Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced the launch of the company’s latest Office suite of applications – with a large emphasis …
Blue Coat software allows control of mobile apps
New software from Web security specialists Blue Coat Systems allows companies to restrict what employees can do on their cellphones …
Twitter issues first report on data requests
Twitter has issued its first report about the requests it received this year from various governments for user information, and …
Huawei eyes storage market
China’s Huawei Technologies wants to take a bigger bite out of the enterprise market with a wider range of storage …
Apple only company increasing PC sales, Gartner
According to Gartner, Apple is the only company increasing market share in the PC market. Worldwide PC shipments are down …
Secure strategy
InfoWatch, a DLP and social media monitoring vendor, is focusing on emerging markets across the EMEA region, following its success in Russia and CIS countries.
R&M opens new patch cord assembly facility for MEA region
In a strategic move to significantly boost the speed of its cabling solutions delivery capabilities in the Middle East and …
Acer to offer free Windows 8 upgrades on some ultrabooks
Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee …
Microsoft Office must evolve to remain successful
Office has been a wildly successful product for Microsoft, but its continued dominance is far from assured as software moves …
Yahoo fixes password-pilfering bug
Yahoo on Friday said it has fixed the flaw that allowed hackers to steal more than 450,000 passwords from one …
Android nears 52% market share for US smartphones: Nielsen
New research from Nielsen indicates that Android products now account for more than half of the smartphones in use in …
Cloud putting crimp in traditional software, hardware sales: Gartner
Enterprise spending on cloud computing growing at a faster rate than overall IT spending will pose a challenge to legacy …
San Francisco to stop buying Apple computers
The city of San Francisco is to suspend buying Apple computers following the companies decision to stop participation of the …
PC makers rush to build Windows 8 tablets
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will be entirely released by the end of October, signalling when Windows 8 laptops, PCs and …
Amazon, Google, Apple among least transparent companies in the world
Apple, Amazon.com and Google are among the least transparent companies in the world, according to a survey of 105 publicly …
Western Digital intros new collaboration tools, Dropbox integration
Western Digital (WD) today introduced new, free collaboration and file management features — including Dropbox integration — in the next …
Tablets, smartphones dent PC shipments in second quarter
Tablets and smartphones continued to eat away at worldwide PC shipments, which remained flat during the second quarter, according to …
Big data hype leads to business analytics growth: IDC
The global market for business analytics software grew roughly 14 percent in 2011, fueled by pervasive hype about “big data” …
BYOD means soaring IT support costs for mobile devices
Annual IT costs for managing smartphones will soar by 48% next year compared to 2011, a new survey by Osterman …
A plan for your WAN
Abandoning your dedicated MPLS network for fast Internet connections and IP VPNs can help you slash WAN costs.