Josef Miskulnig worked in IBM from 1977 to 1996. In 1997 he decided to set up Fast Lane as both …
SAP and Google plan to tie cloud based business apps
SAP and Google executives yesterday provided a preview of the companies’ plans to tie their respective cloud-based business applications together, …
Riverbed upgrade targets video, satellite traffic
A Riverbed software upgrade means more efficient distribution of video over WANs and optimising traffic that runs over satellite links. Riverbed is …
Google Apps has more in the pipeline: VP
Google plans to announce in the coming month or so several customer wins for Google Apps that exceed 100,000 users, …
RSA security lapse led to March hack, says researcher
The attack that hacked RSA Security’s network earlier this year succeeded because the company failed to take a basic security …
Google Apps adds around-the-clock phone support
Addressing a major source of complaints with its Apps suite, Google has announced that it will now offer around-the-clock phone …
FVC signs Esnatech to offer cloud-based UC in MENA
FVC, a VAD in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has signed a partnership agreement with Esna Technologies (Esnatech), …
Back to school
The application of IT is not only transforming the way students learn, but also the way they are being taught. …
Critical connections
KSA’s Jarir Bookstore battled the challenges associated with connecting disparate centres of business by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA Series and building …
DIC to showcase technology incubation, innovation and collaboration at GITEX 2011
Dubai Internet City (DIC) today announced it will bring together key technology leaders Microsoft, HP and Qualcomm and share success …
Juniper takes on Cisco, HP in ‘simple’ networking
Juniper this week unveiled a portfolio of switching, wireless and security products designed to enable enterprises to easily deploy them …
Peripheral pressure
Printer, display and storage vendors are facing a host of game changing pressures from multiple and varied areas Across the …
99.999% availability
Fault tolerant servers from Stratus have redundant components and can ensure annual downtime is less than 6 minutes Stratus Technologies …
Google, Motorola file for merger clearance
Google and Motorola Mobility plan to file for pre-closing antitrust clearances for the merger of Motorola with a Google subsidiary …
Google apologises for Docs outage
A software upgrade that went wrong caused parts of the Google Docs cloud-hosted office productivity suite to go offline for …
Carol Bartz out as Yahoo CEO
Carol Bartz has been fired from her job as Yahoo CEO and replaced on an interim basis by the company’s …
Panasonic Marketing Middle East selects ISIT to consolidate storage islands
ISIT Middle East, specialising in data storage and security solutions, today announced it has consolidated the storage infrastructure across the …
HTC’s Mango phones, Titan and Radar, out next month
HTC recently launched two smartphones running Microsoft’s latest update of its mobile operating system, called Mango, as Microsoft struggles to …
Citrix personalises, extends virtual desktops
Working to boost the versatility and speed of virtual desktops, Citrix Systems has updated its XenDesktop software to allow users …
New AMD CEO faces challenges in mobile
Newly minted Advanced Micro Devices CEO Rory Read faces a challenge in turning around the company’s mobile strategy to wage …