Teradata and Information Builders have developed a data warehousing package that bundles the latter’s WebFOCUS BI (business intelligence) software with …
Public cloud to surge: Forrester
On the heels of the controversial Amazon EC2 cloud outage last week, research firm Forrester published a timely report on …
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 …
EMC integrates Avamar and Data Domain deduplication
EMC recently introduced the first major upgrade to its Avamar deduplication backup software , which integrates with the company’s Data …
Raising the bar
The UAE-based Landmark Group is one of the largest retail and hospitality conglomerates in the Middle East and India, operating …
Java founder joins Google
Java founder James Gosling has taken a job with Google, he revealed in a blog post yesterday. “Through some odd twists in …
Haves vs. have-nots
A handful of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies have exited the great recession, regained their footing and posted respectable …
Symantec to release cloud management software
Symantec plans to release a full refresh of its Storage Foundation and Veritas Operations Manager software , which will include …
Teradata trumpets business analytics at first regional conference
By Dave Reeder “We start this as a journey. This is our first conference in Dubai – it won’t be …
IT to play central role in Egypt’s future
The central role information technology will play in Egypt’s economic and political future was confirmed by Dr Magued Osman, the …
SAS pushes BI to Apple’s iPad, iPhones
SAS Institute is teaming up with mobile BI (business intelligence) vendor Mellmo to bring analytic applications to Apple’s iPhone and …
Gunning for data centre control
F5 is described as an application delivery vendor, but that term is nebulous to some folks and it doesn’t really …
IT graduates not “well-trained”
There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. Employers agree …
SAP bets on in-memory, mobility in new BI release
SAP is hoping to gain ground in the increasingly heated market for BI (business intelligence) software, announcing a suite on …
Zebra Technologies unveils ISV programme
As an element of Zebra’s channel development strategy, the ISV programme highlights the importance Zebra places on the ISV’s role …
Qatar Exchange chooses Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux
Red Hat today announced that the Qatar Exchange, the principal stock market of Qatar and one of the leading stock …
EMC’s Greenplum offers ‘data’ at no charge
EMC is now offering a community edition of its Greenplum data warehousing platform, as well as algorithms and data mining …
EMC has new KSA GM
Based in Riyadh, Talaat will be responsible for driving the overall strategic development of EMC business in the KSA and …
EMC appoints GM for KSA
EMC has appointed Mohamed Talaat as GM of the company’s Saudi operations. Based in Riyadh, Talaat will be responsible for …
New Intel technology to reduce data centre cabling
The days of data centres containing large bunches of cabling could be numbered according to Intel. The company is set …