A study of NHS data has discovered that there were 20,000 men using midwifery services between 2009 and 2010. The …
Yahoo’s new CEO lays out strategy for smaller, more focused company
Yahoo plans to cut about 50 properties and refocus on its core business, CEO Scott Thompson said in an earnings …
Security remains a top concern for regional enterprises
The 3rd edition of Security Strategist, organised by CNME on Monday, rallied together the information security officers and industry experts …
Intel profit dips as PC and server chip sales decline
Intel yesterday reported its first-quarter earning results for fiscal 2012, with profit dropping on a slowdown in PC and server …
Paying with smartphones to outpace credit cards by 2020, experts say
More than two-thirds of technology insiders believe that paying with smartphones will overtake cash and credit card payments by 2020, …
Toshiba to buy IBM’s retail point-of-sale business for US$850 million
Toshiba said yesterday it will purchase IBM’s retail point-of-sale (POS) business for US$850 million, with the Japanese company taking over …
Google CEO ‘worried’ about the future of the internet
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has expressed his concern that the freedom of the internet is under constant threat by governments, …
HP: Oracle executives believed Sun acquisition was a mistake
Oracle decided on an aggressive strategy against Hewlett-Packard’s Itanium servers after sales of competing Sun’s Sparc servers had been in …
Website vulnerabilities fall, but hackers become more skilled
The number of coding mistakes on websites continues to fall but companies are slow to fix issues that could be …
SpiderOak launches secure storage cloud for businesses
Cloud storage service provider SpiderOak is taking on Dropbox, Box and other more established services with what it calls the …
Dynamic dimensions
At the Cisco Expo UAE, the company and its partners came together to highlight key technology opportunities in the region. …
Out of the box
Storage is a continuing story as vendors consistently innovate to help businesses cope with increasing amounts of data. Pallavi Sharma …
Bonds that last
The systems integrator (SI) a company chooses to work with, and the partnerships it forms with it, can make a …
Beating the odds
Being a hotel at the end of a manmade island may be an appealing prospect for tourists, but not for …
Openwave, Synchronica sell out mobile messaging businesses
Two mobile messaging software businesses – Openwave’s Mediation and Messaging units and Synchronica – were sold yesterday in a sign …
Brocade and EMC partner on cloud initiative
Brocade recently announced that it has been selected by EMC as a networking partner for the storage vendor’s new EMC …
New software bares iOS, Android app performance problems
New software lets IT groups deconstruct mobile apps running live on iOS and Android devices and uncover bottlenecks, glitches, and a whole …
Intel ships new SSD 330 series, but limits it to 180GB storage
Intel’s streak of solid-state drive announcements continued yesterday, when the company announced a new line of SSD 330 drives for …
Software AG buys messaging company my-Channels
Software AG said Monday that it has acquired middleware company my-Channels, which develops low-latency messaging software that will be used …
Samsung to show ‘the next Galaxy’ smartphone on May 3
Samsung Electronics is expected to show the next flagship Galaxy smartphone at an event in London on May 3. The …