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 …
Informatica adds developer edition to cloud data-integration platform
Informatica has added a new developer edition to its cloud-based data-integration platform in a bid to further expand a partner …
Yahoo claims Facebook bought patents to countersue it
Facebook purchased in the last five months eight of 10 patents it has cited in a counterclaim to a patent …
Amazon CTO: startups lead the way in big data analytics
Startups and small companies are stealing a march on their larger enterprise counterparts by employing analytics at the heart of …
A delicate balance
With the rise in the influence of social media on the business, it’s time for CMOs to get better acquainted …
Making it work
Storage systems can prove to be challenging to deploy and use within organisations. Vendors suggest choosing the latest in technologies …
From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerisation, and the next wave of IT transformation
That’s hardly a new observation. It was most notably made in 2003, in a now-famous Harvard Business Review article by …
BYOD battle: A tale of two opposing IT viewpoints
EdSouth is a bank holding company active in the student-loan arena, and Arrow Container Corp. manufactures cartons and containers. Their …
Big data skills crisis needs vendor action: IDC
Enterprise IT departments are struggling to take advantage of the benefits big data can bring due to a lack of …
Brocade’s16 Gbps fibre channel switch to be offered through channel and OEM partners
The latest innovation from Brocade is an entry-level 16 Gbps fibre channel switch and new host bus adapters (HBAs) that …
Oracle quietly plotting ambitious cloud computing plan, says analyst
During a series of analyst briefings this week, Oracle has provided additional details of how it plans to play in …
Apple, Oracle, Google lead major vendors with software vulnerabilities in Q1
Apple led all major technology vendors in reported vulnerabilities in its operating system and software during the first three months …
Out of the box
Storage is a continuing story as vendors consistently innovate to help businesses cope with increasing amounts of data. Pallavi Sharma …
Beating the odds
Being a hotel at the end of a manmade island may be an appealing prospect for tourists, but not for …
Rackspace launches new OpenStack-based cloud portfolio
Rackspace has unveiled an “early access” limited-availability edition of its updated public cloud environment, built on the open source cloud …
Microsoft credits partners and customers for 20 years of regional growth at Open Door
Microsoft Gulf in collaboration with Dubai Internet City (DIC) recently held the Microsoft Open Door event in Dubai. Held under …
AOL to sell patents to Microsoft in over $1b deal
AOL has entered into a definitive agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications to …
10 most powerful IaaS companies
The 10 most powerful IaaS companies, assembled by Network World with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, …