Vintage tech: Ericsson R380

The R380 was the first device to be marketed as a ‘smartphone’ after the term was coined in 1997, despite arguments that the Nokia 9000 (released in 1996) and the IBM Simon (released even earlier – in 1994) held the same capabilities.

GBM partners with Ankabut

Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has partnered with Ankabut for the first deployment of an Internet Services Provider (ISP) Control Desk in the education sector in the UAE.

Money talks

How are attitudes towards digital banking in the GCC region changing, and what strategies are needed to ensure maximum customer satisfaction?

Friction-free?

A relatively new school of thought in IT, DevOps is accelerating the pace of software development through cultural and technological changes. How can DevOps benefit the quality of networks, and which aspects of networking are most suited to the change?

Michael Dell, Dell

Dell-EMC deal set to close on 7th September

Dell has announced the EMC acquisition will finally be completed by 7th September ending nearly a year of approvals and decades of history for the two companies that will combine to become Dell Technologies.

Vintage tech: Symmetrix

EMC’s first milestone was the introduction of the Symmetrix 4200 Integrated Cache Disk Array in 1990, which had a capacity of 24 gigabytes, and used RAID technology.

5 things you should know about blockchain

Blockchain technology backs up Bitcoin to this day. In line with this, there’s been an increased interest from a variety of industries looking to optimise it. But how much do we really know about this technology?

Tech responsibility

Laurent Marini, Managing Director, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain, Orange Business Services, gives his take on why the corrosive effects of climate change need to be reversed through smart technology.

GET TAHAWULTECH.COM IN YOUR INBOX

The free newsletter covering the top industry headlines