IBM is trying to replicate the success it’s had with WebSphere in the mobile market. With the acquisition of Green …
Microsoft retires Vista, Office 2007 from mainstream support this week
Microsoft will shift Windows Vista and Office 2007 into what it calls extended support over the next two days. Vista, …
Red Hat announces beta availability of Storage 2.0
A beta version of Red Hat Storage 2.0 was announced Monday by the Massachusetts-based open-source software company. The product — …
The lion’s share
The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) is investing in multiple technology deployments and upgrades in a bid to secure the …
10 most powerful IaaS companies
The 10 most powerful IaaS companies, assembled by Network World with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, …
United we stand
Alaa Alshimy, director, HP ESSN points to the right mix for the right channel strategy while discussing the possibility of …
VMware Forum and PEX 2012 to be held in Dubai
VMware is scheduled to hold its VMware Forum in Dubai today. The event is expected to bring 13,000 attendees expected …
Oracle president discusses big data, business analytics at OpenWorld
Oracle president Mark Hurd used his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld in Tokyo today to speak about the explosion of data …
Two thirds of firms have no proper mobility strategy – report
Almost two-thirds of firms have no enterprise-wide mobility strategy, despite the widespread prevalence of staff unofficially using their own devices, …
HP unveils Pavilion notebook PC
HP today unveiled the Pavilion notebook PC series, which it says reflects HP’s new mosaic design approach The mosaic approach …
UDID alternatives mooted for mobile ad tracking after Apple rejects apps
With Apple seemingly blocking apps that access UDID (unique device identifier) data from the App Store, developers and mobile advertising firms are …
Dell says AppAssure now its premier backup product
Despite its longstanding partnership with Symantec and CommVault, Dell says that products from recently acquired AppAssure will become the company’s primary backup …
Gartner slashes IT spending forecast
Analyst Gartner has slashed its forecast for worldwide IT spending growth for 2012. Gartner now estimates worldwide IT spending will …
A quarter of the world’s households now have Wi-Fi: survey
A total of 439 million households around the world had installed a Wi-Fi-based home network at the end of 2011, …
Emitac appoints new director
Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES) yesteday announced that George Petrides has joined as director of its enterprise management solution division, where …
Schneider Electric appoints new VP for IT business in KSA
Schneider Electric, today announced the appointment of Abed Al Jawad Qasem as vice-president for its IT business in Saudi Arabia. …
Emitac appoints new director
Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES) yesteday announced that George Petrides has joined as director of its enterprise management solution division, where …
DCIM tools eliminate inefficiencies
Some data centre managers were never sold on first generation data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tools because the tools were …
A fragmented entity
At the HP Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas, senior editor, Sathya Mithra Ashok, discovered there’s a lot more to HP than meets the eye.
MultiNet bags Corning top honour
The Dubai-based MultiNet Communications has been named as the best distributor in EMEA region for Corning Cable System. “A distributor …