Ben Furfie

Articles by Ben Furfie

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IT BUSINESS
Microsoft and EMC named best places to work in UAE

Feb 08, 2012 Annual workplace study ranks the top ten best places to work
IT BUSINESS
Holding all the cards

Jan 25, 2012 After years of rapid expansion across the Gulf, building supplies firm Madar Holding had found itself with a disparate IT infrastructure and a lack of consistency in the strategy and solutions used.
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
No budget too small?

Jan 24, 2012 Cloud computing and mobility have changed ERP landscape forever, opening up the technology to companies that could never have afforded it in the past.
IT BUSINESS
Middle East embracing consumerisation of IT

Jan 22, 2012 Joint Dell-Intel study finds developing markets are ahead of developed rivals in allowing employees to use their own IT in the workplace
IT BUSINESS
Not your regular Joe

Jan 19, 2012 As he heads into what is likely to be his last year as chief executive officer of EMC, the charismatic businessman – whose ten years in charge have revolutionised not just the Hopkinton-based vendor
IT BUSINESS
HP aims high with Autonomy

Jan 12, 2012 Vendor claims Middle East has potential to become major market for knowledge information specialist
IT BUSINESS
Middle East use of datacentres improves dramatically

Jan 12, 2012 Survey of EMEA companies finds management of IT systems has improved by 20 per cent in region over just six months
SECURITY
Hacktivism drives businesses towards ADS solutions

Jan 11, 2012 Fear of collateral damage from attacks on political targets spur universities and banks to protect their IT networks from DDoS attacks
IT BUSINESS
UAE IT workers amongst world’s best paid

Dec 11, 2011 Report finds Gulf states’ professionals have 17th highest salary in sector globally; Separate report finds average CIO salary in the Emirates is AED50,000 a month
SECURITY
McAfee mauls Google over malware

Dec 08, 2011 Security vendor says open mantra is putting customers at risk; says Apple’s closed approach has been proven right