Yarob Sakhnini, Regional Director, MEMA at Brocade, emphasises how the network is the beating heart of most businesses and absolutely vital to their smooth running. The networks in use ten years ago aren’t so different from those we use today, which is surprising given that the performance we expect from them now is exponentially greater […]

The year 2014 was marked by a number of potentially historic technological innovations. From Europe taking the front seat in the driverless car industry, to wearable technology – whether it is smart spectacles or connected watches – finally becoming mainstream, 2014 has seen technologies first conceptualised in science fiction start to become reality. And with the […]

Lucas Zaichkowsky, Enterprise Defense Architect, Resolution1 Security, provides insights into attacks and addresses how to detect targeted attacks in progress and respond before major damage occurs. With Christmas around the corner, the shopping frenzy will begin as consumers find good deals and retailers increase their sales revenues, but they’re not the only ones that benefit from […]

Many students would prefer to give up coffee, TV and eating out before their precious smartphones, according to a report called ‘Building the #GenMobile Campus’, from Aruba Networks. Nearly a fifth of these students (19%) spend more than five hours online daily, preferring Wi-Fi connections (73%) over any other such as 3G or 4G. The […]

Werner Herren of Fluke Networks gets to the root of your network performance issues. The process for tackling network performance problems To get to the root cause of network performance issues, network engineers typically follow a four step troubleshooting process: The tools available to assist problem solving fall into two categories: Network Management Systems (NMS) […]

Our sister publication, Inside_Networks_ME, talks to leading system integrator EMW’s CEO, Serjios El-Hage, amidst their ten years of success in the region. EMW are a regular winner at the many technology awards function held in the region. Can you provide a brief history of EMW and what has enabled you to achieve such great success?  In […]

In the first of a series of three articles, Andrew Stevens, CEO of CNet Training, explains how improving company and staff productivity through training is the sensible choice for your business. Every organisation’s aim is to run at its optimum level, benefiting from a ‘well-oiled machine’ that delivers products and services in the most cost […]

Infrastructure consolidation is an essential requirement for any business according to Shaheen Haque. Today IT is expected to be a vital business unit as well as a technology provider, and IT leaders must provision a more versatile voice and data infrastructure to meet business objectives, at the business’s pace. However, multi-system, multi-site communications infrastructures are […]