VeriSign said it plans to buy Certicom, just three days after Research In Motion's hostile bid for the security company …
Data center that bets on 100% uptime
A few miles from the glitzy casinos of the Las Vegas strip stands a highly secure, 407,000-square foot building which …
Downadup worm infects 1 in every 16 PCs, says Panda Security
The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least one out of every 16 PCs …
Turning up the heat to save energy
The temperature's rising in online brokerage Scottrade Inc. 's data center — and that's a good thing. The move has …
Al Otaiba introduces world’s smallest wireless “N” routers
Al Otaiba Communications, exclusive distributor for Sitecom in the Middle East, has launched the Pure E-motion | X-Series adding another …
Web-centric IT start-ups in tough times
Venture capitalists flocked to Web-centric information services companies at a record pace in 2008, but the IT industry overall is …
Time to close digital divide: Barret
Craig Barrett spent decades using his business skills to make Intel Corp. the world's most powerful semiconductor company. He has …
Citrix, Novell make a valid run at VMware ESX virtualization crown
VMware and Microsoft should be taking the competition in the server virtualization market very seriously because open source Xen-based products …
Google unrolls go-to-market strategy
Google will launch on Wednesday a reseller program for the paid version of its Apps hosted collaboration and communication suite. …
Healthy dose of IT
Having recently added the Mouwasat Hospital in Riyadh to its existing chain of hospitals in Dammam, Jubail, Madinah and Qatif, …
Cloud Computing works in tough economy
Typically, during a recession, IT departments will assume a conservative spending approach and limit adoption of new technologies, but cloud …
Microsoft postpones Windows 7 public beta
The company did not offer a new schedule for delivering the beta of its newest operating system. “Due to very …
Five keys for data center energy savings
Retrofitting a data center is about managing limitations and trade-offs. Decision-makers have to consider physical limits (such as the weight …
$23M IPv6 network for US military
AT&T is building a production-quality IPv6 data network for the U.S. Army in Germany that will cost approximately $23 million …
Researchers devise undetectable phishing attack
With the help of about 200 Sony Playstations, an international team of security researchers have devised a way to undermine …
Representing business: CBD CIO
Armed with a three year business plan, CBD has ensured that key business executives understand the role and value of …
What Microsoft has in store for 2009
“Through our evolution from Windows to Works and Office on the desktop and similarly on the server front as well …
Researchers devise undetectable phishing attack
To do this, they've exploited a bug in the digital certificates used by Web sites to prove that they are …
Unified communications war will heat up in 2009
Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator client made big waves in the industry compared to IBM's Lotus Sametime …
Thriving on chaos
The mood was anything but geeky at HP Software Universe 2008 in Vienna. From December 9th to 11th, the bottom …