BCS members have cited information security as the “most important attribute of the IT professional of the future”. The skill …
“Only HP can bridge paper and digital processes,” Amin Mortazavi, General Manager IPG, HP Middle East
Faced with a myriad of challenges ranging from regional market upheavals, maturing of channel partners, customer expectations around business and …
99.999% availability
Fault tolerant servers from Stratus have redundant components and can ensure annual downtime is less than 6 minutes Stratus Technologies …
Bank Alfalah selects SunGard to help manage expanding credit card business
Bank Alfalah Limited, a commercial bank in Pakistan, has upgraded to the latest version of SunGard’s Ambit Card Management solution …
Server virtualisation pushes storage demand to new highs
In 2001, VMware delivered its first virtualisation products for x86 servers, setting off what has become one of today’s biggest …
Thunderbolt with fibre optics years away: Intel
Intel’s Thunderbolt high-speed interconnect technology, which shuffles data between PCs and devices like displays and external storage, could be years …
Ericsson to enhance Korek’s Iraq mobile network
Korek, a mobile operator in Iraq, has selected Ericsson to modernise and expand its network by a network expansion and …
Intel shows off tablet with upcoming Atom chip
Intel on Tuesday for the first time showed working prototypes of tablets with Google’s Android OS and the chip maker’s …
Worldwide SaaS revenue to reach $12.1bn in 2011: Gartner
Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is on pace to reach $12.1 billion in 2011, a 20.7% increase from …
Intel CEO outlines plans to lead future of computing
Intel Corporation today announced a new effort with Google that aims to accelerate Intel’s business in smartphones at the Intel …
Microsoft opens Windows 8 preview to all
Taking a different tack than it did three years ago, Microsoft has made a preview of Windows 8 available to …
Servers with new Intel Xeon E5 chips due early 2012: IDF
Servers with new Xeon E5 chips based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture will become available early next year, Intel officials …
App stores should cooperate to improve smartphone security
App store vendors need to collaborate more closely to keep smartphone users safe, including putting together a system for grading …
Google lets Wi-Fi hotspot owners opt out of location service
Bowing to pressure from European privacy regulators, Google will soon allow owners of Wi-Fi access points to opt out of …
Research In Motion, Dolby settle patent lawsuits
Dolby Laboratories said that Research In Motion (RIM) has agreed to license audio technologies that were at the centre of …
Nominations pour in for CNME’s ICT Achievement Awards 2011
ICT Achievement Awards 2011, which honours the most credible ICT deployments and IT teams in the region, has received hundreds …
IBM’s futuristic storage aims for speed, density
IBM is working on both super-fast and super-dense storage media that should reach enterprises before the end of this decade, …
Allied Telesis and Saudi Trans Telecoms collaborate to optimise the value of KSA’s ICT sector
Allied Telesis, a provider of secure IP/Ethernet network solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of converged triple-play networks, …
Firms shun e-crime risk insurance: KPMG
British businesses are generally not insuring themselves properly against e-crime risks, according to KPMG. A survey found that over three …
Algorithmic stock trading rapidly replacing humans: Foresight Panel
Algorithmic trading, also known as high frequency trading (HFT), is rapidly replacing human decision making, according to a government panel …