Tech Access, the value-added IT distributor for Oracle, NetApp, HDS, and Symantec in Middle East and North Africa, has recently …
Red Hat to acquire ManageIQ
Red Hat has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ManageIQ, which provides enterprise cloud management …
Future iPhones may smell, taste, and touch (as well as see and hear)
IBM has updated its seventh annual IBM 5 in 5 list of upcoming technical innovations and describes a new generation of machines …
Top 5 collaboration predictions for 2013
The tools that we use to link people, information and communities are evolving at lightning speed. Business leaders and IT …
Google Maps sparks 29% rise in iOS 6 adoption
The launch of Google Maps in Apple’s App Store last week has boosted iOS 6 adoption by 29 per cent, …
FTC strengthens online children’s privacy rules
Websites, mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations, including getting a …
Research shows new magnetic state that could aid quantum computing
Researchers at MIT and other institutions have demonstrated a new type of magnetism, only the third kind ever found, and …
Samsung vows to fix vulnerability in Android devices
Samsung said Wednesday it is working on an update for a software flaw that could allow attackers to siphon personal …
Blue Coat snaps up Crossbeam
Blue Coat Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire the network security vendor Crossbeam Systems. By acquiring Crossbeam, Blue Coat says …
Costly cyber espionage on ‘relentless upward trend’
Cyber espionage is nothing new. So a report from the Defense Security Service (DSS) about efforts in foreign countries to …
Harris Farm gets Hands-on with IBM Flex System
IBM and its partner, Hands-on Systems have deployed the Flex System for retailer, Harris Farm Markets. The system will help the …
Blue Coat to acquire security company Crossbeam
Blue Coat has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire network security company Crossbeam Systems. The acquisition …
Oracle Q2 profits rise 18%, but hardware sales continue to slide
Oracle on Tuesday reported that net income jumped 18 percent to US$2.6 billion while revenue rose 3 percent to $9.1 …
Citrix delivers 2013 tech predictions
At 103 percent the Middle East is reported to have one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world. …
Keeping secure? Virtually impossible
The last 12 months has seen an incredible transformation from traditional IT towards a new, digitalised world which has begun …
Celebrating innovation
SAP is a big company, so it goes without saying that it should present itself in a big way. Sapphire …
Iran struck by cyberattack similar to April’s oil hit
Iran’s national CERT has warned of a new type of data-wiping malware that bears some of the hallmarks of a cyberattack that severely …
Clearing in the clouds: 16 useful cloud management tools
One of the biggest concerns users have with public cloud resources is not knowing how much they will cost, given the pay-as-you-go …
Egyptian hacker releases Yahoo vulnerabilities
A hacker in Egypt has released vague details of three vulnerabilities he claims to have found within Yahoo’s website, the …
Samsung buys SSD caching vendor Nvelo
Samsung Electronics has acquired Nvelo, a Silicon Valley vendor of products for caching data on flash-based SSDs (solid-state disks). Nvelo …