The biggest business challenge today, in the minds of many information security officers, is the stealthy online infiltration by attackers …
Tesco rings up eight year Microsoft contract
Tesco has signed an eight year contract with Microsoft, covering desktop and data centre software to support its offices, stores …
IBM announces innovation lab dedicated to tech services
IBM today announced the creation of the Services Innovation Lab (SIL), a new global lab that will initially comprise about …
CIOs lack cloud computing knowledge: KPMG
Traditional IT outsourcing customers are struggling with cloud computing, according to IT service providers and outsourcing advisors surveyed by KPMG …
Mitek to extend MIC tech to insurance and health care
Mitek Systems’ Mobile Capture imaging software, a provider of mobile banking capabilities for bank customers is turning the technology toward …
IBM speeds storage retrieval
With an eye toward helping tomorrow’s data-deluged organizations, IBM researchers have created a super-fast storage system capable of scanning in …
Alcatel-Lucent returns to profit
Alcatel-Lucent reported a smaller increase in revenue than analysts had expected, but returned to profit in the second quarter. For …
Telcos pursue lower infrastructure pricing in Africa
High costs of accessing inland fibre-optic infrastructure and lack of guidelines on DSL access have forced telecom operators in Africa …
Data centre startup Plexxi lands additional funding
Stealthy data centre start-up Plexxi has landed another $20 million in funding as it continues development of a network fabric …
HCL Technologies Annual Revenues up 31%
HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), a global IT services provider, today announced results for the year and quarter ended June 30 …
SonicWALL introduces spike licensing for cost-efficient DR
SonicWALL, a provider of intelligent network security and data protection solutions, announced availability of the SonicWALL SSL VPN 5.5 firmware for the …
The tablet revolution and your company
Over the past few months, numerous articles have been published citing the CFO’s increasingly influential role in IT. So, as …
MEA region strategic to growth: EMC
EMC describes itself as a “global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver Information …
Oracle buys InQuira to boost Fusion CRM
Oracle is buying knowledge management vendor InQuira in order to improve the capabilities of its Fusion and Siebel CRM (customer …
IBM boosts services arm with research help
Hoping to boost its services offerings, IBM is assigning 200 of its researchers to the help the company manage its …
Pittsburgh looks to save money with Gmail migration
In an attempt to get away from paying for high-priced email administrators, the Pittsburgh city government is looking to save …
Virgin mobile unifies IT operations for improved customer service
While most Australian telcos have CIOs presiding over dedicated IT departments, mobile network operator, Virgin Mobile, has unified its project …
CA Technologies updates cloud stack with management tools
CA Technologies has updated a number of its programs to make their users more ready to run some operations in …
Former NASA CTO launches cloud appliance
The former CTO of NASA and co-founder of OpenStack yesterday, unveiled a new appliance designed to make it easy for …
First Windows “Mango” Phone unveiled
The first smartphone based on the new “Mango” edition of Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform was unveiled today in Tokyo. The …