When the University of Dammam needed to expand its data centre, its major goal was to boost efficiency in IT operations and maintenance. Given Saudi Arabia’s challenging temperatures, another crucial requirement for the institution was energy efficiency. It turned to Vertiv to supply a new data centre that offered maintainable infrastructure with an expected availability […]

TIBCO Software Inc, a global leader in integration, API management and analytics, has announced that all capabilities of TIBCO Cloud Integration, the company’s hybrid integration platform, are now available on Microsoft Azure. With all of the TIBCO Cloud Integration application’s capabilities now running natively on Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), customers and partners can […]

As we move into a new year, the DCA looks at some of its Corporate Members’ significant moments from 2019.  We had so many contributions that we have been unable to include all the information – but we have provided some of the headlines and links to the rest of the details. The DCA’s membership […]

CNet Training has announced it is issuing digital badges to successful certified learners from its education programmes. CNet has announced another first for the digital infrastructure industry by issuing digital badges to all successfully certified learners from education programmes spanning the Global Digital Infrastructure Education Framework. The badges help support both individuals and businesses by […]

Assaad El Saadi, Regional Director – Middle East, Pure Storage, says 2020 looks to be the year that most enterprises evolve their private and hybrid cloud platforms beyond VMs, deploying an enterprise-wide container strategy. Customers will demand a subscription to innovation with As-a-Service business models As-a-Service models have existed since the beginning of public cloud. […]

Microsoft has announced plans to establish a new cloud data centre region in Qatar to deliver its intelligent cloud services. The new region is anticipated to be available starting with Microsoft Azure in 2021, and Office 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow. The announcement by Microsoft was made in partnership with the Ministry […]

EfficiencyIT, a specialist in data centre design and build, Edge Computing environments and IT services, has announced it has won ‘IT Systems Reseller and Managed Services Provider of the year’ at the 2019 SDC Awards 2019. Now in its fourth year of operation, the award recognises the company for its expertise within the critical infrastructure […]

Hitit, one of the first aviation technology companies to become established in Turkey, uses a hybrid cloud approach to raise aviation standards by ensuring seamless and uninterrupted service for the air travel industry globally. Hitit, one of the leading airline and travel IT providers in the world, and IBM have announced an expansion of their […]

Virtana, a leader in hybrid infrastructure management for mission-critical workloads, has introduced the latest version of VirtualWisdom, a premier hybrid IT infrastructure management and AIOps platform for mission-critical workloads. VirtualWisdom 6.3 is the first product launch since Virtana’s rebrand in October 2019 and continues the company’s push into capacity management with global storage array analytics, an expanded range […]

SnapRoute’s cloud-native network OS together with Infoblox’s cloud-native network services platform promise to deliver a next level network experience. Infoblox, a leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, has announced the acquisition of SnapRoute, the creator of the industry’s first Cloud-Native Network Operating System (CN-NOS). SnapRoute’s talent and technology add significant depth to Infoblox’s suite of […]