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Teaming up looks tantilising on paper but when it comes to executing the strategy the reality can be somewhat murkier and that's where collaborative systems come in.

If there's a silver lining here in the Middle East to the economic correction being experienced around the world, it is the adoption of IT asset management instruments including Basel II and Sarbanes-Oxley to track, maintain and replace equipment to ensure ROI and leverage that all important liquidity.

OEM agreement will see IBM rebrand and sell select Juniper Ethernet networking products

Brocade comes out strong after IBM deal and Foundry purchase.

Illuminating the path to insightful business decisions can cost a fortune, but what if executives do not know what they are asking for?

Big Blue has followed on from the manifesto controversy with the launch of a large range of cloud computing services.

Tech giant completes deployment of project infrastructure integral to the Kingdom’s Yesser eGovernment Program

Technology giant plans to tap 100 emerging markets in Central, Eastern Europe, MENA.

Solutions focus on growing demand for dynamic infrastructure as well as energy efficiency

Jeffrey Schick, VP of IBM’s Social Software division, reveals why social networking makes good business sense

Roadshow with Magirus, IBM and VMware to promote benefits of virtualisation software

Centre will create 1,500 jobs over the next three years and expand IBM’s presence in the region

New supercomputer for US nuclear tests to be twenty times faster than present fastest

More than 2,800 already made redundant as American employees demand the company stop outsourcing jobs

Every desktop PC and notebook has a non-volatile storage device to store data. Here, WINDOWS explains exactly what makes hard drives and newer solid state drives tick.

Systems will be able to sense, perceive and interact in real-world environments

GITEX: Technology giants open high performance computing centre in Dubai.

The 2008 IBM CIO Conference will take place at the Atlantis Palm Jumeirah on October 19

IBM software business manager calls for a cultural change to dispel myths

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and IBM to collaborate on sixth most powerful computer in the world

The stories making headlines in the world of technology this week

It's vital to choose the right software application for your needs. While paid-for applications often provide premium features more tailored to the professional, there are an increasing number of freeware apps for those that don’t want to shell out. Windows picks out a selection of software packages to suit your budget and needs.

Innovation may be important - but what is it and how can you do it? David Westley provides the tool kit.

The dismantling of trade barriers and waning of economic nationalism has seen the emergence of a global commons.

IBM has decided to buy Platform Solutions, blending the company’s technology with its own System z mainframes

Financial markets firms have historically avoided the commoditisation trap by creating new products and services.

IT security can be a daunting topic - but the reality may be bleaker than many imagine according to Christopher Rouland, CTO of ISS, and Daniel Ingevaldson, manager of technology strategy at ISS, now part of IBM. ACN caught up with them at Hack In The Box Dubai in April.

Middle East IBM resellers wishing to flourish in the vendor's partner community will increasingly have to collaborate with each other to deliver end-user solutions, according to the company's senior channel VP for the region.

Theorists and so-called technical evangelists everywhere are fond of cogitating over the possible features we might find in the office of the future. From ringtones to robots, everything could be about to change. Here the Windows team gazes into its crystal ball of office equipment and gets ready to throw away their old staplers and paper clips once and for all.

With 850 staff to its name and still growing, Gulf Business Machines (GBM) is among the largest integrators in the Gulf, as well as one of the most seasoned. CEO Cesare Cardone runs the rule over the challenges facing the company's expansion prospects and reveals the importance of its IBM heritage.

World's fourth-largest computer maker looking to expand in region to offset slowdown in US economy.

Effective collaboration is now one of the most important areas for many regional enterprises to focus on, and yet significant numbers are still using ad-hoc methods. ACN looks at some of the latest dedicated collaboration systems on the market.

Strategic re-orientation will see regional headquarters detached from Eastern Europe

IBM takes minority stake in EnterpriseDB, developer of Postgre Plus database, to complete open source stack

IBM signs partnership with Austrian and Polish distributors to build Linux-based low-cost desktops aimed at Russian market

HP keeps strong hold on server market, although Fujitsu Siemens closes gap

Barry Mansfield finds that new power and cooling solutions and multi-core processing technology along with game-changing datacentre design is driving enterprise interest in energy efficiency.

Offices are set to become training grounds, as firms realise that healthy employees add up to a healthy bottom line, writes Joanne Bladd.

Israeli storage solution provider will expand IBM's range of competitively priced solutions

IBM's planned purchase of BI vendor Cognos is unlikely to have major impact on the market says analyst

Web 2.0 sites, mobile phones, VoIP and even RFID networks likely to be new means of attack

As IT setups become more complex, enterprises across the Middle East are finding that traditional management methods are insufficient. Barry Mansfield looks at the latest trends in remote infrastructure management (RIM) and how they apply to companies in the region.

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.

The IBM-sponsored GITEX Technology Week Global Conference gets off to a flying start today with this afternoon's keynote address in hall 4A set to attract ICT bosses from across the show.

IBM to sell and support Sun Microsystem's Solaris operating systems on IBM x86 servers.

IBM is buying US security and compliance testing software company Watchfire Corporation to boost its Tivoli product line.

IT powerhouse IBM is adamant that partner collaboration is the key to unlocking the potential it sees in the Middle East. Channel Middle East caught up with Ravi Marwaha, general manager of IBM’s global business partners division, to discuss the initiatives the vendor is introducing to partners in the region.

Technology giant IBM insists it is seeing huge potential for its IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions in the region as large organisations in the Middle East begin to demonstrate an appetite for integrated IT infrastructure management.

IBM continues to hold onto the top spot for tape storage revenue, despite rival HP selling more units, according to the latest research from IDC.

The state-of-the-art King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh represents the future of healthcare in Saudi Arabia. Duncan MacRae finds out how the hospital is embracing the latest technology to provide first class treatment for the whole nation.

Sun Microsystems is making available the source code for a number of its storage-related software products in an effort to cut the cost of creating storage solutions.

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

Growing demand for network storage systems helped keep the worldwide external disk storage market buoyant last year, according to research firm IDC.

Industry heavyweight IBM is targeting users of the open source JBoss application server, by helping users to switch to its own product.

Vendor educates partners from five Middle East markets on the benefits of its latest Lotus Notes technology during roadshow to highlight its range of software solutions.

IBM and Cisco have teamed up to launch a crisis response service to help businesses and governments to respond to and recover from disasters, the firms said last week.

From next month IBM will begin offering consumer-style web utilities from Google through its WebSphere portals.

Industry titan IBM will not guarantee to customers that its programs will work on Oracle's version of the Red Hat Linux operating system, it said last week.

IBM is joining with AMD and Novell to create a database for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

IBM has unveiled the latest edition to its Tivoli Storage Manager data backup and protection software.

Soaring regional demand for the skills needed to solve business problems using service oriented architectures (SOA) has prompted IBM to open a new training centre in Dubai.

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.

Looking to further expand its SMB storage offering, IBM has introduced a set of entry-level disk arrays.

IBM plans to open a new centre in Dubai to meet demand for the skills needed to leverage SOA.

IBM and NetApp also gain ground in storage software market

IBM to integrate Dutch software specialist’s ‘auditor in a box’ product

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Egypt was once head and shoulders above the rest of the Middle East when it came to IT, but times have changed. With a strong skills base in place, it is fighting back to win new business and carry out bold new projects, reports Duncan MacRae.

The achievements of firms — both local and international — and individuals were celebrated at the second IT Weekly Middle East Arab Technology Awards

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IT giant prepares to gather executives and CIOs in Dubai to discuss role of Service Oriented Architecture technology inside organisations

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Big Blue’s latest range can help speed up delivery of services

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IBM spent nearly US$4 billion acquiring firms during the summer months. But, as Deborah Magid, director of strategic alliances, claims, it is part of an ongoing plan

IBM & EMC tech will prepare ground for Islamic banking

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Giant posts positive growth for Q206 as rest of the big four players flounder

Big Blue links with NettApp to turbocharge its storage solutions

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Middle East distributor expands relationships with blue-chip PC makers and is preparing to challenge Egyptian distributors for local business.

IBM has developed the largest ever Linux-based supercomputer for use by Shell in its geophysical oil and gas exploration.

Some of the heavyweights of the IT world have formed a non-profit e-business think tank to ensure better back-end software interoperability.

IBM ThinkPad X is less than 25.4mm, and 1.4Kg, and features a 12.1-inch TFT display.

IBM has announced that it will release a toolset to support OS/390 databases DB2 and IMS, to help companies cut the cost of system administration.

IBM hopes its new Content Manager will help businesses manage their digital information better.

The open-source operating system is becoming ever more popular, but is the region ready.