Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter.
5 security-bolstering strategies that won't break the bank
Security experts offer five tips for enhancing security that don’t cost a lot of cash – and sometimes no money at all – so companies can spend their security dollars on the hard stuff.
BYOD: Who's in control?
As more employees demand to use their personal devices for work, IT managers are struggling to both accommodate them and safeguard confidential company data.
Oracle quietly slashes BI software prices
Oracle has quietly cut the list price of its flagship BI (business intelligence) Foundation Suite significantly, possibly in response to increased market competition.
Big opportunities
Big Data is being touted as a big opportunity for the channel to make mega bucks. Should you jump onto …
The balancing act
Does the business truly understand the complications of balancing new trends with less glamorous legacy applications? Joe Lipscombe investigates the balancing act.
In-memory of disk storage
CIOs’ ears perked up a couple of months ago when Gartner declared that in-memory computing (IMC) is racing towards mainstream adoption, and that CIOs must reskill their teams if they want to fully exploit it.
Creating memories
Software AG-acquired Terracotta is making big moves in Big Data; its in-memory tools have seen 2.5 million deployments. Chief evangelist Gagan Mehar talks to CNME about the hype surrounding Big Data and the company’s love/hate relationship with SAP’s in-memory technology, HANA.
Taming unstructured data
The pace of information creation continues to accelerate, but the ability of infrastructure and information management to keep pace is coming within sight. Big Data is now considered a blessing rather than a curse.
5 products Facebook should announce instead of Instagram video
Facebook’s coffee-stained paper invitation to a Thursday announcement in Menlo Park promised a new product, which by all accounts …
Safe investment
Quickly expanding strategic investment company, Tawazun, recently teamed up with Huawei in order to commit to its mission to develop the UAE’s defence sector. The company deployed Huawei’s IPv6-based solution across its vast industrial site, as it aims to ensure faster surveillance response times, a stronger technological backbone, and the capabilities for flexibility and expansion.
Wall Street sets example for testing security defences
Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyber-attack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defences against assailants.
Here to stay
As a relatively new entrant in the Middle Eastern market, GFI Software could be forgiven for not knowing its audience. But at its second Middle East Partner Conference, GFI and sole distributor Comguard showed that the vendor had made a happy home out of the region.
Siemens looking to unload share in networking venture with Nokia, report says
Siemens has started talks with private-equity firms about the sale of its share in Nokia Siemens Networks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Ticking time bomb
The last year has shown more than ever how careful businesses need to be with their data. However, recent reports …
Spectrami hosts TechCafe workshop with Fidelis in Riyadh
Spectrami recently held a TechCafe workshop with General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions to address the concerns over IT security attacks …
Businesses told to give up data when NSA calls
Businesses that receive a court order for data similar to the one reportedly handed to Verizon by an intelligence agency have no …
An APPealing prospect
With a quarter of global enterprises predicted to have an enterprise app store within four years, CNME delves into the …
To boldly go…
For Star Trek fans, it seems like a long time ago since the Starship Enterprise attempted to boldly go where …
Think Big
Big Data has morphed from silent, misunderstood elephant in the room into a huge opportunity for ambitious VARs, says Condo …