Android tablets are losing ground to new entrants, including the much-criticised Research In Motion PlayBook and even the discontinued Hewlett-Packard …
App stores should cooperate to improve smartphone security
App store vendors need to collaborate more closely to keep smartphone users safe, including putting together a system for grading …
Dome9 launches automated firewall management service
Startup Dome9 Security is introducing automated management of firewall settings on servers in physical and virtual environments with the aim …
HTML5 adoption might hurt Apple’s profit, research finds
The widespread adoption of HTML5 for Web apps could cut Apple’s operation profit growth by 30%, with Microsoft, Google and …
Mobile apps fail at security: viaForensics
A study from digital security company viaForensics paints a stark picture of the vulnerability of smartphone user data. viaForensics evaluated …
OpenLogic to launch tool to build open source software support
Developers and enterprise IT shops will soon have another option for PaaS (platform as a service) in the form of …
HTC buys mobile backup service developer
HTC aims to boost its mobile backup and sync services with the acquisition of Seattle company Dashwire, the company said. …
Mitek to extend MIC tech to insurance and health care
Mitek Systems’ Mobile Capture imaging software, a provider of mobile banking capabilities for bank customers is turning the technology toward …
Hadoop growing but not replacing RDBMS in enterprises: Ventana Research
The growing need for companies to manage surging volumes of structured and unstructured data is continuing to propel enterprise use …
MEA region strategic to growth: EMC
EMC describes itself as a “global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver Information …
CA Technologies updates cloud stack with management tools
CA Technologies has updated a number of its programs to make their users more ready to run some operations in …
Dubai Financial Market leverages power of the cloud
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has harnessed the power of Microsoft Windows Azure to host a visually compelling, streamlined and innovative …
New initiative aims to certify open clouds
After forming in 2009 and stalling a couple of times since, the Open Cloud Initiative formally launched yesterday in an …
Subway changes its menu, adds SaaS
Subway is a fast-food franchise operation with some 35,000 restaurants worldwide. Like many big enterprises, it expected to host a …
“Anonymous” arrests tied to PayPal DDoS attacks, FBI says
The FBI said this afternoon that it had arrested a total of 14 individuals thought to belong to the Anonymous …
Banking on Sage
Fernand Rasetti, COO, Sage, a software development company serving the global financial industry in streamlining processes for core banking operations, …
Kootol Software sues Apple, Google among others
Another patent-holding company has set its sights on Apple and numerous other large companies, and even smaller developers like The …
Is the BlackBerry PlayBook for you?
In early May, I was one of the fortunate few in the UAE to have had a BlackBerry PlayBook in …
Speaking in code
Most of the time, what we coin as new technologies are just standard improvements on older versions in the steady …
Look and listen
Steady growth in the cloud services sector reflects the rapid pace at which companies are moving all or portions of …