When Cisco sold its home networking arm, Linksys, to rival Belkin in January, the firm said that it wanted to …
Enterprise networking and smart investments
Sufian Dweik, Regional Manager, MEMA, Brocade, details four opportunity areas that networking managers should focus on. Many enterprises in the …
Linux now available on Windows 8 machines
The Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware …
Global Knowledge plans BYOD roadshow
Global Knowledge has announced that it will host a BYOD roadshow across the MEA region between February 17 and 27. …
Businesses urged to tool up for big data
Middle East businesses have been urged to tool up in order to harness big data, gaining value from their exponentially …
Children found distributing malware
Following its latest threat report, security firm AVG has noted a “disturbing” new trend in the world of cybercrime – …
Gemalto to provide Oman with ePassports
Gemalto on Sunday announced that it will be providing an end-to-end electronic passport solution for the Sultanate of Oman as …
MENA cloud spending to reach $462.3m in 2013
Gartner on Sunday predicted that the MENA public cloud services market will generate $462.3 million in revenue during 2013, marking …
Oracle to release more Java patches
According to a company blog post, Oracle is due to release another batch of patches for Java SE on February …
Financial malware authors return to basics
Financial malware authors are returning to traditional, phishing-like, credential-stealing techniques in order to evade detection, according to researchers from security …
Flash Player vulnerabilities trigger emergency update
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been …
Comguard hosts EC Council partner roadshow
EC Council distributor Comguard recently held a roadshow in Dubai, attracting a large number of partners from across the Middle …
Cloud World Forum quickly attracts delegates
Over 200 delegates have already signed up to join global cloud experts at the third annual Cloud World Forum MENA, …
Bit9 chooses Bridge as distributor
Bridge Systems this week announced that it had been chosen by advanced threat protection vendor Bit9 to be a value-added …
Spectrami opens Moroccan office
As part of its Middle East expansion plans, distributor Spectrami on Tuesday opened its new office in Casablanca, Morocco. The …
Gartner: IT pros will warm up to OS X
According to Gartner, by the end of next year, Apple laptops and notebooks will be just as accepted by IT …
2012 ‘year of the exploit’
In a security landscape report released on Tuesday, security software maker F-Secure claimed that 2012 was the “year of the …
Chinese malware targets US drones
Security firm FireEye has claimed that a series of targeted malware attacks detected a year ago are almost certainly part …
Sophos unveils Mobile Control 3.0
Sophos on Tuesday unveiled Mobile Control 3.0, the latest version of its MDM (mobile device management) product for Android-based tablets …
Java for OS X restored
Apple on Friday released its own update for Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s …