The Computer Plaza, also known as Al Ain Centre, in the heart of Dubai was once the only go-to destination for all IT products. Today, it competes with power retails, the likes of Carrefour, Jacky’s, Jumbo Electronics and so on. And it’s not an easy game, with power retails taking up most of the market share. This year, Computer Plaza is participating in Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), an attempt to be at par with the big boys.
In the 25 years since India’s most well-known IT services trade group National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) was formed, the country’s global outsourcing industry has experienced tremendous growth, but also its share of ups and downs.
Goldman Sachs has appointed a chief information officer to drive a new technology agenda for its investment banking division.
More PC makers are bringing Android to desktops as users increasingly turn to the Internet for apps, storage and entertainment.
The headline feature of the new iPad mini and iPad Air is its fast A7 processor and Retina screen. And what a thing of beauty is the latter…
UAE money exchange GCC Exchange has signed a contract with Wynyard Group for its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) software-as-a-service.
Moore’s Law created a stable era for technology, and now that era is nearing its end. But it may be a blessing to say goodbye to a rule that’s driven the semiconductor industry since the 1960s.
Engineering consultancy Atkins has helped establish a new government office in the 2022 FIFA World Cup host nation of Qatar using systems based on Esri mapping software.
Apple yesterday announced that App Store sales topped $10 billion in 2013, with December alone responsible for “record-breaking” revenues that exceeded $1 billion.
The mountain of information devices create is forcing companies to rethink how to securely capture, store and retrieve data to derive more value from it, says Greg White, Senior Manager of Product Marketing at CommVault
Symantec has warned against remote access Trojans, programmes that are installed on a user’s computer without their knowledge and allow attackers to access and control them from remote locations.
Skullcandy has yet again come up with a sufficiently high-performance product at a reasonable price.
Wearable technology is an exploding field in desperate need of a category-defining product. And now, with the Consumer Electronics Show upon us, we get to see whether any company can release an uncompromised, mainstream consumer hit in 2014.
Japan intends to deliver an exascale supercomputer in six years. The firm completion date makes Japan novel among the nations in the race to build exascale systems.
A Russian hacker gained access to a BBC server over the Christmas period and attempted to sell access to it to other cybercriminals, reports suggest.
According to the partnership, Metra will support the vendor’s portfolio of SMB and Enterprise solutions through more than 5,000 channel partners across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
The company has invested in optimising its country focus through in-country resources, stocks and on the ground enablement activities.
HP’s Spectre 13 runs Windows 8, but it doesn’t contort, flip, swivel, or do any of the other impractical tricks that look so fun in advertisements. It’s not a tablet strapped to a dock, or a tablet with a keyboard cover, either. It’s just a regular ol’ Ultrabook. A very, very good Ultrabook.
A U.S. senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Target’s security practices after the large retailer reported a data breach affecting 40 million customer credit and debit cards.
The new business unit will focus on internet content filtering and web threat management solutions in the enterprise, education, and government sectors.
