External disk storage systems saw big year-over-year growth in the first quarter of 2012, with revenues rising 7.1% or $6 …
Server sales continue to decline in EMEA region, says IDC
Revenue from server sales declined by about 12 percent year-on-year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa during the first …
Fabric-based computing could cost IT operations jobs, Gartner warns
Enterprise adoption of new technologies such as fabric-based computing, smartphones and tablets could put IT operations managers out of a …
Samsung gets serious about Linux with $500k investment
It’s been clear for some time that Samsung has a strong interest in Linux; but on Tuesday, the company put its money …
Taking off
After state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines was approved by the Saudi cabinet in 2007 to convert its strategic units into companies …
Cloud-based mobile device management getting hot: Gartner
To place management controls on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference for acquiring …
Growing investment, innovation drives Kenya's tech status
Growing local and foreign investment in tech companies along with the rise of co-working spaces and the presence of global …
Salesforce.com buying social marketing vendor Buddy Media in $689 million deal
Salesforce.com is acquiring social media marketing firm Buddy Media in a US$689 million cash and stock deal, the companies announced …
Cisco gets boost in server shipments in Q1, Gartner says
Worldwide server shipments grew at a slower-than-expected clip during the first quarter of 2012, but Cisco, which has a small …
HP appoints new head of software
Following through on promises to shuffle the ranks of upper management, Hewlett-Packard has hired George Kadifa to head up the …
Red Hat appoints Arun Oberoi as executive VP, global sales and services
Red Hat has announced the appointment of enterprise software industry veteran Arun Oberoi as executive VP of global sales and …
A delicate balance
With the rise in the influence of social media on the business, it’s time for CMOs to get better acquainted …
Apple is 'most valuable' global brand despite Jobs' death
Apple is the most valuable global brand of 2012, a position it also held last year, according to the BrandZ Top …
SAP buying e-commerce vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion
SAP is buying cloud-based e-commerce vendor Ariba for US$4.3 billion, the companies announced yesterday. Ariba’s platform focuses on business-to-business commerce …
SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight
SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire …
Choice partner
CNME asked CIOs to name and explain the elements that they believed made for a strong partnership. Here’s what they …
SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors deal
SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a “loosely coupled suite” …
Worldwide AIM software revenue market grew 10% in 2011: Gartner
The worldwide application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software revenue market totalled $19.3 billion in 2011, a 9.9 per cent increase …
Google makes BigQuery available to all
BigQuery, a cloud-based service from Google for analysing very large sets of data, is now publicly available after a period …
SAP's Sikka fires back against Oracle's 'falsehoods' about HANA
SAP’s technology chief has given a strong rebuttal to a recent presentation by an Oracle executive that was critical of …