HSBC Insurance in the UK has signed a deal with IBM for analytics software aimed at preparing for the upcoming …
Qualcomm releases Augmented Reality platform
Qualcomm has nnounced the immediate commercial availability of its Augmented Reality (AR) Platform for Android smartphones. Offered through Qualcomm’s online …
More fibre in the telecom diet?
There’s been strangely little fuss about Etisalat’s announcement that Abu Dhabi is now the first capital city entirely covered with …
Public cloud to surge: Forrester
On the heels of the controversial Amazon EC2 cloud outage last week, research firm Forrester published a timely report on …
Optimus partners with OPTI-UPS
Optimus Technology and Telecommunications, a regional VAD of IT and telecommunications products, has signed a distribution agreement with Opti-UPS, a …
Huawei Enterprise eyes growth
Huawei Technologies, a global ICT solutions provider, has announced plans to showcase its ICT based enterprise solutions at COMEX, Oman?s …
Networking Glory
The second annual Network World Middle East Awards were presented at a glittering ceremony at the Address Hotel in Dubai …
Mobile independence
Consumerisation of IT has created a desire in every employee to access corporate information using a array of personal mobile …
Google to offer cloud service for digital maps
Google will open up to third parties its digital maps infrastructure so that enterprise organizations can use it to store …
Charting growth
With the anticipated channel growth this year, all eyes are on the Middle East channel. Octagon International MD Sukant Mishra …
Motorola Solutions tailors new service for enterprise customers
Motorola Solutions, Inc. has announced the addition of Service from the Start with Device Management to its services portfolio tailored …
EMC integrates Avamar and Data Domain deduplication
EMC recently introduced the first major upgrade to its Avamar deduplication backup software , which integrates with the company’s Data …
China Sourcing Fair returns
The China Sourcing Fair for electronics resumes at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, on May 31 to June …
Data analytics powers Etisalat Misr
New entrant to the Egyptian mobile market, Etisalat Misr has carved out an enviable slice of the local market through …
Red Hat becomes cloud service provider
Red Hat officials never seem to stop talking about cloud computing, but until recently all the company’s efforts were targeted at …
Certifications that matter
As companies look bridge talent holes in their IT organisations, there is an increased emphasis on vendor-and technology-specific training. Here …
Oracle gives up on commercial Open Office
Oracle announced over the weekend that it will no longer sell a commercial version of the Open Office productivity suite, …
Alcatel launches “smart deskphone”
Alcatel-Lucent has announced the availability of its innovative “smart deskphone” on a range of communications platforms. The Alcatel-Lucent OmniTouch 8082 …
Scality and CTERA collaborate for the cloud
Cloud storage system pioneer, Scality and CTERA Networks an innovator in hybrid cloud storage and data protection, have announced a …
End-users discuss IT management and decentralisation
“Organisations need to establish benchmarking techniques that track and facilitate maintenance processes across assets, inventory and other resources and the …