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Next month, judging begins for the 2009 edition of the Arab Technology Awards – and for me, that will be the real litmus test of whether the region’s IT ventures have emerged from the global financial crisis.

University researchers can use the machines to speed up complex computational tasks and make short work of complex engineering problems

Saudi Arabia’s Al Othaim Markets has chosen Sun Microsystems infrastructure to run its Oracle applications.

Oracle to pay $9.50 per share to buy Sun Microsystems

Company withdraws acquisition bid after disagreements related to share price and terms arise

New management system and partner specialities planned to help build channel skills

Report by Wall Street Journal states that offer of $6.5 billion is on the table

Rolls out telecoverage model for SMBs to accelerate sales growth of Sun's solutions

Hundreds of university students learn about the technology and its benefits

A visual summary of the news that made headlines in the technology world recently

Sun Microsystems has inked a deal that will see IT services giant Wipro resell and integrate its entire suite of systems, storage, software and services in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. Channel Middle East quizzed Bruno Haubertin, partners and sales organisation manager for the MENA region at Sun, on the thinking behind the agreement.

Open source software developers and distributors have always had their work cut out in the Middle East and it's only over the last couple of years that specialists in this field have invested in ramping up their business.

Systems integrators and ISVs are feeling the pressure to reinforce their added value as vendors impress the need for partners to go that extra mile in the market place

GITEX: Indian IT services firm signs deal with tech giant covering UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar.

Middle East College of Information Technology rolls out Sun Microsystems thin client project.

While they have become well-established in more developed markets, refurbished systems, inspite of their obvious advantages, are yet to find a foothold in the Middle East. The prevailing scenario indicates that it might take a lot more than just maturing IT mindsets to effect a turnaround.

GITEX: Computer giant's chairman says world to need more computers not less.

Sun Microsystems chief to give opening keynote speech for Gitex conference

Last year, Sun released its much-hyped Blackbox mobile datacentre, and HP has now countered with its POD. Imthishan Giado takes a first look at what this formerly niche market has to offer.

Company will offer one-box bundle solutions in conjunction with VMware for small to medium-sized enterprises.

End users often have niggles and complaints about vendors' services, but rarely have the chance to put them on the spot in public. ACN went to these companies on their behalf - these are the responses.

Yemeni mobile operator Y GSM's deployment of what it says is the Middle East's first virtualized desktop architecture brings increased efficiency and reduced costs

Crawford Beveridge and Marc Heger of Sun Microsystems talk to itp.net about how Sun is working to raise government awareness of open source software, open standards and green IT

Think of Egypt and the chances are that images of colossal monuments to long-dead Pharaohs or lonely feluccas sailing down the Nile will spring to mind. But when it comes to the IT industry the channel has a different vision - one of untapped potential, regional importance and a chance to make a mark on a fertile landscape.

Energy efficient hardware is one step forward for the IT industry, but there is a lot more to be done to be truly green

Visiting competency centres to test the validity of solutions can prove beneficial to both enterprises and vendors, as long as companies have clear objectives in mind and understand that solution centres can provide only so much.

There remains a pronounced call from resellers and distributors for vendors to develop more of an in-country presence in emerging markets to facilitate channel development.

EMEA, APAC & the Americas Chairman Crawford Beveridge shines Sun's focus on free software onto the Middle East, and tells Edward Poultney why, unlike for Microsoft, piracy holds no fears.

Sun Microsystems and UAE University CIT create advanced computing grid

The results are in - after much deliberation over many nominations of the highest calibre, itp.net presents it list of the ten most exceptional IT companies in the Middle East

Much of the financial strength of Kuwait is in the fact that it is home to 10% of the world's oil reserves.

Faced with an overworked IT staff and a mounting volume of support calls, Savings and Credit Bank decided to think out of the box and install thin clients in place of traditional desktops.

Assembling a sales force capable of selling solutions is arguably the most difficult challenge for any aspiring ‘solutions provider' that is committed to delivering a balanced mix of hardware, software and services.

The enterprise market has seen a couple of major acquisitions which could really shake up the market.

The place of the workstation in the Middle East IT market has always been out of the limelight, as if a distant cousin to the more mainstream desktop PC. Despite this, workstations are still a major product focus for several key vendors, especially with constant demand fuelled by regional expansion in infrastructure and the visual industries.

Alain Andreoli appointed as senior vice president for Sun Microsystems MEA

The lifting of US trade sanctions last year has suddenly made the Libyan market a viable proposition for IT companies previously forbidden from developing channels in this part of North Africa. But those who are now beginning to take the Libyan IT sector seriously are advised to tread carefully if they wish to build the routes to market required to justify their investment.

We look at the developments taking place in the Sultanate to discover if the Omani market can escape the shadows.

The channel job carousel continues to be a hive of activity.

Wade Adams contracting has improved security levels and implemented effective bandwidth management at its sites in the region with the help of Cyberoam's UTM appliances.

Blade servers are winning the hype war, but losing when it comes to actual deployments. ACN looks at some of the critical blade issues, and at what regional enterprises really want in a server.

Customers come first in corporate IT markets.

Once a darling of the dot.com boom, Sun's fortunes have waned in recent years - but new initiatives seem to be putting the firm back in the game. Michele Howe reports from Sun's California HQ on the vendor's plans for recovery.

For a reseller - and the brands they represent - the availability and quality of pre-sales support can mean the difference between winning a lucrative deal and being edged out by a competitor. It is the responsibility of vendors to provide local partners with the technical and non-technical pre-sales resources they need to enhance their chances of success when submitting a bid or proposal. Channel Middle East asks the region's leading vendors to outline the level of pre-sales support they offer to partners and explain the role they have to play at this vital stage of the sales process.

Long serving Sun Microsystems channel development partner Tech Access continues to go from strength to strength in the market. Channel Middle East caught up with Shomail Ghalib, president and CEO at the enterprise level distributor, to discuss the evolving nature of the company’s business model.

Sun Microsystems reported a fourth quarter profit for its fiscal year 2007 ahead of analysts' expectations.

July is shaping up to be a defining month for Sun Microsystems following the launch of its new partner programme in the MENA region. Channel Middle East looks at what it all means for the reseller community.

Sun Microsystems has this week started shipping its first datacenter in a box with US-based Stanford University as its first client.

Companies in the future will increasingly look to buy services and applications rather than build their own IT infrastructure.

Welcome to the first of a series of supplements that will run alongside CEO Middle East.

In order to address consolidation issues as well as to increase reliability and performance in server architectures, Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu Limited have unveiled a new line-up of co-developed Advanced Product Line (APL) servers that promises to deliver mainframe-class reliability at open systems prices.

Server ace collaborates with chip vendor AMD and local partner STS to illustrate extent of its product line in Jordan.

Business conglomerate Al Batha Group has implemented Sun's N1 Advanced Architecture solution to consolidate and cut costs on its SAP systems.

Despite a global trend which is seeing enterprises move off their Unix-based servers, developing regions are balancing out the market with their Unix spends. Colin Edwards asks why there is such a conservative approach.

Linux distributor Debian has finally released the fourth version of its GNU/Linux OS, codenamed Etch.

In the 25 years since Sun Microsystems was founded the company has certainly had its ups and downs, to put it mildly. But of late the vendor seems to be showing signs that it is on its way up once again. IT Weekly speaks to Sun's Jean-Paul Bergmans.

Sun Microsystems is trying to boost IT professional skills of students in Jordan's computing sector with the establishment of the Sun Authorised Academic Institute (SAI).

Leading systems player Sun Microsystems has opened a new Sun Training Centre at Dubai Knowledge City.

‘Dissatisfied' Sun customers become the focus of HP's attention as it continues its aggressive assault on the server market with launch of new migration programme.

Sun is working with the German Jordanian University to develop the skills in the IT sector.

Sun Microsystems is to begin using Intel processors during the first half of 2007 as part of a strategic alliance formed between the vendors last week.

Sun Microsystems' former marketing manager for the Middle East and North Africa, Graham Porter, has joined Cisco in a role that will see him work closely with some of the networking vendor's key public sector accounts across the Gulf

Several members of the Dubai Internet Community joined forces last month to establish the Dubai IT Association. Channel Middle East hears how the reseller channel - not to mention the wider market - stands to benefit.

The UAE remains a trailblazer in the evolution of the wider Middle East IT market but as the major IT players flood into the country they are facing many new challenges - a staff shortage, lack of space and extortionate real estate. Duncan MacRae asks how these problems are being dealt with in order to continue the IT revolution.

The IT system backing a bank can make all the difference when the time comes for business expansion, whether it comes through acquisitions or from organic growth

Sun Microsystems is stepping up the pressure on Red Hat with the release last week of cut-price support and services for its own Solaris operating system.

Dubai Internet City has founded the body to help develop the technology industry in the emirate.

Whichever way you look at it, 2006 was a memorable year for the Middle East IT channel. From credit conflicts and audit disputes to management changes and soaring growth, the market was never short of incident. Channel Middle East reflects on the key moments of the past 12 months and gazes into its crystal ball to predict what channel life will be like in 2007.

Will take-up of Windows Vista beat expectations? Will power and cooling problems begin to bite? IT Weekly looks at the important technologies and trends for next year

Regional software boss claims the Middle East market is poised to benefit from its decision to disclose the first pieces of source code for the implementation of Java

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Systems security used to be about keeping the bad guys out, but as threats have evolved identity management and authentication have emerged as key to successful policing

Shrugs off EMC split fears with announcement of slew of deals

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Sun says that it aims to keep a level playing field for J2EE Licensees. Bill Roth, J2EE Group Product Manager, discusses the issue.

Sun Microsystems has appointed its first Enterprise Country Reseller for the region, in the form of Tech Access. Tech Access will take responsibility for finding and training new Sun resellers in the Middle East.

Emirates businessmen got a free insight into how the Internet can benefit them at the 'interactive' conference hosted by The New Media and Sun Microsystems today.

The combined expertise of Lucent, iPlanet and Sun will give delegates an insight into the driving forces behind e-business. Come inside for last minute registration.

New support partnership programmes will be available in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt after Sun Microsystems announced a new delivery service model.

Sun Microsystems has certified the first 13 applications it says are suitable for deployment by Application Service Providers.

Sun Microsystems chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy has urged Middle East IT industry decision-makers to embrace the benefits of open source software, or risk falling behind other global markets that are rapidly making use of its benefits.