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Private Investment firm to acquire Anixter
Anixter, has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) to be acquired in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $3.8 billion.
Huawei appoints Ala’a Bawab as the new VP for enterprise networking
Huawei, has announced the appointment of Ala’a Bawab as Vice President for Enterprise Networking Business for Huawei Middle East. Based in Dubai, Bawab will be responsible for driving business growth for Huawei’s enterprise networking business division.
Flexential becomes first data center to host ONTAP AI Test Drive
Flexential, a leading provider of data center colocation and hybrid IT solutions, announced it is the first data center globally to host ONTAP AI Test Drive, a fully optimized and tested infrastructure solution for AI workloads.
Micron announces the world’s fastest SSD
Micron Technology, today announced a breakthrough in nonvolatile memory technology with the introduction of the world’s fastest SSD, the Micron X100 SSD that leverages the strengths of 3D XPoint technology and usher in a new tier in the memory-to-storage hierarchy with higher capacity
Veritas brings enterprise class data protection to the edge
Veritas Technologies, today unveiled the Veritas Flex 5150 appliance, a complete data protection solution purpose built for the edge of enterprise networks. The Flex 5150 is the first appliance from Veritas to bring the NetBackup enterprise-class data protection to edge, branch, and remote offices.
Rich McBee joins Riverbed as the president and CEO
Riverbed, a Thoma Bravo company announced that Rich McBee has been appointed President and CEO to drive continued momentum for the Company’s Digital Networking and Digital Experience Management businesses. McBee is the former President and CEO of Mitel, a global leader in business communications.
Nortek introduces world’s most powerful CDU for data center liquid cooling
Nortek Air Solutions has introduced the CDU1200, a 1,200-kW coolant distribution unit (CDU) that’s the single most powerful, compact CDU on the planet, and the newest addition to its ServerCool data center liquid cooling product line.
Kingston releases data center grade enterprise SSD
Kingston announced the release of its latest Data Center 450R (DC450R) Enterprise SSD, a high performance 6Gbps SATA SSD with 3D TLC NAND, designed for read-centric application workloads.
Commvault leads the Magic Quadrant for data center backup and recovery solutions
Commvault announced it was positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders quadrant of the recently released Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions. Gartner positioned Commvault furthest for completeness of vision in the Leaders quadrant and highest
Oman launches high-speed government network
The Ministry of Technology and Communication together with Oman Broadband and Ooredoo launched the high-speed integrated and safe Oman Government Network (OGN) that meets the future demands of e.oman projects, like the G-Cloud, the Official Oman eGovernment Services Portal, the National Data Center and other e.oman infrastructure projects.
Equinix appoints Michael Montoya as its new CISO
Equinix, announced the appointment of Michael Montoya as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), further bolstering the company’s commitment to security. In this role, Montoya is responsible for leading Equinix’s global cybersecurity risk program.
7 myths in the modern digital world
Ashraf Sheet, regional director, Middle East and Africa at Infoblox talks us through the seven myths about network management and security in the modern digital world.