Companies are struggling to fill the skills shortage in mainframe development as existing staff retire and IT students are put …
IBM tops Cloud provider report
Australian ICT research firm, Longhaus, has dubbed IBM as the most trusted infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) Cloud provider in its new report …
Cyber threats will become number one security concern: FBI
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation anticipates cyber threats to overtake terrorism as the number one threat to the country, …
A fragmented entity
Earlier this month, HP conducted its first Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas, USA. It had earlier been conducting these …
AMD buys SeaMicro for $334 mn, enters server hardware business
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced yesterday it is buying low-power server vendor SeaMicro, a surprise move that puts AMD in …
UAE government pro managed IT services
eHosting Data Fort (eHDF) and Emirates eGovernment today organised a special forum titled ‘Managed IT Services for Government’. At the …
Oracle pulls the plug on old JavaFX runtime
Having changed the underlying architecture of JavaFX, Oracle is discontinuing older versions of this platform for building RIAs (Rich Internet …
Trust is most important thing for success: Benioff, Salesforce
With more and more businesses moving into the cloud, trust is the most important ingredient to success, says Marc Benioff, …
Cloud app integration: the best path
Cloud-based or SaaS applications need to live in an ecosystem, integrated with the rest of your infrastructure and enterprise applications. …
Cloud Security Alliance establishes APAC headquarters
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the establishment of the CSA Asia pacific headquarters.eva chen The announcement came in …
ZTE launches TD-LTE pico base station
ZTE has launched what is claimed to be the industry’s first, next-generation TD-LTE multi-mode Pico base station at Mobile World …
Huawei releases quad-core smartphone with its own processor
Huawei has launched the Ascend D Quad family, which has an in-house developed quad-core processor, as the Chinese network equipment …
Orange to release Intel-based Santa Clara smartphone
Mobile operator Orange has joined the companies backing Intel’s move into smartphones, and will start to ship the Android-based “Santa …
Greenpacket to showcase high-gain TDD LTE modem at MWC
Greenpacket, a developer of next generation mobile broadband and networking solutions, announced that it will reveal the world’s first high-gain …
Cisco Q4 Ethernet switch revenue up, HP’s down
HP’s Ethernet switch revenue dropped 5% in the fourth quarter vs. the fourth quarter of 2011, while market leader Cisco gained 3.3%, according to …
QITCOM 2012 recognises strategic partners and sponsors
QITCOM 2012, the pre-eminent platform for the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Qatar, joined with ICT industry leaders …
RAK Ceramics chooses SAP for ERP
RAK Ceramics has chosen SAP’s ERP suite as it aims to improve process efficiency and drive sustainable business growth. SAP …
Amazon automates business processes with new cloud service
Amazon Web Services has launched Simple Workflow Service (SWF), which will allow enterprises to automate business processes across both cloud-based …
Whitman gives HP harsh report card, outlines recovery plan
Hewlett-Packard has underinvested in its business and become “too complex and too slow,” President and CEO Meg Whitman said yesterday, …
Clouding the midmarket
IBM is pushing deep into the midmarket with a rich portfolio of solutions and cloud services. In a chat with …