Following the merger of SAP and Sybase earlier this year, both companies have shared their first joint milestones in the …
Hitachi, Logicom partner
In terms of the deal, Logicom will provide the channel the entire range of Hitachi’s GST products in the Middle …
IT Careers 2020: Cloudy days ahead
Welcome to the IT organiaation of the year 2020 and brace yourself, because it’s a far cry from the department …
HP tops Dell
Hewlett-Packard has offered to buy 3PAR, a vendor of virtualised storage systems, for $1.6 billion in cash, topping a bid …
Microsoft BPOS cloud suite hit
Access to various Microsoft hosted software products for businesses in North America was affected recently due to a performance issue …
Infrastructure services users worry less about security
A recent Yankee Group survey about enterprise use of IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) offerings found that once companies start using such services, …
Dell expands Wi-Fi reseller deal with Aruba
The equipment, including controllers, access points and network management products such as Aruba's Airwave Wireless Management Suite, will be offered …
Intel to buy McAfee
Both boards of directors have unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close after McAfee shareholder approval, regulatory clearances …
Intel to acquire McAfee
In terms of the deal, in which Intel will buy all of McAfee’s common stock for $48 per share in …
In with flat panels
With the younger generation beginning to use touch-screen computers ahead of enterprises, research firm Gartner is predicting that more than …
On the centre stage
NWME: X86 virtualisation was once a revolutionary technology. But now, hypervisor is fast becoming a commodity. What is your differentiation? …
Unified forces
If there is one technology that has become indispensable in the CIO’s arsenal during these tough economic times, it is …
Dell to buy 3PAR
3PAR's Utility Storage platform dramatically cuts administrative, power and space costs over traditional storage arrays, according to the company. It …
Oracle signals the end for OpenSolaris
Oracle appeared to confirm this week what many in the computer industry already suspected: The OpenSolaris project is dead. Oracle …
Symantec completes VeriSign?s acquisition
The acquired business includes the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Code Signing Certificate Services, the Managed Public Key Infrastructure (MPKI) …
Oracle provides Sparc road map, but questions remain
Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun's Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of …
The pipe gets bigger
For the uninitiated, the IEEE 802.3ba standard, ratified in June this year, is the first specification to simultaneously specify two …
Skills and training
Chandan Mehta, product manager at Fujitsu Technology Systems in the region The Middle East has traditionally and for many years, …
Off centre
HP Critical Facility Services customer project manager Kevin Miller For businesses that choose to outsource their data centre requirements, there …
Virtual world
Mohammed Thameem Rizvon,Group IT manager, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Have you implemented virtualisation solutions in your enterprise? If so, what …