar energy as well as is designed to consume less energy in running the facility thereby insuring the cut on carbon emissions.
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R&M the structured cabling specialist, introduced high density patch packs 100% performance for 10 and 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet data networks. The latest product breakthrough complements their completely modular data center range including its raceways system, MPO module, raised floor solution, and pre-terminated cables. R&M’s trademark modular solutions are the foundation for next generation data centers, enabling better performance, effective protection against electromagnetic interference, easy installation, and enhanced security.
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Avnet Technology Solutions signed an distribution agreement with HP, to distribute networking products in the Middle East, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen. As an authorised value-added distributor for HP’s networking products, Avnet will be responsible for providing HP’s reseller partners with sales and technical enablement, logistics and operational support, and programs and services to develop business growth opportunities in the region. In addition to this support, Avnet is investing in channel initiatives and will hold a series of road shows aimed at growing the market for HP networking solutions. Avnet will also offer training and educational programs designed to further increase the data center and networking skills of its channel partners across the region.Read More…
Trend Micro has unveiled new solutions for protecting enterprises from advanced persistent threats (APT) known to easily evade conventional perimeter and content security. As part of its strategy, Trend Micro is expanding its real-time threat management solutions portfolio with the introduction of Trend Micro Threat Intelligence Manager and a major new release of Trend Micro Threat Management System. In conjunction with cloud-based vulnerability management services, virtual patching capability and specialised Trend Micro Risk Management Services, these new products are designed to reduce the risk and impact of targeted advanced persistent threats in the enterprise. APTs, or advanced targeted attacks, and the damage they cause are increasingly in the news. Studies such as the 2011 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report illustrate the sophistication of these multi-phase targeted attacks, and strikingly, the typical months-long duration from the onset of data loss to discovery and final containment.
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