The application of IT is not only transforming the way students learn, but also the way they are being taught. …
A solutions company
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell outlines the company’s aggressive plans to grow its portfolio of solutions by acquiring more intellectual …
IBM embraces BYOD
“IBM has embraced — nearly — the growing bring your own device (BYOD) trend of allowing employees to buy and …
RIM delays BlackBerry tablet OS to February 2012
Last week at its BlackBerry DevCon conference, RIM tried to excite developers about the forthcoming PlayBook OS 2.0 mobile operating …
Critical connections
KSA’s Jarir Bookstore battled the challenges associated with connecting disparate centres of business by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA Series and building …
Quality services – true opportunity or myth?
When I moved to the UAE about two years ago, one of the biggest challenges I was facing was identifying …
New tool to help small businesses plan for cyberattack
With hackers increasingly setting their sights on small businesses, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Monday it will provide an …
Microsoft’s YouTube channel gets hijacked and wiped clean
Microsoft’s official YouTube channel was hijacked on Saturday and all videos hosted on it were temporarily removed. The hacker replaced …
30% of corporate BlackBerry users want new device: survey
The BlackBerry device and its maker, Research in Motion (RIM), were in serious trouble even before last week’s global service …
Riverbed expands cloud storage ecosystem
Riverbed Technology, the IT performance company, today announced an expansion of the ecosystem for the Riverbed Whitewater family of cloud …
NourNet, Zservices to offer cloud services in KSA
Zservices, the provider of local Zscaler cloud security services in the Middle East, has announced a partnership with NourNet, a …
VMware appoints new regional director for MENA
VMware, the virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions provider, announced the hiring of Sam Tayan as its new regional director for …
ADAC selects Juniper for agressive expansion and transformation
Juniper Networks, a network innovations provider, today announced that Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), owner and operator of five airports …
Cloud more hype than reality: Trend Micro
Businesses are much earlier in their cloud adoption journey than hype would suggest, according to Andy Dancer, CTO, Trend Micro …
Private clouds are a last resort: Gartner
Enterprises should consider public cloud services first and turn to private clouds only if the public cloud fails to meet …
Halon releases virtual spam prevention
As several open source based virtualisation solutions have become more and more mature, Halon Security has released its anti- spam …
IBM introduces new systems to accelerate smarter computing
In the largest update to its systems portfolio this year, IBM today announced 55 new and updated server and storage …
Non-IT managers driving decisions on ICT investments: IDC Energy Insights
IDC Energy Insights’ latest annual survey of Western European utilities shows that utilities have positive expectations for the near future, …
Sophos: 64% of IT professionals worry about data on mobile devices
In a survey carried out on the sidelines of GITEX Technology Week 2011, 64% of respondents said they wouldn’t be …
VMware unveils management portfolio for cloud era
VMware has unveiled three product suites designed to simplify and automate IT management. With significant enhancements to VMware vCenter Operations …