Microsoft has patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including …
Ballmer’s bonus dwarfted by peers’, Hastings leaves Microsoft board
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw his bonus shrink a little in 2012 while that of other Microsoft executives rose significantly, …
Huawei customers announce security concerns after congressional report
Three service providers that use equipment from Huawei have said they will take strong precautions to ensure the security of …
IBM expands PureSystems line for data duties
IBM has expanded its PureSystems line of pre-integrated systems to include new models to handle business analysis and online transaction …
On the move, on the money
Mobility has changed the whole landscape of the enterprise. People now want to be able to work from anywhere, at …
IT job numbers decline for first time in 25 months
Although last week’s jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics showed better-than-expected results, the IT industry, was a …
Strength to strength
The peripherals industry is looking up as analysts continue to predict a growth in demand and sales in the year ahead driven by a host of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks. We speak to the experts to take a look at the regional dynamics of the market.
CommScope announces new global partner programme
CommScope today unveiled the new CommScope PartnerPRO Network, a comprehensive network of certified partners to expand support for business enterprise, wireline and wireless customers.
Interactive Intelligence ranks among top 500 software and service providers
Software Magazine has ranked global provider of unified IP business communications solutions, Interactive Intelligence Group, among the world’s 500 largest software and service providers.
Google, LG announce new Nexus phone
Google and LG are reportedly preparing to launch a Nexus smartphone modelled on the Optimus G. Like the Optimus G, the …
Is HP plotting a major turnaround?
HP held its financial analyst meeting this week in San Francisco, opening with the two most important folks in any …
Ten Apple moments in the year since Jobs’ death
It’s been a busy, bumpy year for Apple since Steve Jobs died last Oct 5. The company won a massive …
EMC names former Huawei exec as new CTO
EMC has named former Huawei Technologies executive John Roese as chief technology officer. Roese, also a former Nortel Networks CTO, will play …
Cisco hints at major Catalyst 6500 enhancements
As Cisco wraps up migrating its Catalyst 6500 installed base to either the E-series chassis or the Nexus platform, the company has plenty …
HP takes aim at Cisco, Juniper with SDN market invasion
HP this week will unveil a software-defined networking portfolio that spans infrastructure, control plane operations and applications in an effort to lead the emerging …
Samsung Galaxy Note II available in UAE via Axiom Telecom
Axiom Telecom is now selling the Samsung Galaxy Note II across the UAE, making it one of the first retailers in Middle East to bring one of 2012’s most anticipated smartphones to market.
Keeping the pace
When SunGard teamed up with analyst firm Celent to develop the Bank Readiness Index survey, it exposed weaknesses in the …
Alarm bells for hyped OpenStack project
A scathing report about OpenStack from research firm Gartner warns businesses to beware of considerable hype and says misconceptions about the open source cloud …
7 tips to offshore agile development
You can’t offshore agile. That had largely been the accepted wisdom in corporate IT since the iterative development approach was …
Criminals hack Adobe certificate server
Criminals broke into an Adobe server and provided two pieces of malware with a digital certificate that attest to them …