Training partners is imperative for a successful channel business. Reseller ME investigates how the channel goes about implementing these programmes and the roadblocks.
5 hybrid IT roles your business needs to succeed in 2014
We look at five modern IT roles that are key to gaining competitive business advantage
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.
Japan to tax sales of content downloaded from abroad
Japan is planning to tax sales of foreign online content such as e-books, apps and downloaded music by late 2015, according to a newspaper report.
In the virtual realm
Redington Value has been recently signed up by VMware to distribute its whole portfolio in MENA region, with a special focus on software-defined data centres. We speak to B. Ramkumar, Senior Vice President, Redington Gulf-Value Division, about the deal and further plans for 2014.
Google Compute Engine goes live as commercial service
After running the service in preview mode for over a year, Google is making its IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) Google Compute Engine (GCE) available as a full-fledged commercial service.
Twitter reports it won’t pay tax on the first $107 million of income
The federal deficit – the amount by which the US government’s total budget outlay exceeds its total receipts for a fiscal year – is estimated at $680 billion for 2013.
Lenovo's Reach cloud service aims to replace local apps
After a closed beta for a few months, Lenovo has opened for public preview its Reach consumer cloud service, which …
How do I Watch Free Movies on my Mac?
Watch the latest films and movie classics on your Mac for free, legally and above board. If you’ve exhausted the …
HP updates IT automation suite for cloud deployments
Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management …
HP ships $169 Slate 7 Android tablet
Hewlett-Packard on Friday started shipping its US$169.99 Slate 7 tablet with Android 4.1, which signals the company’s reentry into the …
Apple, Microsoft spar over fees for SkyDrive iOS app
Apple and Microsoft are embroiled in a fight over the SkyDrive app for iPhones and iPads, a skirmish that has …
Google buys parcel storage service BufferBox
Google has bought some more storage, but not the digital kind. The company has acquired BufferBox, a Canadian startup that …
Settling in with Windows 8
You’ve successfully installed Windows 8. You’re staring at the Start screen, in all its flat-tiled glory, and it all seems completely …
AMD to sell ARM-based server chips in 2014
Advanced Micro Devices has announced it will sell ARM-based server processors in 2014, ending its exclusive commitment to the x86 …
Islamic hacktivists’ bank attack claims gain credibility
The ‘denial of service’ attack that disrupted the Wells Fargo & Co. electronic banking operations was the fourth since in …
10 free Android apps for everyday use
There are a ton of Android apps out there — 600,000 in the Google Play store alone, the company said at this …
Intel unleashes high-performance server chips for cloud computing
Intel on Monday said it is developing high-performance server chips that in the future will serve up faster results from …
Oracle collaborates with rivals on CAMP cloud standard
Enterprise software rivals Red Hat and Oracle, along with a number of other software and online services providers, have collaborated …
Compromising cloud security is necessary risk, experts say
Compromises in security are necessary to make cloud services easy to use for non-technical consumers, experts have said. The question …