The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market recorded robust year-on-year growth in the final quarter of 2014, with holiday purchases and aggressive end-of-year promotions spurring a particularly strong performance in the consumer segment.
BlackBerry posts second straight earnings gain
BlackBerry’s turnaround continues, as the company reported a second straight quarter of profit on last Friday, along with expectations of …
ASUS launches Transformer Book T300 Chi
ASUS has launched its new Transformer Book T300 Chi, which is a razor-thin 2-in-1 Windows detachable, offering the convenience of a powerful laptop that transforms seamlessly into a handy tablet whenever needed, said the company.
Lenovo ‘Superfish’ sabotages laptops
Lenovo has admitted it “messed up badly” by pre-loading software on some consumer laptops that exposed users to possible attack, and said it will soon release a tool to remove it.
‘Incredibly advanced’ hackers hit ME infrastructure
A cyber-espionage group with a toolset similar to ones used by U.S. intelligence agencies has infiltrated key institutions in countries including Iran and Russia.
Business in motion
Alistair Wildman, Managing Director, End User Computing, Mobile and Social EMEA, VMware, thinks that business mobility will be an unstoppable force in the coming 12 months.
Server shift
With Microsoft due to end support for its Windows Server 2003 server operating system in July 2015, time is running out for CIOs to make the jump to other alternatives. In association with Dell and CNME, the vendor hosted a roundtable which drew a mix of esteemed CIOs to discuss the key issues of a migration.
Microsoft launches Office for Android
Microsoft has launched the final version of Office for Android, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint all available for free from the Google Play store.
Where there’s a will…
Nader Henein is all too aware of the ever-present IT security risks that envelope our day-to-day lives. BlackBerry’s Regional Director for the Advanced Security Division describes the ease at which the everyday user can be compromised, and what the company is doing to secure defences.
‘One in six’ Saudi PC OS’s unpatched
Research from security firm Secunia indicates that 17.2% of Saudi Arabia PC users have unpatched operating systems.
Microsoft Q4 buoyed by cloud as profit drops
Cloud services like Azure and Office 365 were once again the stalwarts in Microsoft’s quarterly earnings report, with revenue from those products more than doubling from a year earlier.
BlackBerry CEO Chen demands app neutrality
BlackBerry CEO John Chen wants net neutrality to extend to content and applications, so that developers of apps for Android and iOS will be mandated to develop on the BlackBerry platform as well.
Firm backbone: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2
We took Lenovo’s Yoga Tablet 2 for a spin, and decided whether the upgraded specs justify the $250 price tag.
The power of open source in 2015
Jim Whitehurst, President and CEO, Red Hat, discusses the milestones of open source in 2014 and what the technology can …
Samsung brings curved screen from TV to PC
Samsung is trying to smash the status quo in PCs with a new all-in-one desktop computer that has a curved screen.
Review: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2
Reseller ME’s Online Editor, James Dartnell, tries and tests Lenovo’s latest launch.
Monetising mobility
Matteo Masserini, Regional Sales Manager, Mobility, Middle East & Africa, Citrix, describes how Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions will move beyond the device.
HP: The Enterprise expects
Following HP’s decision to split its PC and printer businesses away from the Enterprise Group, James Dartnell looks at the new companies’ prospects and the thinking behind the move.
BlackBerry, Samsung announce mobile software deal
BlackBerry has announced a renewed enterprise focus, including a partnership with Samsung that provides secure mobile software for certain Samsung Android smartphones and tablets.
Microsoft rebrands Lync ‘Skype for Business’
More than three years after acquiring Skype, Microsoft today said it would rebrand its semi-rival Lync corporate communications platform as “Skype for Business.”