Oracle president Mark Hurd used his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld in Tokyo today to speak about the explosion of data …
Intel launches Xeon processor E5-2600 to UAE
Intel today unveiled to UAE users the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, which it said meets the demands of …
Two thirds of firms have no proper mobility strategy – report
Almost two-thirds of firms have no enterprise-wide mobility strategy, despite the widespread prevalence of staff unofficially using their own devices, …
Amazon releases staggering storage figures
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has outlined the rapid growth of its Simple Storage Service (S3), which it says now holds …
Startup YouDazzle combines social collaboration, cloud storage
There are plenty of collaboration software tools on the market, and a growing number of cloud storage options for businesses …
UDID alternatives mooted for mobile ad tracking after Apple rejects apps
With Apple seemingly blocking apps that access UDID (unique device identifier) data from the App Store, developers and mobile advertising firms are …
ITU: Broadband key to achieving 2020 carbon reduction commitments
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency of the United Nations, has propelled broadband to the front of the world’s …
A fragmented entity
At the HP Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas, senior editor, Sathya Mithra Ashok, discovered there’s a lot more to HP than meets the eye.
BlackBerry triumphs in comparison of mobile platforms in enterprise
BlackBerry 7.0 has come out on top in a comparison of mobile platforms and how they meet the demands of …
Dell launches XPS 13 Ultrabook in the Gulf
A regional increase in the ‘bring your own device’ or BYOD trend within the Middle East’s workplaces bodes well for …
Epicor’s business software solutions make it to 2012 CODiE Awards finalist category
Epicor Software Corporation, a provider of business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organisations, recently announced that EpicorHuman …
Lenovo appoints Gianfranco Lanci to head EMEA business
Lenovo, recently announced the appointment of Gianfranco Lanci as senior VP and president of Lenovo EMEA. Lanci, formerly CEO and …
McAfee brings antivirus support to VMware’s vShield
McAfee yesterday announced a version of its antivirus software for VMware’s vShield security technology. The McAfee Management for Optimized Virtual Environments (MOVE) …
BlackBerry and Apple triumph in enterprise-ready OS battle: Trend Micro
Trend Micro recently announced the release of brand new research comparing the ability of several different mobile platforms to meet …
Secure future
The year 2012 is dominated by three key trends – cloud, virtualisation and big data. These may be revolutionising the …
“We are hungry”
Nidal Abou-Ltaif, the swashbuckling lead of communications and networking major Avaya in the region, talks about how the Middle East …
Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive
Hitachi’s former disk-drive division today announced what it said is the first enterprise-class 4TB hard disk drive. The drive has …
Citrix takes CloudStack to Apache, abandons OpenStack
Citrix has abandoned its Olympus OpenStack distribution and will focus instead on its open-source CloudStack operating system, which it has …
4 critical trends in IT business continuity
In IT, failure is not an option. Not surprisingly, organisations have made it a high priority to develop and implement …
Oracle buys ClearTrial
Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire ClearTrial, a leading provider of cloud-based clinical trial operations (CTO) applications, it …