US denies data center to monitor citizen emailsThe US National Security Agency on Monday denied that a $1.2 billion data center it is building in the Utah desert will be used to illegally eavesdrop on or monitor the emails of US citizens. The secretive agency, which serves the More… |
Kanoo, Emerson sign data centre dealBahrain’s Kanoo Power Solutions, an Ebrahim K Kanoo Group firm, has entered into a partnership with technology major Emerson Network Power, eyeing a share of the kingdom's growing data centre market. With the tie-up, Kan More… |
Siemon wins Saudi data centre projectGlobal infrastructure specialist Siemon said it has been selected by Saudi bank Al Jazira to supply a complete, end-to-end, IT infrastructure for the bank’s new data centres across the Kingdom. This development has been spur More… |
Bahrain sets up GCC maritime data centreBahrain Ministry of Transportation has announced the setting up of a co-operative data centre for long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) in order to facilitate closer co-operation among the GCC states on maritime security in the region. More… |
Al Hilal signs up for new Etisalat data centreEtisalat’s new data centre in Jebel Ali has welcomed its first customer, with leading UAE bank Al Hilal Bank signing an agreement to host their disaster recovery functions at the facility. The signing with the Abu Dhabi-base More… |
Batelco opens customer experience centreBatelco has launched a state-of-the-art facility at the company's Hamala headquarters to showcase its products and services to business customers. The new customer experience centre has been designed and developed around the n More… |
EK Kanoo opens new data centreThe exclusive distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Bahrain, Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo (E K Kanoo) Group, has launched its new data centre facility at its head office in Manama. By combining the new servers and the software Oracle E-Busin More… |
Data centre market seen at $7.5bn in 2020The market for data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) systems will grow from $500 million in 2010 to $7.5 billion by 2020, said a report. Forecasts indicate that challenges of higher-density computing, dynamic workloads and the need More… |
ISO boost for KFH-Bahrain data centreKuwait Finance House - Bahrain's (KFH-Bahrain) data centre has been awarded the information security certification ISO 27001, following a stringent audit by an international certification body. It is the first Islamic bank in the kingdom t More… |
Qatari firm launches IT data centresMeeza, the leading IT services and solutions provider in Qatar, said it has launched two new hitech data centres, M-Vault 2 and M-Vault-3, that will enthuse the ICT sector in Qatar and the region. The launch was announced at a press More… |








