Ericsson’s strategic view of the future maps how the TV and media industry will evolve over the next six years and shows that the TV industry will be worth $750 billion by 2020.
Data centres: Why build when you can outsource?
Datacentre outsourcing has become a growing trend, with many large enterprises embracing the financial and operational benefits associated with it, says Sachin Bhardwaj, Director, Marketing & Business Development, eHosting DataFort.
Busting SDN myths
Software-defined networking (SDN) is the hottest thing going today, but there is considerable confusion surrounding everything from the definition of the term to the different architectures and technologies suppliers are putting forward.
New avenues for growth
Reseller ME explores how partners can gain a competitive advantage by embracing software-defined networking (SDN) solutions.
Bloomberg: NSA secretly exploited Heartbleed bug for years
News agency Bloomberg has alleged that the NSA has exploited the ‘Heartbleed’ OpenSSL bug for years to gather passwords and usernames of citizens.
Google envisions Glass in businesses
Google wants to put its Glass headmounted computer system to work. The company is looking to partner with enterprise software …
Interview: VMware cloud R&D chief
VMware’s VCloud Hybrid Service, when launched in May last year, was considered to be a game-changer for the company. Ray O’Farrell, Head of R&D, VMWare, speaks about why hybrid is the future and how VMware is going to play its cards in the Infrastructure-as-a-Service space.
Kingdom connect
Saudi Arabian Airlines have provisioned a $1 billion deal to implement the IT infrastructure for King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia. James Dartnell reports from the development to find out how the airline’s privatised IT arm aims to inspire the next generation of Saudis.
Nokia Unveils Photo-Centric Lumia 930, Plus Midrange Lumias 630 and 635
Nokia phones took their turn at Microsoft’s Build 2014 developers’ conference, too–and not a moment too soon, given the latest smartphone announcements from Android rivals. At the Wednesday keynote, Nokia’s Stephen Elop announced the Nokia Lumia 930, the international variant to the Nokia Lumia Icon that the company recently launched on Verizon Wireless in the US.
Review: Samsung Note 3
Samsung’s huge Note 3 packs a lot of slick features, and is first class for productivity.
DCG organises Disty Symposium
DCG was represented by the board members and working committee members. Distributors from companies such as Asbis Middle East, Redington, FDC, Mitsumi, Logicom, BDL Distribution, Jumbo, MES and Trigon were present for the session and also had their finance and credit teams attend it.
E-commerce set to surge in UAE
Speaking at a London Business School thought leadership forum, industrial leaders said that the UAE retail sector could see an e-commerce explosion within the next few years.
Researchers publicly disclose vulnerabilities in Oracle Java Cloud Service
Researchers from Polish security firm Security Explorations, who found many Java vulnerabilities in the past, decided to publicly disclose the …
Cortana, Microsoft's response to Siri, says 'Hello world'
Microsoft has unveiled Cortana, its response to Apple’s Siri and Google’s Now, as it seeks to make its Windows Phone OS a stronger competitor to iOS and Android.
Gartner: Digitalisation unavoidable
Gartner kicked off its annual Symposium/ITxpo conference at Madinat Hotel on 1st April, and the overriding emphasis of the event was digitalisation.
Intel taps Chinese tech hub to fuel mobile processor business
As devices powered by ARM chips flood the Chinese market, Intel is hoping to popularise its own mobile processors with a new centre built in the heart of one of China’s major technology hubs.
Cisco reveals OpenFlow SDN killer
Cisco is this week unveiling an alternative to OpenFlow for software-defined networking and proposing it as a standard, while adding it as a vital component of the company’s new programmable architecture.
Microsoft to give Windows away for phones, small tablets
Hardware vendors making smartphones and tablets with screens smaller than 9 inches will get Windows for free, the latest aggressive move by Microsoft to increase the use of its OS on those devices.
Citrix appoints Logicom as Middle East VAD
Citrix has announced the appointment of Logicom as its second value added distributor in the Middle East region.
Integrating with best practices
Given the rapid development of Data integration technologies over the last decade, it is difficult to know what the best practices are for each DI technique. Additionally, the desire to integrate quickly to keep up with the growing trend has some enterprises sacrificing quality data integration for quick implementation.