Now that carriers have done the big work of getting 4G wireless networks up and running, it’s time to understand …
CommVault unveils new Simpana software
At its SolveForward 2012 event, CommVault unveiled new, next-generation singular information management innovations that further empower Simpana software customers to …
SAP studying CSR potential in the MENA region
“A sustainable business model is one that addresses a real need. It incorporates the intelligent use of technology to tackle …
ME users respond better to our integrated apps: Miranda, Fusion apps
Oracle has seen a higher response rate to its Fusion applications in the Middle East than any other regions, says …
Inmarsat launches new service to deliver IP capability for M2M solutions
Mobile satellite communication firm Inmarsat today announced the launch of a new end-to-end IP data service targeting the growing global …
On the lookout
It might be just another year in the technology evolution chain, but vendors believe that 2012 will bring with it …
Do and re-do
Service providers are launching new services for 2012, and are working to ramp up their support services. All-in-all, they look …
HP updates software for cloud
Hewlett-Packard has updated its Discovery and Dependency Mapping Advanced (DDMA) software package so it will allow administrators to map their …
Oman International Bank opts for SunGard solutions
Oman International Bank has chosen SunGard to help integrate treasury operations, reduce operational costs and better manage its cash, liquidity …
CIO 50 Awards honours the region’s leading IT decision makers
CIO 50 Awards and Forum 2012, the event honouring the leading lights of IT leadership in the Middle East, came …
Ultrabook shipments to reach 178mn by 2016: Juniper Research
Ultrabooks will grow at three times the rate of tablets over the next five years, according to Juniper Research, with …
Big and growing
Collating big data and gleaning intelligence from it is becoming important among Middle East enterprises, as it is the worldover. …
Healthcare should take up digital trends: mHealth conference
Mobile health is here and will change the way people in the Middle East receive health care and interact with …
Google shuts down multiple services
Google will shut down Picnik, Google Message Continuity and Needlebase, amongst changes to other services, it announced on Friday. Google …
Enterprise Hadoop
It’s been a big year for Apache Hadoop, the open source project that helps you split your workload among a …
Retail banking technology spending to increase by $1.2bn this year
Retail banking technology spending in the Asia Pacific region is expected to increase by $1.2 billion this year and will …
Learning innovation
Although young to the UAE, the Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is making the right investments to offer a competitive …
WAN optimisation gets cloud-ready
WAN optimisation is going to be critical in guaranteeing application performance in cloud environments. WAN optimisation has been typically deployed …
US government CIO joins Salesforce
The U.S federal government’s first ever CIO Vivek Kundra has joined Salesforce as executive vice president of emerging markets. “Excited …
“We are a supply chain services provider in the emerging markets” Raj Shankar, Managing Director, Redington Gulf
Shankar heads the largest IT distribution business in the region. At close to Dollar Two billion, Redington Gulf has the …