IBM is buying Green Hat, maker of automated testing tools for integration, SOA (service oriented architecture) implementations and cloud-based deployments, …
Hadoop solidified for production duty
After nearly seven years of development and fine tuning, the Apache Hadoop data processing framework is finally ready for full …
TAQNIA to help build Saudi knowledge economy
The first board meeting of the Saudi Company for Technological Development and Investment (TAQNIA) was held in the Saudi capital. …
Qtel launches high capacity networking product
Qtel Business Solutions (QBS) today launched an innovative network solution that will allow customers with high bandwidth requirements to aggregate …
Big and growing
There is no easy way to say this. Ask a few people about what big data stands for, and you …
Google, Facebook are dominant websites of 2011
Online giants Google and Facebook came out as the most-visited Web sites of 2011, according to a Nielsen report. Meanwhile, …
Mozilla persuades Firefox 3.6 users to dump old browser
Mozilla’s upgrade call last month pushed more Firefox 3.6 users to grab a newer edition than any month since June …
Samsung upgrades Galaxy Ace with more memory, faster processor
Samsung Electronics has launched the Android-based Galaxy Ace Plus, which has more memory, a faster processor and a slightly larger …
Schneider Electric collaborates with Cisco for energy management
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has teamed up with Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking for the …
Intel starts shipping new Atom processors
Intelhas announced the availability of the latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform, formerly codenamed “Cedar Trail.” Designed to provide small, compact, …
IBM’s Watson shows up for work at Cedars-Sinai’s cancer centre
IBM’s Watson supercomputer is about to begun work evaluating evidence-based cancer treatment options that can be delivered to the physician …
Google, Microsoft each seek search “game changer”: analysts
While Google and Microsoft waged “trench warfare” in the search business this year, both are hoping to come up with …
Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung’s HDD business
Seagate Technology, today announced the closing of the transaction to acquire the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics. …
Quad Enterprise Social Software
Cisco’s thin client application allows a user to work across business and social media feeds through one interface Global enterprise …
Office 365: Microsoft rolls it out
A new paradigm of unified computing, targeted at small and medium enterprises, is being rolled out across the region. So …
Twitter gets Saudi cash injection
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company, Kingdom Holding, have announced a $300 million (£194m) investment in micro-blogging …
Big data, security and cloud identified as IT “super themes” in 2012
“Big data” analytics, security and cloud computing will be three of the most significant drivers of technological change in 2012, …
SAP and Google plan to tie cloud based business apps
SAP and Google executives yesterday provided a preview of the companies’ plans to tie their respective cloud-based business applications together, …
Technology for a new year
Gartner has revealed its top predictions for IT organisations and users for 2012 and beyond, and they herald changes in …
Smooth sailing
The transport and logistics industry in the region is making technology investments that span the entire length and breadth of …