Khan made the transition to the IT sector from Citibank where she worked as a relationship manager. More than a …

New tools can crack PPTP encryption in under a day
Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can be used to crack the encryption of any …

Huawei records $16bn sales revenue in H1
Huawei recorded sales revenue of $16.16 billion in the first half of 2012, a 5.1% increase over the first half …
Apple to spend $356 million on security company
In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile …

Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership
A new technology partnership between Riverbed and Juniper will see the latter license Riverbed’s application delivery controller for use in …

Oracle aims to poach SQL Server users with migration tool
Oracle is going after users of Microsoft’s SQL Server with a new tool for migrating data from SQL Server to …
Symantec CEO steps down, replaced by company's chairman
Security software vendor Symantec yesterday that Enrique Salem, its president and chief executive officer, had stepped down with immediate affect, …

Itqan signs on software provider EtQ
Itqan Al-Bawardi Computers, a systems integrator and IT solutions provider has announced its partnership with software provider, EtQ. The partnership …

Spectrami offers cash rewards for channel partners in the region
Spectrami, a value added distributor in the MENA region in association with vendor Actifio, a pioneer in next-generation storage system …

Optimus and Bitdefender organise ‘Readiness Program’ for resellers
Optimus Technology and Telecommunications, a regional value added distributor (VAD) of IT and telecommunications products and its vendor partner, Bitdefender …

D-Link earns place in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
D-Link has announced that it has been positioned in the niche players quadrant for the category of “Wired and Wireless …

Dollar value
To make smarter decisions about how to set up your relationship with an IT service provider it is important to …

IT spending is top board-level priority: Gartner survey
Corporate boards are prioritising IT spending as highly as investments in sales operations, according to research announced Monday by analyst …

Despite African corruption conviction, Huawei notches customer wins
Despite the growing controversy surrounding the awarding of ICT contracts to Chinese firms in Africa, Huawei Technologies has won several …

Video conferencing to enable healthcare collaboration: Ovum
The most lucrative and effective way for healthcare providers to provide improved services is by enhancing the level of collaboration …

3 steps to dodge the DDoS bullet
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 …