Microsoft executives said Windows Server 8, the beta of which is expected out in the next several weeks, is the …
Rio Tinto ramps up automated IT-driven mining
Mining giant Rio Tinto is massively expanding its Mine of the Future programme, in which IT drives automated exploration and …
Whitman gives HP harsh report card, outlines recovery plan
Hewlett-Packard has underinvested in its business and become “too complex and too slow,” President and CEO Meg Whitman said yesterday, …
HP profit falls 44 percent amid weak PC sales
Hewlett-Packard’s profit dipped sharply in the first quarter as consumers slowed spending on its PCs and printers, HP announced Wednesday. …
IBM reveals new features in security intelligence platform
IBM today unveiled new capabilities to its security intelligence platform to give organisations the ability to protect themselves from increasingly …
Clouding the midmarket
IBM is pushing deep into the midmarket with a rich portfolio of solutions and cloud services. In a chat with …
Disaster recovery high on the agenda in ME: eHDF study
Organisations in the Middle East are paying more attention to disaster recovery than ever before, the findings of the ‘Second …
Samsung launches the SlatePC in the UAE
Samsung today announced the launch of the all new Series 7 Slate PC. Samsung representatives described the device as combiningg …
Hard drive supply issues weigh on Dell’s Q4 earnings
Dell’s fourth-quarter earnings were weighed down by weak consumer PC sales and by pricing and supply issues caused by the …
Microsoft to tightly integrate Windows 8 and SkyDrive
Microsoft will extend SkyDrive from being an online file storage service into what the company calls “a device cloud” that …
Aruba simplifies IT management of employee-owned mobile devices
Aruba Networks this week unveils software designed to protect corporate data and networks when accessed by employee-owned mobile clients, whether …
Adobe reveals more on Creative Cloud launch plans
Adobe has revealed that it will launch its Creative Cloud software-and-services bundle alongside Creative Suite 6 (CS6) in the first half of …
Ericsson acquires Wi-Fi specialist BelAir Networks
Ericsson has entered into an agreement to buy privately held Canadian Wi-Fi company BelAir Networks, as operators get increasingly interested …
Unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011
The number of unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011, McAfee notes in its fourth-quarter threats report for 2011, …
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 available for download
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the release of the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. The software update is now …
GBM announces 35% growth in virtualisation
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) today said virtualisation will be a major growth factor for the company in 2012 after announcing …
UAE shows surge in online finance research and banking: Google study
Search engines are the most used and preferred tool for finance research in the UAE, a study commissioned by Google …
Microsoft IE privacy policy is impractical: Google
Google yesterday dismissed Microsoft’s accusation it had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer. It said Microsoft’s privacy protection feature, known …
Businesses can use new hosted service to create, manage mobile apps
Antenna Software will today launch a hosted service that will let businesses design, build, publish, manage and analyse mobile apps …
Deadline extended for Network World Middle East Awards
Due to a large amount of interest, we have decided to extend the entry period for this year’s Network World …