Companies are failing to fully grasp the opportunities to get closer to their customers through social media, according to research …
Setting standards
Qatar First Investment Bank chooses the cloud to host its disaster recovery apps and data, and finds that it could …
HP announces converged storage strategy, products
Hewlett-Packard today announced a series of upgrades to its storage products, including the addition of data snapshots and a portfolio …
First tablets with Intel’s Oak Trail chips shipped out
The first tablets based on Intel’s processor code-named Oak Trail started shipping late last week, with the initial models targeted …
Google to drop support for Microsoft IE7
Google will drop support for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 browsers for its online apps, including …
Citrix founder’s new startup targets data sprawl
Citrix founder Edward Iacobucci is launching a startup calledVirtualWorks Group that plans to organize the mountains of data overwhelming modern …
SMBs are forsaking the cloud: survey
The majority 60% of UK SMBs are focused on improving existing IT systems and processes in order to find efficiencies, …
Cloud computing “like ordering a pizza”
IT industry professionals, analysts and vendors all have their unique ideas when it comes to describing what cloud computing means, …
HP unveils performance suite
HP today unveiled a new suite of software to operationalise, measure and improve IT performance across the industry’s broadest set …
Oracle donates OpenOffice.org codebase to Apache
Oracle is submitting the codebase for OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation, where the productivity suite will live on in …
HP launches Executive Scorecard software
Hewlett-Packard plans to introduce a scorecard application that can visually summarise a wide swath of metrics taken from other HP …
Software AG calls for process excellence
Middleware giant Software AG’s annual Process World event, which attracted 900 participants from 34 countries, was kicked off in Berlin …
Economic shocks are good, says Sage COO
A conversation with Fernand Rasetti, COO of global software vendor Sage was, suffice to say, an interesting experience. An engaging …
IBM deploys Juniper’s networking gear
Juniper Networks has announced that IBM has deployed a set of Juniper routing, switching and network security products at its …
CommVault enters into an OEM agreement with NetApp
CommVault today announced that it has entered into a global OEM agreement with NetApp under which NetApp will integrate elements …
HP to introduce IT executive scorecard software
Hewlett-Packard plans to introduce a scorecard application that can visually summarise a wide swath of metrics taken from other HP …
Ashampoo Photo Converter
Ashampoo Photo Converter acts as a tool to perform bulk operations on large numbers of image files at once. The …
When the cloud evaporates
Over the past year, four cloud storage service providers have said they’re shutting down and Amazon’s cloud services have been …
Dubai Courts discusses MENA’s first e-notary service
Dubai Courts recently completed the MENA region’s first implementation of an e-notary system. At a conference conducted yesterday by Al-Taqnyah, …
Business analytics is all the buzz at SUGMENA conference
The buzz was all about the increasing importance, functionality and relevance of business analytics (BA) in organisations around the world …