With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, as well as Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software …
Google unveils touchscreen Chromebook Pixel
Google on Thursday unveiled the $1,299 touchscreen Chromebook Pixel, a pricey slab of hardware that runs Google’s Web-centric Chrome OS, but defies …
Dell pushes Office 365 on new PCs
Some major computer makers are pushing Office 365 with their new PCs, but others have stuck with a more traditional …
Coke bottler forgoes SAP for SaaS
A recent Gartner report showed that even in the poorest segments of the SaaS market, the annual growth rate is …
HP Moonshot server due next quarter
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announced on Thursday that the firm’s first low-power server for hyperscale computing environments, developed under a …
Citrix unveils MDM tool for Android, iOS devices
Citrix on Wednesdy announced XenMobile, a rebranded and integrated mobile device management (MDM) software, which the company acquired through its acquisition …
Microsoft shows off next-gen UC at Lync Conference 2013
Microsoft’s Lync Conference 2013 this week saw a demonstration of the Lync unified communications platform, including clients for Android devices, iPhones and iPads …
Dell comes out fighting
Dell executives went on the offensive this week, claiming that the firm can trump Cisco in the information technology security market, as …
Cisco declares war on Microsoft’s Lync
Cisco has apparently declared war on Microsoft’s unified communications platform, having chosen the eve of the first Lync conference to describe …
‘We mean business’ – Whitman’s war cry at HP’s GPC 2013
Meg Whitman, CEO and President of HP, walked out on stage today at HP’s Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas to a huge roar from over two thousand global partners and boldly stated that HP means business.
HP makes huge converged portfolio announcements at GPC 2013
HP today announced major innovations that strengthen its HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio, on day one of its global partner conference in Las Vegas, USA.
Qatar-based Peregrine becomes Huawei partner
Huawei announced on Tuesday that it has added Qatar-based distributor Peregrine to its authorised partner network in the Middle East. …
Three alternatives to Adobe Reader
Another day, another critical security exploit discovered for Adobe Reader. The PDF software’s near-ubiquitous presence has made it a big, fat, …
By royal appointment
It’s been an exciting year for King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH). Situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the state-of-the-art hospital …
The virtual legacy
It took a long time for companies to come around to the idea of virtualising their environments. Virtualisation is a …
Preventing a BYO Disaster
The use of smartphones has become almost ubiquitous, with tablets not far behind. It is estimated there are two billion …
Microsoft raises Office for Mac prices
Microsoft has quietly raised prices of Office for the Mac by as much as 17 percent, and has also stopped …
Microsoft to drop support for Windows 7 RTM
Microsoft last week reminded customers that the first edition of Windows 7, which was launched more than three years ago, …
Symantec awards EMEA channel partners
Symantec on Monday announced the 2012 EMEA Channel Excellence Award winners at its annual EMEA partner conference, recognising six partners …
It’s all about mid-market
The burgeoning mid-market is offers a plethora of opportunities for the channel willing to invest in services and solutions, and …