CEO of Dimension Data MEA Steps Down
May 03, 2012 - Allan Cawood has stepped down as CEO of Dimension Data Middle East & Africa (MEA) after serving the company since 2001 to pursue other personal and professional interests. Derek Wilcocks, Managing Director of Dimension Data’s wholly-owned Internet Solutions business, has succeeded Cawood as CEO with immediate effect. The Group also announced that Saki Missaikos, Sales Director for Dimension Data MEA since 2003, takes over the reins as Managing Director of Internet Solutions. Read more
Dimension Data's OpSource Profiled in Independent Research Firm's Public IaaS Clouds Market Overview Report
April 24, 2012 - OpSource, Inc., Dimension Data’s wholly-owned enterprise cloud and managed hosting business, today announced it has been highlighted in a Forrester Research, Inc November 2011 report entitled “Market Overview: Public IaaS Clouds, Q4 2011 Part 2.” Read more
Dimension Data’s Asia and EMEAR Regions take Two Global Awards at Cisco Partner Summit 2012
April 20, 2012 - Dimension Data announced today that it is the recipient of the Cisco Partner Summit global awards for Asia Pacific Japan and China (APJC) Partner of the Year and Europe Middle East Africa and Russia (EMEAR) Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners at its annual channel partner conference on April 17 in San Diego, California. Read more
Dimension Data Positioned as “Challenger” in the Magic Quadrant for Telecom Expense Management Services 2012
April 9, 2012 – Dimension Data, the USD 5.8 billion global specialist IT solutions and services provider, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Challengers” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Telecom Expense Management, 2012. Read more
Desktop Virtualisation and Security: Virtual ‘Lock and Key’
Desktop’s virtualisation is well on its journey into the mainstream. At the same time, it’s ushering a host of new considerations for IT professionals − not least security managers.
Why Consumerisation of IT is Fuelling Adoption of Desktop Virtualisation Opinion Piece
Client virtualisation can help IT managers bring a measure of control to an increasingly chaotic environment, while not stifling employee flexibility and innovation. By leveraging these emerging technology tools, IT managers can support user choice and better manage the essentials of consumerisation.
Desktop Virtualisation Supporting the Anytime Anywhere Office Opinion Piece
With server virtualisation now well established in the world’s data centres, IT leaders are turning their attention to client virtualisation to address their most pressing challenges − not least of which is the need to deliver a rich computing experience to an increasingly distributed and mobile workforce.
Desktop Virtualisation and Security Virtual Lock and Key Opinion Piece
Desktop’s virtualisation is well on its journey into the mainstream. At the same time, it’s ushering a host of new considerations for IT professionals − not least security managers.
Desktop Virtualisation and Windows 7: Better Together
Understand why IT leaders are eyeing desktop and application virtualisation to minimise the cost and disruption of operating system upgrades.
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