Based on a pilot project with the city of Portland, Oregon, IBM is offering a new services and software model …
African development hubs focus on mobile apps
Increased support of innovation hubs, availability of Web-based public data and increasing adoption of mobile phones have focused the attention …
VMware preparing DLP features for vShield
At the upcoming VMworld conference, VMware plans to highlight new data-loss prevention capabilities in an updated version of its virtual …
Google accuses Oracle of delay tactics in Android suit
Google is accusing Oracle of dragging its feet in providing a large volume of documents related to the companies’ lawsuit …
IBM, NCSA abandon petascale supercomputer project
Citing unforeseen complexities and greater-than-anticipated costs, IBM and the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) have abandoned …
Symantec releases next-gen email archiving software
Symantec has announced its next-generation email and content archiving software, Enterprise Vault 10 , which now purports to automatically classify email …
Dell sells preconfigured Hadoop system
Recognising Apache Hadoop’s growing presence in the field of data analysis, Dell will start selling servers preloaded with the open-source …
NetApp upgrades management software for cloud systems
NetApp has announced a new version of its OnCommand management software, which now allows its storage arrays to plug into …
A class apart
The American University of Sharjah is making calculated investments in the latest that technology has to offer to make its …
Capital scope
When it comes to embracing cutting edge technology to enhance business processes, beat the competitor and please the customer, the …
Fusion-io to buy IO Turbine to reach virtualised servers
Flash storage vendor Fusion-io has agreed to buy IO Turbine for up to US$95 million to extend its on-server cache …
VMware backpedals on price changes after customer criticism
After criticism over new restrictions on the amount of virtual memory customers can deploy before having to buy new licenses, …
Subway serves up PXtech business intelligence platform
The Subway sandwich chain has adopted a new business intelligence platform, from UK IT systems supplier PXtech, for its franchisees …
Former Microsoft exec named new U.S. CIO
Longtime Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel is set to become the nation’s second federal CIO, replacing outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kundra. …
Dell sells preconfigured Hadoop system
Recognising Apache Hadoop’s growing presence in the field of data analysis, Dell will start selling servers preloaded with the open-source …
Microsoft debuts software for homebrew gadget builds
Hardware hackers building their own gadgets may want to take a look at a new offering from Microsoft that promises …
Flash storage moves closer to CPUs
In a bid to maximise the speed advantage of solid-state storage, more vendors are promoting approaches that move it closer …
HTC buys mobile backup service developer
HTC aims to boost its mobile backup and sync services with the acquisition of Seattle company Dashwire, the company said. …
Security experts complacent about physical network: study
Security experts may be underestimating the security threat posed by physical attacks to the Internet’s infrastructure, a Lancaster University researcher …
Barracuda doubles capacity of cloud storage
Barracuda Networks today announced it has doubled the capacity available to customers of its backup service while keeping the price …