We caught up with several CMOs and marketing executives to find out what they’d ask of IT if they could speak frankly. Here are their seven key requirements.
Windows 8.1 Update 1 leaks online with new features aimed at PC users
A future update to Windows 8.1 has leaked online revealing new features.
Satya Nadella to succeed Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has finally concluded its protracted search and chosen its new CEO: Satya Nadella, who as executive vice president of the company’s Cloud and Enterprise group has successfully steered the shift of the company’s back-end server software and tools to the cloud.
What the Internet of Things will mean for CIOs
In a recent blog post, Frost & Sullivan analyst Andrew Milroy predicts that more data will be generated by machines, or things, this year than by human beings.
Analysing Smart City technology
Smart City technology to grow to USD 20.2 billion by 2020, but organisations need long-lasting IT plans in the next six months, says Condo Protego CEO Andrew Calthorpe
Symantec Q3 decline shows firm battling changing security market
With Gartner predicting the rise of sales of security software, one of the top security software houses, Symantec, appears to be struggling in the market it should be dominating.
Accenture: Large firms enjoy 'digital power shift' from start-ups
The days of technology-focused start-ups being the only market disrupters and growing faster than their larger more established competitors, may be coming to an end, according to consulting firm Accenture.
African mobile operators struggle with network quality
Africa’s mobile operators are contending with capital and operational demands, pressure from shareholders for higher returns and a lack of sufficient spectrum to address the needs of evolving technology, all of which is creating conflict with regulators over the quality of service.
CIO 50 Awards 2014: Honouring innovation
CNME’s fifth annual CIO 50 awards ceremony took place yesterday at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, and served as the perfect gathering of the region’s top IT executives.
Google acquires artificial intelligence firm DeepMind in $400 million deal
Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for a fee of US$400 million.
CrowdStrike: Global cybercrime dominated by 50 core groups
Cybercrime in 2013 was dominated by a core of around 50 active groups, including Russian and Chinese ‘threat actors’ whose activities are only now coming to light, a report from monitoring firm CrowdStrike has found.
HP envisions the holistic data center
Hewlett-Packard has launched a set of services designed to help organisations manage their data centres more efficiently, using the principles of DCIM (data center infrastructure management).
16 million online accounts probably compromised, German government warns
A list of 16 million email addresses and passwords has fallen into the hands of botnet operators, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) said Tuesday.
Rockwell Automation releases FactoryTalk VantagePoint app for Windows 8.1
Rockwell Automation has announced the release of a new FactoryTalk VantagePoint Mobile App made to work natively for Windows 8.1.
Prevention is better than cure
With security so high on the agenda, businesses are doing everything they can to safeguard their networks from cyber-criminals keen to capitalise on software exploits. But do businesses pay enough attention to software updates when there are hundreds of other issues to address?
Air France: Linux servers enhanced by HP cloud solution
Air France says it has automated and increased the reliability of its 1,500 Linux servers by deploying a private cloud solution.
Intel expects to reduce workforce by 5 percent in 2014
Intel expects that its workforce will decline by 5 percent as it heads into a year in which revenue is likely to be flat.
FireEye: Cyber warfare defined by espionage and proxy conflicts
The world is still in the foothills of the cyberwar era but already online confrontation is being defined by an unstable and possibly dangerous mixture of proxy conflicts and old-fashioned espionage, mixed with lower-level digital activism, security firm FireEye has said.
How to prepare your small business for tech success
With vendors and customers taking it easy during the holiday season, business likely won’t pick up until we are a few weeks into 2014. Why not use the extra time to fine-tune your home office or small business for the year ahead?
DCG nominates office bearers
Dubai Computer Group (DCG) has conducted its initial board meeting to nominate the office bearers, after having an election last month, a first since its inception in 2007.