The ‘Internet of Everything’ (IoE) is expected to enable global private-sector businesses to generate at least $613 billion in global …
Ethics and enthusiasm
I was back on my travels last month — Florida, to be exact. I was one of the 20,000 people …
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Den Sullivan, Head of Architectures for Emerging Markets, Cisco
Wi-Fi’s fast 802.11ac standard may pay off big in mobile
The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it’s used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots – eventually.
Prologix enters telecoms domain with new Prologix Comserve division
In response to the growing regional demand for high-speed, wireless Internet connectivity, Prologix Distribution has opened a new division that will specialise in RF communication services and solutions for telecoms operators in the MENA region.
Review: Samsung WB250F Smart Camera
The upshot is that, if you want something a little more capable than your smartphone camera, and you don’t want to pay much for it, you won’t go wrong with the WB250F.
Many companies are negligent about SAP security, researchers say
SAP has significantly improved the security of its products over the past few years but many of its customers are negligent with their deployments, which exposes them to potential attacks that could cripple their businesses, according to security researchers.
SAP goes soppy at Sapphire
With approximately 80,000 people tuning in digitally around the world, SAP’s board of executives preached to a near 100,000 strong crowd in Florida — and the message could not have been clearer; it believes HANA is the future of business.
MVNO can do
With Saudia Arabia’s telecoms regulator, the CITC, set to award the country’s first three mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licences in the coming quarter, Ben Rossi examines why — contrary to other regions — they are yet to play a major part in the Middle East’s telecoms industry.
Firms take 10 hours to spot data breaches, McAfee finds
The average organisation believes it would spot a data breach in 10 hours, a McAfee global survey of IT professionals has found. But is that result good, indifferent or an indication of the downright complacent?
Bolstering business security is becoming top priority
Dan Smith, Head of Integrated Marketing for the Middle East and Africa region of Xerox’s Developing Markets Operations. Security …
CloudOn CEO: Office Mobile for iPhone is ‘half-baked’
Microsoft’s Office Mobile for iPhone is a “half-baked” effort that breaks basic features like file compatibility, according to the chief executive of rival CloudOn, which provides Office compatibility across the Apple iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms.
Forrester CEO George Colony touts CIO-CMO collaboration
Forrester founder and CEO George Colony has touted the shift from IT to business technology and urged CIOs to get …
IBM re-moulds DB2 10.5 as a Hadoop killer
In the new update of DB2, released Friday, IBM has added a set of acceleration technologies, collectively code-named BLU, that …
R&M upgrades fibre optic cables for data centres
R&M on Sunday announced that it had upgraded its entire range of fibre optic cables for data centres to bend-insensitive multimode fibre (BIMMF) standards.
Mobile users to embrace LBS and QR codes, says TNS study
Location-based services (LBS) and quick-response (QR) codes are set to become the next big mobile growth feature, according to the …
Microsoft launches new Embedded OS to harness the data of devices
“It’s now essential for businesses to tap into the vast potential of data if they want to compete,” says Kevin …
Google detects phishing attacks in Iran ahead of elections
Google has detected large-scale phishing attacks targeting users in Iran, ahead of presidential elections in the country. The company has …
WWDC: Siri gets smarter in iOS 7, ditches Google for search
As part of Apple’s iOS 7 preview, Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue showed off some …
US charges eight with multi-million-dollar cyber-crime
U.S. federal prosecutors charged eight people on Wednesday in connection with a multi-million-dollar fraud that siphoned money from hacked accounts …