Symantec said Windows 8 “doesn’t move the needle much” on security as it rolled out new versions of its antivirus …
Oracle’s Itanium turnaround earns cheers
Oracle redeemed itself this week when it pledged to resume porting its software to HP’s Itanium-based servers, but it should …
IBM launches unified online marketing service
IBM has combined a number of its online marketing software programmes into a unified service, called the IBM Marketing Centre. …
Cloud impact: The implications of network cabling
Shibu Vahid, Head of Technical Operations, R&M Middle East and Africa, discusses the need for speed and flexibility of cabling requirements …
SAP: HANA customer count nearing 600
SAP is close to having 600 customers for its HANA in-memory database platform and is also making some adjustments to …
Android users are prime target for malware
A new report summarising the malware and cyber security trends for the second quarter of 2012 has been released. The report found …
Nokia unveils Lumia smartphones with Windows Phone 8
Nokia yesterday showed off the new Lumia 920 smartphone, the company’s first device running Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 8 OS. …
Sophos appoints Kris Hagerman CEO
Sophos today announced that Kris Hagerman will become the company’s new CEO effective immediately, and will join the company’s board. He succeeds Steve Munford, who will become Non-Executive Chairman of the board.
Hackers leak 1 million Apple UDIDs allegedly stolen from FBI
A group of hackers has released a file containing unique identification data for over 1 million Apple iOS devices and …
Court allows Oracle to keep porting software to Itanium
Oracle said yesterday it will continue porting its database and other software to Hewlett-Packard’s Itanium server platform after a California …
Red Hat to kick off Partner Road Tour
Red Hat announced that it will host a seven-city tour of two-day partner conferences, kicking off in Stockholm, Sweden.The agenda for this tour has been designed specifically for business leaders, sales, pre-sales and business development representatives from Red Hat’s channel ecosystem in EMEA
Psilog International and Precyse conduct seminar on asset tracking
Psilog International and its vendor partner Precyse Technologies recently conducted a seminar focusing on Asset Tracking and now plans to conduct similar sessions across the remainder of the Middle East region
Red Hat and partners hit the road for conference tour
Red Hat announced today that it will host a seven-city tour of two-day partner conferences alongside IBM and Symantec, kicking …
Kyocera Rise: the smartphone for rookies
There’s nothing to “oooh” and “ahhh” about with the Kyocera Rise ($20 with a two-year contract from Sprint after a …
A cloudy forecast
The Middle East currently lags behind other regions in cloud investments, but Ian Harris, Systems Integrator Leader at Ciena, is …
Amazon improves developer friendliness of storage service
Amazon is adding a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing capability to its S3 Simple Storage Service, allowing developers to build web applications …
EMC offers Velocity Distribution Partners new assembly services capabilities
EMC provisions EMC Velocity distributors with the skills and resources required to assemble multi-vendor solutions that feature EMC’s unified storage systems and next-generation backup solutions
Scientists make quantum chip breakthrough
An international research team based in Bristol, UK has reportedly developed a new quantum chip that could enable the creation …
IT execs ‘fined’ for stock exchange network outage
Senior business and IT management executives at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) have been “fined” after a major network outage …
Dell and VMware team up on rack-mountable system
Dell and VMware will sell a bundled system with server, network and storage components in support of virtual desktop infrastructure …