VMware and Avaya have partnered to deliver enterprise hybrid cloud services on the vCloud Air platform.
Congo continues public Internet ban
Internet service has been restored to government agencies and banks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but otherwise a government shutdown of email, social media and mobile phone services, ordered on 19th January, remains in effect.
Apple catches Samsung as smartphone leader
The iPhone 6 has sold so well that Apple tied with Samsung for the top position in the smartphone market in the fourth quarter, closing the gap with its South Korean competitor.
Arbor: Largest DDoS attack hit 400Gbps
An unnamed ISP experienced an NTP reflection DDoS attack peaked at 400Gbps in December, easily the largest denial of service event in Internet history, Arbor Networks’ 10th Annual Infrastructure Report has revealed.
Apple posts record Q4 sales
Record revenue from the iPhone and Mac computer sales helped Apple bring in $74.6 billion in revenue last quarter, up from $57.6 billion a year earlier.
IBM planning ‘110,000’ job cuts
IBM is apparently planning the most devastating jobs cuts in business history, with a reported 110,000 employees from a global workforce of 435,000 facing redundancy, US Forbes has reported.
Oracle, Samsung, reportedly combining for mobile cloud
Oracle and Samsung Electronics have reportedly forged a new partnership through which they will work together to deliver mobile cloud services.
Microsoft Q4 buoyed by cloud as profit drops
Cloud services like Azure and Office 365 were once again the stalwarts in Microsoft’s quarterly earnings report, with revenue from those products more than doubling from a year earlier.
China increases censorship with VPN crackdown
China is clamping down on unrestricted access to the Internet by blocking services that allow users to get around government censorship.
BlackBerry CEO Chen demands app neutrality
BlackBerry CEO John Chen wants net neutrality to extend to content and applications, so that developers of apps for Android and iOS will be mandated to develop on the BlackBerry platform as well.
Huawei Founder: ‘I don’t understand tech or finance’
U.S. security concerns may still haunt the reputation of Huawei Technologies, but the Chinese company’s Founder and President Ren Zhengfei brushed off any involvement in state-sponsored cyber espionage in a rare interview on Thursday.
Schneider launches IoT energy meter
Schneider Electric is bringing the Internet of Things to the energy sector with a new range of smart devices.
Oracle announces updated X5 hardware
Larry Ellison has opened a new front in his battle with Cisco Systems and EMC, launching new Oracle hardware on Wednesday that he claims will be the cheapest on the market.
WhatsApp arrives on the desktop
WhatsApp is now available for the Web, in a form that pairs the mobile version of the app to a user’s desktop computer.