HP today announced additions to its desktop-to-data centre client virtualisation portfolio that offer users improved flexibility, security and productivity. Announced …
Intel gears up for growth
Intel says its addressable market in the GCC is growing by three times and the processor company is realigning its …
Cisco to invest $10m in Jordan
Cisco today announced that it will invest $10 million to seed a sustainable model of job-creation and economic development in …
Regional firms turn to green storage: ISIT
“Green storage and cloud technologies are gaining popularity among regional CIOs as they become the main driver for reducing CAPEX …
Data theft costs Bank of America $10m
A Bank of America insider who sold customer data to criminals cost the bank at least US$10 million in losses. …
Microsoft previews Mango
Microsoftyesterday, previewed the next major release of Windows Phone, code named “Mango” for the Gulf Region at a media event …
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Bureaucracy is the curse of government. This is a worldwide truism but many of us hoped that the widespread adoption …
du completes LTE pilot
du has successfully conducted and completed its first pilot on Long Term Evolution (LTE) on its mobile network supporting mobile …
Aramex to deploy marketing apps
Aramex, the global logistics and transportation solutions provider, has chosen nPario’s ‘big data’ marketing applications. nPario’s Insights Engine and Segment …
Layered fraud prevention on the rise: Gartner
By 2014, 15% of enterprises will adopt layered fraud prevention techniques for their internal systems to compensate for weaknesses inherent …
Mainframe, meet cloud
Mainframes are stable, secure and under your control – perfect for anchoring a private cloud- but where’s user provisioning? Mention …
UAS Dubai named SMART Showcase School
The Universal American School (UAS) in Dubai has been named the first SMART Showcase School in the United Arab Emirates …
PlayStation Network hack will cost Sony $170m
Sony expects the hack of the PlayStation Network and will cost it ¥14 billion (US$170 million) this financial year, it …
Companies talk standards at Security Spotlight Forum
At the HelpAG Security Spotlight Forum, held today in Dubai, the company delved into the world of compliance standards focusing …
Industry agrees on vulnerability reporting format
Three years after its founding, the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) is starting to bear …
IBM to invest $100m in big-data analysis research
Sensing a greater need in big-data analysis tools, IBM will invest US$100 million to research advanced large-scale analytics, the company …
Gartner outlines contractual terms to reduce cloud risks
IT procurement or sourcing managers challenged with finding sourcing options that reduce costs at tolerable risks should examine nine contractual …
Sony takes down PlayStation Network after URL error
Nothing comes easy to Sony these days. The company was forced to take part of its Sony PlayStation Network offline …
Siemens SCADA hacking talk pulled over security concerns
A planned presentation on security vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems was pulled Wednesday over worries that the information in …
VMware debuts sign-on service for cloud apps
In the hopes of simplifying cloud operations for organisations, VMware has launched a federated sign-on service for cloud applications. The …