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CA's Michael Jaeger explains how cloud computing can be appealing in terms of costs if businesses are smart about how a project is planned and operated. Instead of buying hardware and software, they can purchase external services on an as-needed basis, thereby incurring only variable costs, which in turn will reduce internal IT expenses.
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How well do you know your customers? That's a question distributors and resellers are increasingly having to ask of themselves as they look to minimise their chances of suffering financial hurt from customers that renege on payments.
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Netbooks are great mobile computing tools but many people misunderstand their purpose in the computing ecosystem
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The second annual Channel Middle East Awards will take place later this month, but you've only got until the end of this week to have your say on the outcome of the reader-voted categories.
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Secret CIO embarks on a learning experience.
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Last month operators in the Middle East issued warning about a series of scams targeting customers via their mobile phones
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Sometimes doing more with less is really just a case of taking a closer look at the processes in place and seeing what can be done to streamline them
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With a Facebook group recently proposing that the social networking site should have a ‘Bill of Rights’, is Facebook evolving from being an online community to being an online ‘nation-state’?
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At ACN, we’re often asked to cover product launches and review them for inclusion in the magazine
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Violent video games have taken a bad rap over the years for 'encouraging' aggressive behaviour. But could two well-known games be blamed for potentially inciting racism amongst gamers?
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Everyone’s heard that old saw about the glass of water being either half full or half empty, depending on which side of the optimist/pessimist debate you fall on.
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Roger El-Tawil explains why enterprises should start looking at making working hours more accommodating to employees operating in the new era of always-on connectivity.
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If senior distribution sources are correct then the Middle East channel is destined to witness a major shake-out this year as the pressure becomes too much for some companies.
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The beginning of 2009 has seen further announcements of cut backs, lay-offs and bankruptcies from around the world and the Middle East has not been unaffected
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Despite a continued gloomy economic outlook in most parts of the world, last month’s Mobile World Congress was a remarkably upbeat event
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Solid state disks are creating a lot of enthusiasm in the storage community, but those who are deciding whether or not to buy should be familiar with these ten essential facts about SSDs
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With the advent of the Xbox, Playstation and blogs, fewer people read books today than ever before
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It was inevitable that this year’s Distree XXL event in Monte Carlo was going to be dominated by the financial crisis, the credit crunch and what businesses can possibly do to avoid the gaping holes that have opened up underneath many of their markets
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Ziad Choueiri explains how having solid representation and warranties built into IT contracts allows enterprises to better protect their rights.
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Earthquake activity which caused severe damage to undersea cables and military action in Palestine are both recent examples of incidents that have resulted in severe disruption to telecoms and IT services
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