Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Note 10.1, a new stylus-based tablet, which it claims is more interactive than the market-leading …
Acer claims No.1 spot for worldwide notebook shipments
Acer has taken the number one spot in notebook shipments worldwide for Q2 2012, market researcher Gartner has said. Acer’s …
IBM hints at RIM enterprise business bid
IBM has shown interest in buying the enterprise services business of struggling smartphone maker Research in Motion, according …
Probox is latest 'Dropbox for the enterprise'
Storage integrator Proact has launched Probox, a new file-sharing and storage service claiming to be a “Dropbox for the …
Small businesses increasingly at risk from hackers
Attacks aimed at small businesses doubled in the first half of 2012 suggesting that hackers are dedicating more resources to …
Next gen security
Firewalls are no longer what they used to be – and despite the fact they are low on the adoption …
Spectrami partners with LogRhythm for distribution in the Middle East region
Spectrami, value added distributor in the region, has partnered with enterprise-class Log Management and SIEM 2.0 solutions provider, LogRhythm to …
Rackspace, HP go all in with OpenStack
Rackspace and HP have each brought major portions of their cloud offerings based on the OpenStack code out of beta and into …
Microsoft completes Windows 8, ships to manufacturers
Microsoft announced yesterday that it has completed the development and testing of Windows 8, a major upgrade of its OS for …
Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …
Lenovo and EMC join forces, target Chinese storage market
Lenovo and EMC will team up to develop and sell server and storage technology, with an eye to the Chinese …
Consumer tech market to hit $2.1 trillion in 2012
Consumers worldwide are projected to spend some spend $2.1 trillion in 2012 on digital information and entertainment products, such as …
Apple to spend $356 million on security company
In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile …
Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership
A new technology partnership between Riverbed and Juniper will see the latter license Riverbed’s application delivery controller for use in …
Google's enterprise push a 'future growth engine'
Google is looking at its cloud-based apps for the enterprise not as a small side business, but as a major …
3 steps to dodge the DDoS bullet
It is an all-too-common headline: Prominent website brought down by attackers. The backstory to this growing threat to business is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS).
Windows revenue falls 13%, share of sales drops to 23%
Weak sales of Windows last quarter dropped the operating system division to its second-lowest share of Microsoft’s total revenue since …
Blue Coat software allows control of mobile apps
New software from Web security specialists Blue Coat Systems allows companies to restrict what employees can do on their cellphones …
Huawei eyes storage market
China’s Huawei Technologies wants to take a bigger bite out of the enterprise market with a wider range of storage …
Building effective channels in emerging markets
Lenovo has made successful inroads across various regions within emerging markets, to emerge victorious in these markets.
Its secret lies in a clear knowledge of its markets and the strong relationships it has with its partners. As an extension of the organisation, Lenovo’s channel relationships are defined with shared strategies, joint planning, mutual trust, accountability, and above all, clear definition of the culture between brands and channels.