The newest version of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, released yesterday, is now available free for any organisation with …
Microsoft boosts virtualisation capabilities in desktop management suite
Microsoft is boosting the virtualisation components of its Desktop Optimization Pack suite of IT management tools. The suite, known as MDOP, is …
Former Intel CFO Bryant to become chairman next month
Intel’s former chief financial officer and current director Andy Bryant will take over as the company’s board chairman next month …
Sony’s new head of consumer products to lead unit formed from Sony Ericsson
Sony said today that the newly installed head of its consumer electronics business will also lead the mobile unit formed …
McAfee brings antivirus support to VMware’s vShield
McAfee yesterday announced a version of its antivirus software for VMware’s vShield security technology. The McAfee Management for Optimized Virtual Environments (MOVE) …
Cloud to create 14 million jobs globally, 9.62 million in Asia-Pac: Microsoft research
Cloud computing will create 14 million jobs globally by 2015 and 9.62 million in Asia Pacific alone, according to IDC …
Path tightens mobile app security
Social networking service Path has upgraded the security of its mobile application in apparent response to a recent outcry over …
Yahoo laying off 2,000 workers to save $375M
After weeks of rumours of a pending reorganisation, Yahoo has announced it is laying off around 2,000 workers. Yahoo will begin …
Regional leaders join list of new UN Commissioners
Leaders from Qtel, ictQATAR and Saudi Telecom are amongst eight newly appointed Commissioners to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital …
Bahrain ranks as top economy in Middle East: report
The Kingdom of Bahrain is the top economy in the region and 27th out of 133 economies worldwide, according to …
Secure future
The year 2012 is dominated by three key trends – cloud, virtualisation and big data. These may be revolutionising the …
“We are hungry”
Nidal Abou-Ltaif, the swashbuckling lead of communications and networking major Avaya in the region, talks about how the Middle East …
Dell buys application modernisation firm Clerity
Dell announced yesterday it has purchased application modernisation vendor Clerity Solutions, in its second enterprise software-related acquisition this week. On …
Asavie launches pay-as-you-go VPN for iPad users
Asavie Technologies yesterday launched a SaaS-based VPN for iOS devices that provides remote access to corporate data. Asavie’s iSimplyConnect VPN service is …
Mac users ‘just as easily duped by cybercriminals’ as Windows users
In the face of new threats aimed at OS X, a security expert has warned that Mac users may be …
Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative
As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximise the business benefits …
Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ still suffering low adoption
Although it’s been over half a year since Google unveiled Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich”), the platform has been adopted by just …
IT investments deliver profits: research
Investing in IT departments can have a bigger impact on a firm’s profits than similar spending on R&D and some …
Google buys payments company TxVia
Google has acquired TxVia, a payments technology company, to complement its own payments capability. The financial terms of the acquisition were …
Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive
Hitachi’s former disk-drive division today announced what it said is the first enterprise-class 4TB hard disk drive. The drive has …