One of the big disadvantages to using cloud-based office apps is that you have to be connected to the Internet …
Red Hat acquiring FuseSource
Boosting its line of open-source middleware, Red Hat is in the process of acquiring open-source integration software vendor FuseSource from …
Data Centres and Cloud Computing: Implications for the Cabling Infrastructure
Google launches Nexus 7 tablet
As expected, Google on Wednesday announced a $199, 7-inch tablet called Nexus 7 that will run on Android 4.1, dubbed …
The rise of machines
Major upgrades to networks across the Middle East last year laid a foundation of faster and more reliable connectivity with …
High grades
As competition between educational institutions heats up, schools are increasingly investing in new technology as a way to differentiate their …
Defining the new value
IBM has recently unveiled a new product line of integrated sets of hardware and software, called PureSystems. Jim Stallings, GM …
Google expected to unveil Kindle rival this week
With Google’s developers conference just days away, more details about a tablet with the search giant’s brand expected to be …
A third of consumers' digital content will be in the cloud by 2016: Gartner
The desire to share content and to access it on multiple devices will motivate consumers to start storing a third …
HP to trim 9,000 jobs
Hewlett-Packard plans to trim its workforce by about 9,000 in the U.S. as part of its long-term plan to reduce …
Microsoft buys Yammer
Microsoft has agreed to acquire Yammer, a maker of cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software, for US$1.2 billion in cash, …
Mozilla's silent update fails to boost Firefox 13's uptake
Mozilla’s new silent updater has not sped up the migration to Firefox 13, according to usage statistics compiled by an …
Oracle's Hurd to spell out new 'customer experience' product strategy
Oracle is planning to build on its acquisitions of companies such as ATG, Fatwire and RightNow with a new product …
Software Congress 2012 off to a roaring start
The third annual Software Congress started today at The Address Hotel, Dubai Marina. The event, conducted by CPI and CNME, …
Sony, Panasonic to team up to mass-produce OLED TV panels
Sony and Panasonic said Monday they will team up to create mass production technology for super-high resolution TVs based on …
Big data strategy: how to develop a winning strategy
Developing a big data strategy is challenging because it is as much about getting ahead of the trend and acquiring …
Strong growth in enterprise social software spending: IDC
Demand for enterprise social software will grow strongly in the coming years, as more organisations implement the products to improve …
Software Congress 2012 to be held tomorrow
Software Congress 2012, CNME’s and CPI’s bold initiative to discuss the changing rules of software creation and delivery in the …
How Alan Turing set the rules for computing
On Saturday, British mathematician Alan Turing would have turned 100 years old. It is barely fathomable to think that none …
Sony to invest $1bn in image sensor production
Sony said Friday it will invest US$1 billion to increase its production capacity for the image sensors used in digital …