The global economic melt-down has forced companies across the Middle East region and the world to rethink their business strategies going forward. With a view to foster a unique networking and learning session, Mercator, the Dubai-based business technology provider, which also meets and satisfies the full range of the demanding IT needs of the Emirates Group, recently held its inaugural Middle East CIO Forum in association with Computer News Middle East.

As organisations determine their ERP strategy, however, they need to choose the right ERP vendor partner. This white paper explores the plusses and minuses of the four types of ERP partners: Partner ecosystems, frameworks, best-of-breed packages and end-to-end integrated solutions. Only with the right ERP partner can organisations ensure that they obtain the functionality that drives competitive advantage for the optimal total cost of ownership. Go to the resource centre

Today, IT organisations face unprecedented challenges. The move to next-generation data centers entails a fundamental shift in perspective. Your organisation needs a business-centered view of your data center. HP Data Center Transformation solutions enable this shift in focus.

Implementing Oracle RAC using the HP BladeSystem c-Class with HP Integrity server blades?BL870c and BL860c?running HP-UX can help you build a scalable and flexible SAP application environment.

Linux compute clusters running on an HP BladeSystem infrastructure provide an open source environment that is flexible, cost effective, highly scalable, and reliable.

Your business is dynamic. Faced with unpredictable market pressures and limited resources, you must lower your costs, accelerate growth, and mitigate risks, if you are to sustain a competitive advantage. Virtualisation involves pooling and sharing IT resources, so IT supply automatically meets business demands.