Not known for making bold investments in ICT, the construction sector is showing signs of rapid change. Pallavi Sharma discovers …
We want to be number one by 2015: Huawei
Huawei Technologies, the leading networking solutions vendor from China, expects the enterprise division of the business to contribute 20% of …
Canon ImageClass MF8380Cdw
Despite a few drawbacks, this affordable, feature-complete color laser multifunction printer is well-suited to small-office use. At $600 (as of …
Canon ImageClass MF8080Cw
Tradeoffs accompany this printer’s low sticker price The small-office-oriented Canon ImageClass MF8080Cw color laser multifunction printer looks expensive, but it’s …
A continuing story
Business continuity (BC) is not yet fully understood by most large Middle East enterprises, and is often confused with its …
Digital uptake fuelling regional growth-TNS MENA
“The GCC will see continuous development and show above-average growth at 3.9% in 2012, compared to flat lining scenarios in …
Former Genentech chief to chair Apple
Arthur Levinson, former CEO of biotech company Genentech, is taking on the chairmanship of Apple’s board, filling the role that …
AMD’s 16-core Opteron chips arrive after wait
After a brief delay and more than a year of chatter, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today announced the availability of …
Focus Softnet acquires stake in Insta Health Solutions
With this new investment, Insta HMS will become an integral part of Focus Softnet’s product line, thus allowing the company …
Value spin off
Almasa has chosen to spin off its value division leveraging on industry stalwart Roger El Tawil to deliver on the …
MENA yet to embrace the cloud: SAP
As part of the agenda at SAP SAPPHIRE NOW Madrid, Spain yesterday, I had an opportunity to meet with Sam …
SAP clears the clouds in Spain
German IT giant, SAP AG today announced significant new advances in the core areas of its cloud strategy and cloud …
Small businesses stuck in IT ‘dark age’: Intel
A shortage of money, combined with a lack of technical expertise, is keeping half of small businesses in a technology …
Toyota expects to offer health care robots in 2013
Toyota Motor Corporation is bringing high tech to health care, as it works on a family of robots geared to …
Back to school
The application of IT is not only transforming the way students learn, but also the way they are being taught. …
Critical connections
KSA’s Jarir Bookstore battled the challenges associated with connecting disparate centres of business by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA Series and building …
IBM introduces new systems to accelerate smarter computing
In the largest update to its systems portfolio this year, IBM today announced 55 new and updated server and storage …
SAS launches D1 appliance at CNME’s CIO Council roundtable
At a crowded CIO Council roundtable today, the Middle East arm of SAS, an international leader in business analytics, announced …
HP Envy 110 MFP
If a good-looking product is paramount to you, then the elegant Envy 110 MFP may be just what you seek–but …
Viva vibe
Kuwait’s Viva Telecom implements a data warehouse and business intelligence (DWBI) solution to benefit business operations, Pallavi Sharma reports. As …