It’s an art to begin a presentation with a bang – and Thorsten Heins, CEO, BlackBerry seemed to have mastered …
‘Smart, speed, secure’ – SAP delivers opening Sapphire message
Co-CEO Bill McDermott raised the roof of the Orange County Convention Center in Florida today during the opening keynote of …
Interactive Intelligence partners with Kuwait-based FutureTech
Interactive Intelligence on Monday announced that it has partnered with Kuwait-based FutureTech, which will now promote and distribute its range …
StarLink named Guidance Software’s master distributor
StarLink on Tuesday announced that it had been signed as master distributor for Guidance Software in the Middle East. The …
Embrace mobility or be left behind, says SAP
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s business leaders need to embrace enterprise mobility, or they risk suffering rapid …
Linux code is the ‘benchmark of quality’, study concludes
Fans of free and open-source software (FOSS) may recall a report from Coverity last year that found open-source code typically has fewer defects per …
Four more years
Even the best storage products must eventually be retired – a fact that many belt-tightening CIOs are at pains to …
Learning the ropes
At its Universe event in Copenhagen, Teradata unveiled a new approach to big data which allows organisations to embrace the …
The big issue
As CNME prepares to host the Middle East’s first event entirely focused on big data, it delves head first into …
Google triples free storage to 15GB
Google Drive on Monday announced it is increasing the amount of free storage it offers subscribers from 10GB for Gmail and another 5GB for …
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 …
It’s better to call ahead before sending malware, Symantec finds
Hackers are finding it pays to call ahead before sending malware-laden email. Symantec has seen what it describes as a …
Backlash begins against Adobe’s subscription-only plan
A petition on Change.org demanding that Adobe back away from its subscription-only model for its creativity software, including PhotoShop, had …
SAP expands reach of app store, looks to improve reviews
You know you’re not in iTunes anymore when the app you’re eyeing has a $1,050 price tag, but SAP is …
FVC joins partners to launch Orange Telepresence Centre in Nairobi
Dubai-based distributor FVC on Sunday announced that it had joined with its partner, Sight & Sound, and telco Orange to …
Social ROI: Our Industry’s Screaming Goat
Mike Stiles, Senior Content Manager, Oracle, on how to measure social return on investment. You know the screaming goat meme, right? It’s …
Comstor signs distribution agreement with Panduit
Comstor on Sunday announced that it had signed a contract with Panduit Corp. for the distribution of a number of …
McAfee taps Intel to offer high-throughput intrusion-prevention system
McAfee is taking advantage of its new owners by rolling out a high-throughput intrusion-prevention system (IPS) family built on Intel …
IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks
The combination of highly virtualised environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations …
Comguard announces strong GFI sales results for 2012
Comguard on Thursday announced that it has achieved serious growth in the sales of GFI Software products across the Middle …