According to industry commentator James Taylor, “Analytics simplify data to amplify its value”. The problem is that data today for …
Data – the big picture
In the modern world, data overwhelms us. The power of numbers seems, more than anything, else the power to confuse …
Windows XP still most popular, says research
Windows 7 has expanded its lead over Windows Vista with more than 350 million licences sold after 18 months on …
Samsung hits back at Apple lawsuits
Samsung Electronics has hit back at Apple with lawsuits in three countries alleging infringement of patents on smartphone technologies. Last …
IBM tailors BPM for small business
IBM has customised its new BPM (business process management) software to help small and midsized organisations set up their own …
Greenpeace slams Apple’s ‘dirty’ data centre
Apple has come in for stern criticism in environmental group Greenpeace’s ‘How Dirty is your Data’ report, issued this week. …
Intel smartphone ambitions stunted by Nokia withdrawal
Nokia’s move to the Windows Phone OS took the “wind” out of possible volume sales of Intel smartphone chips this …
IBM to support Windows servers on mainframes
IBM says it will support servers running Microsoft Windows on one of its mainframe platforms by the end of this …
Charting growth
With the anticipated channel growth this year, all eyes are on the Middle East channel. Octagon International MD Sukant Mishra …
Telenor Pakistan upgrades to EMC VMAX tiered storage
EMC Pakistan, a subsidiary of EMC Corporation the world leader in information infrastructure solutions,recently announced that it has completed a …
key SaaS executive, John Wookey leaving SAP
SAP executive John Wookey, who was charged with developing a SaaS strategy for large enterprises, is leaving the vendor after …
Going global
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MoFA) in the UAE is unifying mission websites and building a new network to ensure that …
Toshiba unveils VAR Programme
Toshiba Computer Systems, a division of Toshiba Europe has reinforced business relationships with its channel partners through its Value Added …
IEEE approves next WiMax standard
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has approved IEEE 802.16m, the standard for the next generation of WiMax, which …
Red Hat becomes cloud service provider
Red Hat officials never seem to stop talking about cloud computing, but until recently all the company’s efforts were targeted at …
Raising the bar
The UAE-based Landmark Group is one of the largest retail and hospitality conglomerates in the Middle East and India, operating …
Oracle gives up on commercial Open Office
Oracle announced over the weekend that it will no longer sell a commercial version of the Open Office productivity suite, …
Eros Group partners with Sonos
Eros Group, a distributor of consumer electronics, telecom and allied multi-products in the Middle East has entered into an alliance …
Alcatel launches “smart deskphone”
Alcatel-Lucent has announced the availability of its innovative “smart deskphone” on a range of communications platforms. The Alcatel-Lucent OmniTouch 8082 …
Scality and CTERA collaborate for the cloud
Cloud storage system pioneer, Scality and CTERA Networks an innovator in hybrid cloud storage and data protection, have announced a …