As storage technologies go through massive changes, some analysts have begun to doubt the role and relevance of storage area …
Toshiba Portege Ultrabook
The Portege strikes you as a really thin and light weight laptop; it is in fact lighter than all other Ultrabooks we’ve tried, weighing a little over 1kg, even lighter than the Macbook Air.
Oracle targets SAP with new migration tools
Oracle is planning to unveil new migration tools that help customers port applications written for SAP’s Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise …
India sees large IT investment increase
The Indian SME segment has seen its IT spending largely increase in the last two years, contributing towards 38% of …
How Microsoft Surface stacks up against its tablet competition
Surface will change your expectations of what you can do with your tablet. First and foremost, you are no longer …
SAP MENA appoints new lead for Saudi Arabia
SAP MENA has announced the appointment of Ahmed Jaber Al-Faifi to the role of MD for Saudi Arabia. Reporting directly …
Yammer software gauges emotions in employee posts
Yammer is adding functionality to its cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software that lets organisations gauge the types of emotions expressed …
Oracle's cloud hype set for major escalation
Oracle on Thursday began its run of nearly 100 Cloud Builder Summit events scheduled for locations across the globe until …
Salesforce.com CEO Benioff joins Cisco's board
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has been named to Cisco’s board of directors, Cisco announced Thursday. “Marc has changed the face …
Spectrami partners with LogRhythm for distribution in the Middle East region
Spectrami, value added distributor in the region, has partnered with enterprise-class Log Management and SIEM 2.0 solutions provider, LogRhythm to …
SAP and DSOA unveil plans for an IT training and development institute in the UAE
SAP and Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority yesterday announced plans to launch a training and development institute in the UAE. At …
IBM announces updated security appliance
IBM has announced a new network security appliance to help deal with increasing threats posed by social media sites and malicious websites. …
Rackspace, HP go all in with OpenStack
Rackspace and HP have each brought major portions of their cloud offerings based on the OpenStack code out of beta and into …
Microsoft completes Windows 8, ships to manufacturers
Microsoft announced yesterday that it has completed the development and testing of Windows 8, a major upgrade of its OS for …
Gulf Business Machines to offer IBM PureSystems Technology Demonstrator
Gulf Business Machines (GBM), a prominent IT solutions provider, recently announced the launch of the first IBM PureSystems technology demonstrator …
Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …
Microsoft debuts Hotmail replacement Outlook.com
Microsoft yesterday previewed a new webmail service called Outlook.com that will soon replace Hotmail. The company hopes that new features …
IBM attempts to redefine the IPS
IBM yesterday introduced what it’s calling a “next generation” intrusion-prevention system (IPS), an offering that not only is designed to …
Lenovo and EMC join forces, target Chinese storage market
Lenovo and EMC will team up to develop and sell server and storage technology, with an eye to the Chinese …
Securing wireless networks
When it comes to ensuring 24/7 security and compliance monitoring of corporate Wi-Fi networks, straightforward business economics demands the need …