Microsoft‘s two-pronged push into the tablet market, consisting of the Windows RT and Windows 8 operating systems, confuses customers, an …
Android, iOS benefit from tablet sales surge, but not Windows 8, says IDC
Improving Windows 8 is Microsoft’s best bet for grabbing a larger share of tablet sales over the next four years, but there doesn’t …
With flying colours
When Patrick Naef, Emirates Group’s CIO, joined seven years ago, the team had just begun rolling out its Knowledge Driven …
The big fuss over big data
There is no denying the hype that has surrounded big data over the past few years. Big data is set …
NASA’s role in OpenStack
IBM‘s announcement last week that it would base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish the open-source platform as …
Samsung exec hits out at Windows 8
The grumbling of PC makers is getting louder with Windows 8 doing little to spark laptop sales. The latest complaints …
Virtually unstoppable – VMware: We’re miles ahead
“It’s nice to have competition,” says the senior director of VMware’s pre-sales division, Herve Renault. He sits in Grosvenor House …
Huawei earns SAP HANA certification
Huawei’s enterprise division is ramping up its European presence, following an announcement last week that SAP has certified the company’s …
Pirate software market costs business $114bn, MEA market among largest
Pirated software is costing industry in excess of $114 billion, according to a new IDC survey commissioned by Microsoft. Though …
Cortado presents MDM and virtual printing solutions
Cortado presented its mobile device management (MDM) and virtual printing solutions at this week’s CeBit trade fair in Hanover, Germany. The …
Windows 8 uptake sluggish despite healthy touch notebook sales, says Asus
Touch-based Windows 8 notebooks have been selling well for Taiwanese PC maker Asus, but overall Microsoft’s new operating system has …
The era of PC+
Oliver Ebel, Executive Director and General Manger, Lenovo Middle East and Africa, explains why rumours of the PC’s demise are …
BMI Bank collaborates with EMC to transform IT infrastructure
It was announced today that Bahraini retail and commercial banking institution, BMI Bank, will use EMC technologies to transform its …
Fujitsu launches new Lifebook E Line laptops
Fujitsu promises that its Lifebook E Line laptops will use all the same standard components, including the main board, drives …
30 years of PCWorld, 30 pivotal moments in PC history
Talk about longevity. Thirty years ago to this month, PCWorld published its very first print issue, a 310-page magazine loaded …
Windows 8 uptake slows again
Windows 8’s uptake pace slowed in February for the third straight month, an analytics company said today. According to Net …
Evernote urges users to change passwords after attack
Evernote, developer of business and consumer productivity software for note taking and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 …
Yahoo defends decision to end telecommuting
After causing uproar by calling all of its telecommuters back into the office, Yahoo is trying to quell some of …
Hortonworks ports Windows version of Hadoop
Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops, it was reported on Monday. The …
Nokia unveils new smartphones
Nokia today unveiled a new range of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and announced plans to extend the …