UAE’s Ministry of Public Works (MOPW) has selected NEC Unified Solutions, to deliver communications solutions in the new state-of-the-art hospital …
Outsourcing to focus on cloud computing – survey
Cloud computing is the next big thing in outsourcing, according to the outsourcing professionals themselves. About two-thirds of companies worldwide …
Digital diagnosis
While tele-medicine or remote medicine offers great potential advantages in the region, healthcare institutions are yet to experiment with it …
Oracle making Java, Solaris certifications pricier
Later this year, Oracle will begin requiring people interested in gaining Java and Solaris certifications to attend “hands-on” training courses, …
IBM products aim to speed up, automate virtualisation
IBM is aiming to make it easier for enterprises to manage their virtualised environments, with new features in the Tivoli …
Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking
Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company’s product line toward …
IBM sees opportunity for environmental business
The need to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and the reliability of utilities has created a multi-billion dollar market …
A word of advice
In the last month, separate CIO events were conducted in Dubai by two of the largest IT analyst groups in …
HSBC broadens connectivity with SAP and SWIFT
HSBC Bank (HSBC), SAP AG and SWIFT have teamed together to create the next generation of HSBC Connect to SAP, …
A rewarding job
When Ben Fried left his post as IT managing director at Morgan Stanley and took over as Google’s CIO in …
Citrix invests in personal cloud management company
Citrix Systems has invested in Primadesk, a company that is developing a free, Web-based application to help users keep track …
HP broadens scope of project management software
With the new update of its Project and Portfolio Management software, Hewlett-Packard is broadening the potential scope of the software …
Intel completes McAfee acquisition
Intel has completed its US$7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker announced yesterday. The all-cash deal makes …
HBMeU moves towards a new education experience with e-content store
In a step toward a paperless university, Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University (HBMeU) has announced that it has booked an entire …