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 …
Dubai – a different future?
Before I finally leave Dubai, a place I’ve worked in for 20 years and called home for the last ten, …
Tablet sales to soar through 2015: Gartner
Gartner Wednesday revised its worldwide IT spending forecast upward, mostly in response to strong 2010 sales of media tablet computers …
MediaTek opens Dubai office
Taiwanese mobile chipset maker MediaTek has opened its office in Dubai, a move the the company believes will help it …
BitDefender unveils new partner programme
BitDefender, a provider of innovative Internet security solutions, launched the BitDefender Partner Advantage Network, a new channel partner programme designed …
SunGard solution for managing talent
SunGard Higher Education announced yesterday, the availability of its new Talent Management Suite, a fully integrated solution for managing learning, …
Haves vs. have-nots
A handful of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies have exited the great recession, regained their footing and posted respectable …
UAE ranked seventh on government spending efficiency
The UAE is ranked seventh in the world in terms of efficiency of government spending in the 2010-2011 Global Competitiveness …
Brocade unites IPv4 and IPv6
Brocade this week unveiled software for its application acceleration switches that enables them to function as gateways between existing IPv4 …
IBM to acquire facilities management software company
Filling out its portfolio of Smarter Buildings offerings, IBM is acquiring Tririga, a provider of facility and real estate management …
Brocade unites IPv4 and IPv6
Brocade this week unveiled software for its application acceleration switches that enables them to function as gateways between existing IPv4 …
Google funds tools to expose attempts to control the internet
In the wake of Internet blackouts in Egypt and Libya, Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million …
Huawei eyes distribution channel with smart devices launch
Following the unveiling of the IDEOS smart devices, Chinese vendor Huawei has revealed that it?s eyeing the Middle East distribution …
Intel acquires Egypt-based SySDSoft
Intel Corporation, through its standalone business entity Intel Mobile Communications recently announced that it has acquired most of the assets …
SecureVAD to recruit partners
SecureVAD, the exclusive distributor for STEALTHbits across EMEA and Asia-PAC is planning to set up shop in the UAE. The …