In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based “thin” virtual switch for …
Dubai down under
The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) may not be a home-grown school of higher education, but it has made …
The new era of big data management: Analytics
Amr Refaat, General Manager, IBM Middle East and Pakistan, talks managing big data and what big data trends will mean …
A smarter world
IBM is a special brand in the IT world. It’s home to over 433,000 employees worldwide and one of the …
Oracle suffers in storage market slowdown
According to Gartner, Oracle suffered the most as growth in the storage market continued to slow during the end of …
Selling to SMBs
Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) represent an important element in the business ecosystem of the Middle East. Industry analysts predict …
Don’t nail the lid on the PC coffin just yet
Mobile is the ultimate craze sweeping across the IT galaxy, but even though IBM recently announced its first MobileFirst software …
MEA external storage market in decline – IDC
According to the latest figures from IDC, the MEA region’s external storage market suffered a year-on-year decline in the last …
The big fuss over big data
There is no denying the hype that has surrounded big data over the past few years. Big data is set …
NASA’s role in OpenStack
IBM‘s announcement last week that it would base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish the open-source platform as …
AWS provides easy entry to SAP HANA
It’s no secret that SAP’s HANA in-memory database has become the centrepiece of the software vendor’s technology strategy. HANA features …
No jeopardy for Watson
Following IBM’s February announcement that Watson – its groundbreaking artificial intelligence computer system – will carry out its first commercial …
30 years of PCWorld, 30 pivotal moments in PC history
Talk about longevity. Thirty years ago to this month, PCWorld published its very first print issue, a 310-page magazine loaded …
FireEye launches new threat protection platform
Security company, FireEye, has announced a new threat protection platform designed to help enterprises deploy new security models to counter …
Cisco makes server vendor top 5 for the first time
Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu …
Big data analytics steals the show in Vegas
With the hundreds of conferences that CPI Technology attends, we get a very good grasp of the major themes and …
HP outlines Big Data Security strategy
HP on Monday unveiled its Big Data Security strategy, describing how combining the enterprise search and knowledge management resources from its Autonomy subsidiary …
Tech stocks rise despite declining PC sales
Despite PC giants HP and Dell reporting significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other …
Dell comes out fighting
Dell executives went on the offensive this week, claiming that the firm can trump Cisco in the information technology security market, as …
The virtual legacy
It took a long time for companies to come around to the idea of virtualising their environments. Virtualisation is a …