In the new update of DB2, released Friday, IBM has added a set of acceleration technologies, collectively code-named BLU, that …
Cloud-based productivity apps – ‘don’t believe the hype’ says Gartner
Despite the hype, only a tiny proportion of firms have moved towards cloud email or cloud office systems, says analyst …
Time to phase out VLANs, says Aruba CTO
The Virtual LAN (VLAN) model of networking must be phased out to make way for bring-your-own-device (BYOD)-ready networks, according to …
HP updates IT automation suite for cloud deployments
Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management …
Backlash begins against Adobe’s subscription-only plan
A petition on Change.org demanding that Adobe back away from its subscription-only model for its creativity software, including PhotoShop, had …
Intel’s new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption
Intel’s upcoming Atom chips with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power …
Spam’s birthday and Hotmail’s closure lead email milestones
This week was a week for email milestones. Spam – that scourge of the Internet – turned 35 years old. And …
Younity 1.5 could render cloud storage obsolete
As we’ve become a more mobile society—working from virtually anywhere on our smartphones and tablets—we’ve also embraced various cloud storage …
Marissa’s nightmayer
Allow me to begin with a disclaimer – The word ‘Yahoo’ will be used tirelessly throughout this article, therefore to …
Infinite power
Cloud is the technology that knows no boundaries, but contrary to this, the entire cloud community, including CNME’s Joe Lipscombe, …
Can you work effectively without a PC?
There’s plenty of doom and gloom surrounding the PC industry right now. Research firm IDC recently reported a “perfect storm” …
The tech revolution
March saw Gartner bring its global Symposium series to the Middle East for the first time at the Madinat Arena …
VPN logs are no indication of worker performance
Yahoo recently made waves when CEO Marissa Mayer revoked all work-from-home arrangements and mandated that employees show up at the …
‘Ditch Windows RT,’ says IDC
Microsoft‘s two-pronged push into the tablet market, consisting of the Windows RT and Windows 8 operating systems, confuses customers, an …
Yahoo defends decision to end telecommuting
After causing uproar by calling all of its telecommuters back into the office, Yahoo is trying to quell some of …
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VCE announces two systems, SAP HANA qualification
Calling it the biggest news since its creation, VCE last week added two low-end models to its line of Vblock …
Customers to keep a close eye on Dell
Dell customers have shown mixed reactions to the firm’s decision to go private, and are watching developments closely as they …
SkyDrive hosts 1 billion documents
Microsoft announced on Friday that its SkyDrive cloud storage service now plays host to one billion Office documents. While a …
Is VMware in trouble?
It would be hard to disagree with the opinion that VMware has had a tough couple of weeks. In the …