Qtel Business Solutions (QBS) today launched an innovative network solution that will allow customers with high bandwidth requirements to aggregate …
Big and growing
There is no easy way to say this. Ask a few people about what big data stands for, and you …
Brick-by-brick
Every once in a while, there comes an organisation that challenges the way other organisations have been dealing with strapped …
Mozilla persuades Firefox 3.6 users to dump old browser
Mozilla’s upgrade call last month pushed more Firefox 3.6 users to grab a newer edition than any month since June …
Switch to Linux in 2012
The past year was a tempestuous one in the world of desktop operating systems, it seems fair to say, with …
Imation buys Nine Technology
Storage vendor Imation has acquired intellectual property and other assets of online backup provider Nine Technology. Imation, a provider of …
Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung’s HDD business
Seagate Technology, today announced the closing of the transaction to acquire the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics. …
MSAT partners with Liquidware Labs, Citrix and Microsoft to launch Workspace-as-a-Service solution
Mahindra Satyam, an IT consulting and services provider, today announced the launch of Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS), which leverages technology from Citrix …
Office 365: Microsoft rolls it out
A new paradigm of unified computing, targeted at small and medium enterprises, is being rolled out across the region. So …
SSD shipments leap 66% in Q3, revenue doubles
Shipments of solid-state drives (SSDs) jumped more than 66% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period …
BMC eyes Middle East for growth
BMC Software has announced that it is increasing its investments in the company’s Middle East (ME) operations following strong demand …
CNME opens nominations for prestigious CIO 50 Awards
CNME, the premier technology magazine of the Middle East, has announced today that nominations are open for the Middle East …
Big data, security and cloud identified as IT “super themes” in 2012
“Big data” analytics, security and cloud computing will be three of the most significant drivers of technological change in 2012, …
Oracle Q2 net income jumps 17%, but hardware sales slump
Oracle’s net income for the second quarter ended Nov. 30 rose 17% to $2.2 billion, with software sales rising but …
SAP and Google plan to tie cloud based business apps
SAP and Google executives yesterday provided a preview of the companies’ plans to tie their respective cloud-based business applications together, …
Technology for a new year
Gartner has revealed its top predictions for IT organisations and users for 2012 and beyond, and they herald changes in …
Smooth sailing
The transport and logistics industry in the region is making technology investments that span the entire length and breadth of …
Welcome change
It’s that time of the year when one sits down to take a long, hard look at the year gone …
Sophos launches MDM tool to simplify IT consumerisation
IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced Sophos Mobile Control 2.0, the latest version of its award-winning mobile …
IBM buys Emportis for supply software
IBM has signed a deal to buy supply and contract management software vendor Emptoris in another bid to fill out …