Oracle decided on an aggressive strategy against Hewlett-Packard’s Itanium servers after sales of competing Sun’s Sparc servers had been in …
Website vulnerabilities fall, but hackers become more skilled
The number of coding mistakes on websites continues to fall but companies are slow to fix issues that could be …
SpiderOak launches secure storage cloud for businesses
Cloud storage service provider SpiderOak is taking on Dropbox, Box and other more established services with what it calls the …
CIOs still dismissed as mere techies by CEOs: research
CEOs still often dismiss CIOs as too techie and not aligned business activities, according to Gartner research. The survey of …
Out of the box
Storage is a continuing story as vendors consistently innovate to help businesses cope with increasing amounts of data. Pallavi Sharma …
Bonds that last
The systems integrator (SI) a company chooses to work with, and the partnerships it forms with it, can make a …
Beating the odds
Being a hotel at the end of a manmade island may be an appealing prospect for tourists, but not for …
Changing the game
Most of the global headlines of the past month were stolen by IT infrastructure leader Dell’s acquisition of SonicWall, the …
Openwave, Synchronica sell out mobile messaging businesses
Two mobile messaging software businesses – Openwave’s Mediation and Messaging units and Synchronica – were sold yesterday in a sign …
Microsoft offers cloud-based video delivery
Microsoft has unveiled a cloud capability, Windows Azure Media Services, for delivering video to clients, including devices. Windows Azure Media Services …
New software bares iOS, Android app performance problems
New software lets IT groups deconstruct mobile apps running live on iOS and Android devices and uncover bottlenecks, glitches, and a whole …
Intel ships new SSD 330 series, but limits it to 180GB storage
Intel’s streak of solid-state drive announcements continued yesterday, when the company announced a new line of SSD 330 drives for …
Software AG buys messaging company my-Channels
Software AG said Monday that it has acquired middleware company my-Channels, which develops low-latency messaging software that will be used …
Samsung to show ‘the next Galaxy’ smartphone on May 3
Samsung Electronics is expected to show the next flagship Galaxy smartphone at an event in London on May 3. The …
Rackspace launches new OpenStack-based cloud portfolio
Rackspace has unveiled an “early access” limited-availability edition of its updated public cloud environment, built on the open source cloud …
Twitter acquires social media analytics team
Twitter has acquired the team at social media analytics company Hotspots.io, signalling its intent to go after the big data …
IBM opens branch in Qatar
IBM today announced the opening of a new branch office in Doha, Qatar. The company said the increased presence in …
RIM chief wanted shift from BlackBerry to data services
RIM’s former co-CEO Jim Balsillie wanted to shift the company from its dependence on BlackBerry hardware in favour of a …
LogMeIn takes on Dropbox with ‘Cubby’ cloud storage
Cloud storage leader Dropbox might have serious competition at last. LogMeIn has announced the beta of its rival ‘Cubby’ service, …
Intel targeting Ivy Bridge processors at Windows 8 tablets
Intel’s upcoming Core i-series processors based on the Ivy Bridge architecture are being pitched at ultrabooks, but the company is …