BMW has developed a prototype system that allows drivers to compose full-text e-mails and text messages using voice commands. Unlike …
Intel courts the cloud builders
In an office building near Portland, Oregon, in a room next to a massive bank of cubicles, hums one of …
Network World Middle East Awards
Nominations are now open for annual Network World Middle East Awards 2011, which honour outstanding technology efforts. It is that …
Salesforce.com deepens tie-in to Facebook
Salesforce.com is deepening the integration between its CRM (customer relationship management) and customer service software with the explosively popular social-networking …
UAE’s public works ministry selects NEC’s communication solution
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 …
A rewarding job
When Ben Fried left his post as IT managing director at Morgan Stanley and took over as Google’s CIO in …
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 …
Regional CIO study reveals need for IT innovation focus
Organisations across EMEA agree on the need to refocus IT budgets toward IT innovation in order to improve business performance, …
IT graduates not “well-trained”
There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. Employers agree …
UAE’s CIOs talk consolidation and virtualisation at CPI roundtable
By Sathya Mithra Ashok Hardware that is not yet ready for virtual platforms, licensing issues with software and the persistent …
Apple shareholders reject CEO succession proposal
Apple’s shareholders rejected a proposal in which the company would have to adopt and disclose its CEO succession planning policy. …