Computer Associates has put forth its support strategy for customers in Saudi Arabia. As part of its commitment to the country, CA has established a fully operational office in Riyadh and is planning to launch offices in Dammam and Jeddah to cover major business areas in the Kingdom. CA has also said that its customers across the Kingdom can now get instant, round the clock support by contacting CA’s regional support center on the local mobile number, 050-4450361.
Mohamed Akkad, Saudi Arabia’s country manager for CA Arab World, said: “Saudi Arabia is one of our fastest growing markets. Our direct presence and our staff of Arab nationals play a major role in supporting the deployment of leading-edge technologies within the Saudi corporate, government, and SMB sectors, in full partnership with our reseller network.”
CA has also initiated its bilingual website for the Arab countries www.ca.com/arabworld. The user-friendly website offers CA’s clients and partners comprehensive information and informs users of up-to-date news, customer success stories and upcoming events. Through the website users can also download trial versions and patches for of CA’s solutions and get full technical support information through data sheets, analyst reports and whitepapers.
Oracle Leads in Database Management
According to the latest report from market research firm IDC, Oracle continues to be the overall leader in the worldwide relational and object-relational database management systems software market.
IDC’s report, “Worldwide RDBMS 2004 Vendor Shares: Preliminary Results for the Top 5 Vendors Show a Solid Boost (March 2005, IDC No. 32969),” estimates that Oracle Database revenues grew 14.5 percent year over year and increased its market share lead to 41.3 percent. Overall, the worldwide market for relational database management systems grew by 11.6 percent in 2004. In 2003, Oracle Database posted 8.6 percent growth year over year and was the market share leader with 39.8 percent.
The year 2004 marked a significant year for Oracle Database. Oracle Database 10g became generally available in January 2004. Lower pricing was introduced for Oracle Database 10g Standard Edition One in February 2004. Simultaneously, Oracle Real Application Clusters was made available as part of Oracle Database 10g Standard Edition, enabling customers to benefit from the availability and scalability benefits of Oracle Real Application Clusters in a low cost product. To round out the year, Release 2 of Oracle Database 10g was announced in December, with general availability scheduled for mid-year 2005.
COBIT Workshop in Riyadh
COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology) is a breakthrough information technology governance tool that helps in understanding and managing the risks associated with information and related technology. COBIT provides a globally accepted framework for reviewing diverse technology platforms across the enterprise.
Two COBIT workshops will be held in Riyadh at the Four Seasons Hotel. The first session will be March 20-21. The second session will be March 22-23. Enrollment is SR4,000 per person. Register online at www.pcsgulf.
Linux and Open Source @ HP
How is Linux used in the real world? Which solutions make sense to run on Linux? How stressful is the Linux user experience? Is it easy to implement? Does it really reduce costs? These are just some of the questions HP hopes to answer at a roadshow hosted jointly with HP partners Intel, JBoss, MySQL, Novell, Oracle and Red Hat. The roadshow will offer different tracks for business and technical audiences. For the business audience there will be informative presentations on customer cases. For IT managers there will be presentations, live demos and the latest information on tools for managing Linux.
“Linux and Open Source @ HP” will take place March 23 at Al-Faisaliah Hotel, Al-Omsiat Ballroom. Register at: http://h40132.www4.hp.com/emea/events/event_info.asp?ev_id=2355&country=....
Storage Event Gets Saudi Presenter
Storage World Middle East 2005 will be held at the Al-Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai from May 29-31. This is the Middle East’s largest data storage event, an IT director-level conference that tackles all the strategic issues connected to storage. From choosing the right storage solution for your organization, through to implementation and the effective management that will maximize your storage architecture, Storage World Middle East has step-by-step guides to storage solutions.
At this year’s Storage World conference Salem Al-Rowaihi, IT strategic planner, Saudi Aramco, will be presenting a case study titled “Choosing the right storage solution for your needs.” For further information click to: http://www.storageworld.biz/2005/storageME/confprog.stm.
