Julian Pletts

Articles by Julian Pletts

  • NETWORKS

    Leading evolution

    Oct 28, 2009 Should an organisation's approach to network development be evolutionary or revolutionary?

  • NETWORKS

    Innovation resounds in the networking domain

    Oct 21, 2009 As well as being a great opportunity to look ahead at future technology and trends in IT, GITEX Technology Week has been a chance to reflect over what has been one of the most challenging years in the history of the Middle East networking market

  • NETWORKS

    Verizon tie-up underlines McAfee strategy

    Oct 14, 2009 Agreement with Verizon allows McAfee to offer end-users a much more holistic networking solution set, whilst other announcements boost the company’s enterprise aspirations

  • NETWORKS

    Lease versus build: The data centre debate

    Oct 14, 2009 Data centres – ‘to lease or to build?’ That is the question for organisations across the globe today. The truth, however, is there cannot be one answer. eHosting DataFort’s head of data centre services, Herbert Radlinger, mulls over the possibilities.

  • SERVICES

    Group dynamics

    Oct 08, 2009 By its own reckoning the Jumeirah Group’s name has become synonymous with style and affluence, but in the middle of a global economic struggle, is the image of the group reflected in ongoing investments into the quality of its networks and IT systems? CIO, Marwan Al Ali, tells Julian Pletts about a host of future ambitions for IT at the company.

  • NETWORKS

    Looking back, but moving forward

    Oct 07, 2009 Gitex Technology Week is drawing close so it is a good time to reflect

  • NETWORKS

    ACC invests in infrastructure revamp

    Oct 07, 2009 Juniper Networks, SAP and Nortel form the collective of vendor names that have gone into shoring-up the infrastructure at the Arabian Construction Company.

  • SECURITY

    Joining the service?

    Oct 07, 2009 The downturn might be increasing the uptake of hosted services. But do money saving motives outweigh fears over hosted security? Which headache is worse; the worry of offloading security work, or the bother of carrying it out in-house? Julian Pletts finds out if security as a service is really a viable option.

  • NETWORKS

    Fibre optic future

    Oct 06, 2009 Passive cabling solutions provider R&M says that the Middle East is one of its stronger markets and that the region is migrating towards fibre optic technology as end-users take a more mature approach to cabling.

  • NETWORKS

    Hitting the accelerator

    Oct 04, 2009 Blue Coat: Accessing applications over WANs should be a faster business.