IBM has embarked on an ambitious growth plan in Africa, opening up new offices and making efforts to build skills …
Google adds new options for viewing data in Fusion Tables
Google is trying to popularise the somewhat obscure art of data visualisation by adding more user-friendly options to its Fusion …
Local YouTube advertising to launch in the UAE
YouTube will next week launch the first advertising aspect on YouTube in the region to allow advertisers to engage with …
Apple is third largest PC maker in US, while iPad is ‘product to beat’: report
The latest research published by Gartner shows that Apple is still the third largest PC manufacturer in the US. Meanwhile, …
IBM acquires Varicent Software
Adding to its already considerable line of analysis software and expertise, IBM announced Friday that it has acquired business intelligence …
HSBC launches m-banking app
HSBC has launched a mobile phone app that allows customers to see their account balance and recent transactions. The app …
BlackBerry still trumps Android for security: analysis
RIM’s BlackBerry remains the clear leader in mobile security with market share leader Android lagging badly, a ‘strengths and weakness’ …
Microsoft battles delays in Windows Phone app approvals
Microsoft is battling to reduce the time it takes to approve and publish Windows Phone apps, and to improve the responsiveness …
Infosys sees revenue grow more slowly than hoped
Infosys’ revenue in its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended March 31 fell short of guidance, as global markets …
VMware: Cloud Foundry is like Linux for the cloud
EMC VMware has likened its Cloud Foundry PaaS (platform as a service) to Linux for the cloud, serving as an application portability …
Apple iPhone 4S demand still high and rising: survey
A survey has revealed that the iPhone 4S is still in popular demand, despite Apple’s smartphone being over six months old. There …
Microsoft to start charging for Bing search API
Microsoft will begin charging developers to use the API (application programming interface) for its Bing search engine, the company has announced. …
SAP revenue rises 11 percent in first quarter, but margin shrinks
SAP has published preliminary figures for its first-quarter results, showing revenue up 11 percent year on year, but margins shrinking …
Big data is for everyone, not just large enterprises, says Oracle
Companies should not make the careless mistake of assuming they do not have big data out there to take advantage …
The future of big data is in the cloud: Oracle
The future of big data as something that any company can capitalise on is as a cloud service, says Andrew …
Financial services under more frequent DDOS attacks
The financial services industry saw nearly triple the number of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks during the first three months of …
China’s online retail market to triple to $364B by 2015
China is set to become the world’s largest online retail market, with sales expected to triple to US$364 billion by …
Lenovo gains over Dell as world’s second-largest PC maker
Lenovo extended its lead over Dell as the world’s second-largest PC maker, but it is too early to say whether …
Intel offers support package for small businesses
Intel on Tuesday announced a new suite called Small Business Advantage that takes advantage of specific features baked into the …
IBM unveils new line of integrated systems
Anticipating a growing need for larger preconfigured systems, IBM has unveiled a new product line of integrated sets of IBM …