واحة دبي للسيليكون, Dubai
Procurement
14 Oct 2026
The RTX 4080 brings 16 GB of GDDR6X and AV1 encoding to a Dubai design or video desk at 320 W. Where it fits, the GeForce licence clause that keeps it out of a data centre, and the power, chassis and warranty checks to make first.
Procurement
14 Oct 2026
Two cards share the RTX 3080 name: 10 GB on 320-bit and 12 GB on 384-bit. What that means for rendering and AI in a Dubai office, the warranty problem with older cards, and how it compares with the RTX A4000 and A5000.
Procurement
14 Oct 2026
The RTX 3060 is sold as 12 GB on 192-bit and 8 GB on 128-bit under one name. How to tell them apart in the UAE, why the 12 GB card suits AI and rendering, and the 16 GB professional cards a business desk should consider.
Servers
14 Oct 2026
Buying an NVIDIA A100 in Dubai means choosing 40 GB or 80 GB, a certified server to cool a fanless card, the right power lead, and the US export rule that took effect for the UAE on 10 July 2026. What to settle before you order.
Procurement
14 Oct 2026
GeForce, professional RTX and data centre GPUs carry different licence terms, warranty routes and export checks. How to judge an NVIDIA supplier in Dubai, how to read NVIDIA partner status, and five questions to send before you buy.
Servers
11 Oct 2026
A business server in the UAE should get five years of front line service. The real limit is whichever runs out first: Cisco, HPE or Dell hardware support, Windows Server 2016 updates ending 12 January 2027, capacity, or comms room heat.
IT Operations
10 Oct 2026
How to cool a Dubai comms room through summer: size from measured IT load, why building AC and weekend setbacks fail, HPE and Cisco temperature limits, ventilation versus a dedicated split, T3 46°C outdoor ratings and what to put on the UPS.
Security
10 Oct 2026
Business VPN in the UAE: what TDRA allows, how to size and license a Cisco, FortiGate or SonicWall headend, why Fortinet removed SSL VPN tunnel mode in FortiOS 7.6.3 and SonicWall retired the SMA 100, and the eight settings to get right on day one.
Networking
09 Oct 2026
Seven branch office network mistakes that take UAE sites down: head office dependency, backhauled internet, untested failover, mismatched switches, colliding subnets, overheated cupboards and no out-of-band access, with the vendor figures behind each fix.
