Microsoft is boosting the price of a licence that provides client access to Windows Server, SharePoint, Exchange and Systems Center, but …
CIOs rely on outsourcers for process innovation, reveals survey
A survey of European CIOs reveals that 67% of IT leaders rely on outsourcers to turn ideas into new and …
Tablets challenge mobile cost management
With tablets invading the enterprise, IT departments are facing new challenges around controlling mobile connectivity expenses. “These tablets now have …
Regional CIOs are more business-oriented
The role of the CIO is changing, and more regional CIOs are getting into management roles and business decision-making. This …
Spectrum builds Dubai data centre
Spectrum, an IT Networking and Security training, certification and consultancy services provider, has opened new data centre based on Juniper …
Dell’s Compellent unit to add dedupe, global file system
Storage products from Dell’s Compellent unit will integrate technologies from Dell’s earlier acquisitions to better enable these products to target …
New game, new rules
Alcatel-Lucent is a force to be reckoned within the enterprise space, says the company’s Sr VP for Sales EMEA Enterprise, …
LTE round the corner
So now that Etisalat is rolling out its LTE services, and some other operators in the region trialling the next …
Avaya aids collaboration across locations
Avaya, announced yesterday that employees in enterprise locations of all sizes can easily collaborate via voice, video and data with …
Haves vs. have-nots
A handful of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies have exited the great recession, regained their footing and posted respectable …
Oracle customers using Itanium chips rethink IT upgrades
Oracle customers this week expressed concern about the effort and cost of upgrading IT infrastructures after the software maker said …
Brocade unites IPv4 and IPv6
Brocade this week unveiled software for its application acceleration switches that enables them to function as gateways between existing IPv4 …
SOA alive and well: Forrester
It’s been a little hard of late to find references to SOA (service-oriented architecture), the buzz-phrase that once saturated the …
IBM to acquire facilities management software company
Filling out its portfolio of Smarter Buildings offerings, IBM is acquiring Tririga, a provider of facility and real estate management …
Brocade unites IPv4 and IPv6
Brocade this week unveiled software for its application acceleration switches that enables them to function as gateways between existing IPv4 …
Oracle stops developing software for Intel’s Itanium chips
Oracle recently became the latest software maker to say it will stop developing applications for Intel Itanium microprocessors, following a …
Google funds tools to expose attempts to control the internet
In the wake of Internet blackouts in Egypt and Libya, Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million …
SAP takes on IBM, Oracle with new GRC suite
SAP is hoping to cement its foothold in the growing market for GRC (governance, risk and compliance) software with a …
Huawei eyes distribution channel with smart devices launch
Following the unveiling of the IDEOS smart devices, Chinese vendor Huawei has revealed that it?s eyeing the Middle East distribution …
Smart meter cloud announced
IBM and Cable & Wireless are set to collaborate to offer a ‘smart energy cloud’ to support the UK’s new …