Make Data the Center of Your IT Infrastructure Strategy

Author: Christian Putz, Director, Emerging, EMEA, Pure Storage   We’ve been talking about data growth for the past two decades, but data is accelerating like never before. In fact, 90% of the world’s data was created in the past two years alone. One of the biggest changes is that most of the data being created today is generated by machines, and not by humans using applications. Compounding this problem is that this data has gravity—if it’s created at the edge of your network or in your factory, you may not be able to move it to a central data center … Continue reading Make Data the Center of Your IT Infrastructure Strategy

PAN Emirates now in Mizhar Mall

We ventured out to the new PAN Emirates Home Furnishings in Mizhar and fell in love with their home furnishings….particularly the vintage section and the marine themed deco section. The home-grown furniture brand is looking to enhance its presence in the UAE and in the Middle East with an AED 4 Million investment towards setting up a new store spanning across 17,000 sq. ft. Apart from being accessible by the residents of Mizhar, Mirdiff and Warqa, it is looking to serve the residents of neighbouring areas with exceptional range of furnishing collection that caters to their distinct needs and preferences. … Continue reading PAN Emirates now in Mizhar Mall

Epicor Unveils Product Vision for the Future of Business with ERP as the New Backbone for Digital Transformation and Growth

Epicor delivers the muscle to move industry forward with intelligent business platform primed for global customers to embrace cloud, IoT, mobility, predictive analytics, and more Poised to transform the future of enterprise resource planning (ERP) for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise softwareto promote business growth, unveiled its product vision for the next-generation of user interface (UI) technology and design and industry cloud platforms that will drive Epicor solutions enabling customers and partners to embrace cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, predictive analytics, and other emerging technologies. “Analysts have said that by 2020 … Continue reading Epicor Unveils Product Vision for the Future of Business with ERP as the New Backbone for Digital Transformation and Growth

Transforming shopping centres to consumer centres

Design International at RECon Las Vegas In the past decade, visitor expectations of shopping centres have changed beyond all recognition. Today, nearly half of all visitors report that the non-retail offer drives both the number and length of visits they make to shopping centres. Increasingly too, they expect to be able to access to services such as such as F&B (79%), leisure/entertainment venues (64%) or medical/health/wellness facilities (51%)1. Shopping centres have been transformed into consumer centres. Responding at pace to these shifting demographics, behaviours and expectations of the consumer is one of the largest challenges facing designers and architects working … Continue reading Transforming shopping centres to consumer centres