The newest version of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, released yesterday, is now available free for any organisation with …
Microsoft boosts virtualisation capabilities in desktop management suite
Microsoft is boosting the virtualisation components of its Desktop Optimization Pack suite of IT management tools. The suite, known as MDOP, is …
FVC signs Aruba Networks to bring ClearPass Access Management Solutions to the Middle East
FVC, a VAD in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has signed an agreement with Aruba Networks, a provider …
Cloud to create 14 million jobs globally, 9.62 million in Asia-Pac: Microsoft research
Cloud computing will create 14 million jobs globally by 2015 and 9.62 million in Asia Pacific alone, according to IDC …
Secure future
The year 2012 is dominated by three key trends – cloud, virtualisation and big data. These may be revolutionising the …
“We are hungry”
Nidal Abou-Ltaif, the swashbuckling lead of communications and networking major Avaya in the region, talks about how the Middle East …
Dell buys application modernisation firm Clerity
Dell announced yesterday it has purchased application modernisation vendor Clerity Solutions, in its second enterprise software-related acquisition this week. On …
Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative
As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximise the business benefits …
Terremark launches private cloud offering
Terremark is offering enterprises a new private cloud service that includes the option to burst onto a public cloud. The …
We’re no longer just WAN optimisation: Riverbed
Riverbed Technology wants the enterprise IT market to know that it is no longer just a networking company providing WAN …
4 critical trends in IT business continuity
In IT, failure is not an option. Not surprisingly, organisations have made it a high priority to develop and implement …
Information Builders gives its BI platform more cloud-like capabilities
Information Builders has added a range of improvements to its WebFocus BI (business intelligence) platform that will make it more …
Amazon expands cloud-based live streaming functionality
Amazon has added the ability for CloudFront to stream live content to Apple iOS devices and Microsoft Silverlight clients, the …
Dell to buy thin-client company Wyse Technology
Dell has signed an agreement to acquire thin-client hardware and software company Wyse Technology, to expand its desktop virtualisation offerings, …
BYOD Troubleshoot: Security and Cost-Savings
A few months ago, a Hungarian man got a hold of a business executive’s personal mobile device containing corporate customer …
Do insecure open source components threaten your apps?
Since Apache Maven, the brainchild of Sonatype founder Jason van Zyl, emerged as a top-level Apache Software Foundation project in …
New iPad vs. iPad 2: Which is the better deal?
Everybody’s raved about the new iPad’s display and gauged its graphics prowess in benchmark testing. But it’s not the only iPad in …
Legal team of man who claims to own half of Facebook to present in court
Facebook is seemingly on top of the world as it continues to bring in ad revenue and prepares to go …
Patent shows Apple plans for cloud-based language translation on iPhone
A patent filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office last spring shows that Apple is planning to equip …
Red Hat: beware of cloud ‘open-washing’
Open source software company Red Hat believes that companies like VMware and Microsoft are skewing the definition of open cloud …