The U.S. Department of Defence has cleared BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets for use on its networks, amid reports …
Mobile working and the cloud leads to decline in demand for PC apps
U.K. and U.S. companies are focusing more on mobile app strategies in the cloud than traditional PC app strategies as …
Salesforce.com to ship Communities app in June
Salesforce.com will next month begin shipping its Communities application, designed to let companies build external-facing social sites for interacting with …
CommVault partners with Qatar Datamation Systems
IT solutions provider Qatar Datamation Systems (QDS) this week announced a partnership agreement with CommVault to promote the data management …
Windows 8 grows slow, XP just won’t go
Microsoft was hit with a double whammy last month as it made scant progress in either boosting the usage share …
The spaghetti problem
Senior IT executives gathered in Jumeirah Emirates Towers on April 24th to discover how enterprise architecture can help them avoid …
The rat race
Each month, we discuss the impact that technology has over a number of verticals and how new trends can change …
Review: BlackBerry Q10
According to BlackBerry representatives, 80% to 90% of BlackBerry’s 76 million subscribers are still using older BlackBerry smartphones with physical …
SAP’s first quarter: The key questions
SAP will announce its first-quarter 2013 earnings on Friday, a report that will get heavy scrutiny from company watchers. Here’s …
Logicom appointed HP printing distributor
Value-added distributor Logicom Dubai has expanded its HP Personal Systems distribution agreement to include the vendor’s printing solutions. Through the …
Primed for growth
Despite being a new entrant to the regional value-distribution landscape, Cerebra Middle East is ramping up fast to cash in on the opportunities around storage and data centre infrastructure. We spoke to Asit Ahuja, Director and CEO, to find out what makes Cerebra tick.
The mobility wave
Mobility is sweeping across the enterprises in the Middle East, creating bright opportunities for a channel reeling under pressure on …
WD reports $3.8 billion revenue for last quarter
Western Digital on Sunday reported revenue of $3.8 billion, hard-drive shipments of 60.2 million and net income of $391 million, …
FVC signs partnership with Sangoma
Valued-added distributor FVC on Sunday announced a partnership with Sangoma, a provider of hardware and software components that enable or …
Alcatel-Lucent makes loss on static first-quarter revenue
Alcatel-Lucent’s first-quarter revenue inched up 0.6 percent year on year, but it reported a net loss after making a profit …
Software AG buys LongJump for cloud PaaS
Software AG has picked up cloud PaaS (platform-as-a-service) vendor LongJump in a bid to give small and medium-sized companies a …
Amazon looks to move security appliances to the cloud, says CISO
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its security offerings with hosted intrusion protection appliances and more extensive encryption …
EMC storage business grows amid slight net profit shrink
EMC reported first-quarter revenue rose 6 percent to US$5.39 billion, while net income fell about 1 percent year-over-year to $580 …
MacBook Pro the most reliable Windows laptop, says report
Soluto’s PC troubleshooting Web service has saved many a forehead from banging against a desk. By scanning computers for installed …
Infor to acquire product configuration firm TDCI
Infor on Tuesday announced plans to acquire product configuration firm TDCI, which the New York-based vendor has been working with …