It is an all-too-common headline: Prominent website brought down by attackers. The backstory to this growing threat to business is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS).
Microsoft details Office Web Apps enhancements
Microsoft is test driving a new version of its Office Web Apps suite, whose applications are hosted by the vendor …
Oracle set to hype advances in Exalogic 'cloud in a box'
Oracle is planning to discuss how its Exalogic application server machine is “the logical choice” for running applications, during a special …
Dell's cloud plans slip behind schedule
Dell announced an aggressive schedule last year to roll out cloud-based application services, but it now looks like the schedule …
Mobile device policies need to be liberal but firm: Gartner
Companies that put in dedicated policies for trusted work systems are now faced with a deluge of mobile devices in …
Almasa Value Distribution announces new lead for convergence business
Almasa Value Distribution has recently announced the appointment of Jeevan Bhingarkar as the new head of it’s convergence business. Having built …
Comguard partners with Delphix for effective data management
Comguard, a Dubai based value added distributor of IT security products and solutions in the Middle East and North Africa …
Cisco acquires Virtuata to secure virtual-machine data
Cisco has acquired Virtuata, a privately held developer of technology for securing virtual-machine data in multi-tenant data centres. Virtuata helps to …
Strong signals
Enterprise femtocells are destined to play a larger role as mobile operators look for new ways to improve the smart …
Kaspersky Lab and Seculert discover new cyber espionage campaign targeting the Middle East
Kaspersky Lab researchers today announced the results of a joint-investigation with Seculert, an advanced threat detection company, regarding “Madi,” an …
Intel downgrades full-year business outlook
Intel warned Tuesday that it expects to see lower-than-anticipated growth for 2012 because consumer spending in Western Europe and North …
Informed management
There is nothing really new about information lifecycle management (ILM). In the simplest terms, it is the work of organisations …
Gaining traction
EA may not be very popular with most companies in the Middle East right now, but for large enough enterprises …
Symantec cripples Windows XP with defective update
Symantec last week crippled a large number of Windows XP machines when it shipped customers a defective update to its …
Microsoft unveils new Office suite
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced the launch of the company’s latest Office suite of applications – with a large emphasis …
Huawei eyes storage market
China’s Huawei Technologies wants to take a bigger bite out of the enterprise market with a wider range of storage …
Building effective channels in emerging markets
Lenovo has made successful inroads across various regions within emerging markets, to emerge victorious in these markets.
Its secret lies in a clear knowledge of its markets and the strong relationships it has with its partners. As an extension of the organisation, Lenovo’s channel relationships are defined with shared strategies, joint planning, mutual trust, accountability, and above all, clear definition of the culture between brands and channels.
Cyquent offers Gigatrust’s content protection solutions for BlackBerry, iOS and Android smartphones
Cyquent Technology Consultants and Gigatrust recently announced that it now provides email security and content protection software products and services …
Sanovi Technologies and GBM partner to bring DR management solutions to the region
Sanovi Technologies, a provider of disaster recovery management (DRM) software and Gulf Business Machines (GBM) today announced a partnership to …
Secure strategy
InfoWatch, a DLP and social media monitoring vendor, is focusing on emerging markets across the EMEA region, following its success in Russia and CIS countries.