Networking giant Cisco has completed its acquisition of NDS Group, a provider of video software and content security systems for …
Rackspace OpenStack will target Amazon customers
Rackspace has announced that it will launch its open source infrastructure-as-a-service platform, OpenStack, in mid-August in the UK, where it …
Apple leads global market with 19% share of PC shipments
The iPad has boosted Apple back to the top of the market, helping the company achieve an estimated 19 per …
SAP agrees to pay Oracle $306 million in TomorrowNow case
SAP has agreed to pay Oracle US$306 million in connection with the corporate-theft case that Oracle filed against it and …
Salesforce.com CEO Benioff joins Cisco's board
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has been named to Cisco’s board of directors, Cisco announced Thursday. “Marc has changed the face …
New study will tackle cybercrime
One of the largest international consultations into cybercrime has been launched to help governments, law enforcement and businesses crack down …
IBM announces updated security appliance
IBM has announced a new network security appliance to help deal with increasing threats posed by social media sites and malicious websites. …
Outlook.com gets a million sign-ups in first six hours
Microsoft has announced that over a million people had registered with the new Outlook.com email service six hours after it …
Rackspace, HP go all in with OpenStack
Rackspace and HP have each brought major portions of their cloud offerings based on the OpenStack code out of beta and into …
SAP points HANA in-memory database at social analysis
SAP is coupling its HANA in-memory database with software for measuring market trends and customers’ moods through the analysis of …
Salesforce.com hit again by performance issues
Salesforce.com was hit by another in a string of performance problems yesterday, with the issues this time centered on its …
Windows PC sales hit low as tablet sales soar in Q2
Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter …
Microsoft completes Windows 8, ships to manufacturers
Microsoft announced yesterday that it has completed the development and testing of Windows 8, a major upgrade of its OS for …
SAP unveils IT training facility
SAP has collaborated with Dubai Silicon Oasis to create a new IT training and development institute designed to boost local …
Saudi-based Golden Chip to implement Epicor ERP
Epicor Software Corporation today announced that its next-generation ERP solution will be deployed at the production facility of Saudi-based smart …
Online eGovernment payments increase by 21%
Dubai eGovernment collected over AED 2 billion in government fees through its online payment service in the first half of …
Gulf Business Machines to offer IBM PureSystems Technology Demonstrator
Gulf Business Machines (GBM), a prominent IT solutions provider, recently announced the launch of the first IBM PureSystems technology demonstrator …
Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …
Connecting the world
Everybody’s heard of Internet2, the network consortium that connects universities and research communities across the USA. Less have heard of …
Tryst with a new destiny
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of months, you have probably heard of software-defined …