Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service …
Expect hacker attacks on XML flaws, analyst warns
One day after reports of vulnerabilities in XML libraries, an analyst is warning companies not to ignore the danger of …
Novell, CA Push to Secure Identity, Security in Cloud
Two major identity management companies are forging ahead with products designed to satisfy what a cloud-computing consortium calls one of …
Apple-Google dustup: winners and losers
When Apple announced today that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple's board, the blogosphere let out a collective …
Yahoo deal puts IBM, Microsoft in enterprise search pickle
Yahoo's decision to use Microsoft's Bing search engine could cause a “strange bedfellows” competitive conflict between Microsoft and IBM in …
Research report says UAE will continue to see robust IT spending
IT spending in the UAE is expected to grow from around US$ 3.1 billion in 2008 to approaching US$ 4.7 …
Advertising and the future of wireless
Let's say you're an enterprise that manages a large fleet of vehicles using location-based services to track cars in real …
Bing was tipping point in Microsoft-Yahoo deal
The successful launch of Microsoft's revamped search engine, Bing, was likely the event that tipped the scales in favor of …
Update: Microsoft revenue declines 17% in fiscal Q4
Microsoft revenue declined 17% and net income declined 29% year over year in the company's fiscal 2009 fourth quarter due …
Microsoft admits it can’t stop Office file format hacks
Microsoft's plan to “sandbox” Office documents in the next version of its application suite is an admission that the company …
IBM strikes OEM deal to resell Juniper Ethernet products
Juniper and IBM, as expected, have entered into an OEM arrangement under which IBM will resell Juniper Ethernet switches and …
Bing, Windows 7 in spotlight for Microsoft results
Windows 7 and Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, will be under close watch when the company reports its financial earnings …
HP buys Ibrix for undisclosed sum
Hewlett-Packard announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Ibrix Inc., a privately held maker of clustered file system …
Virtual desktops
“Desktop virtualisation is a very different beast and should not be treated as simple enhancements to the server strategy,” says …
Twitter/Google Apps hack raises questions about cloud security
Questions about cloud security and the feasibility of storing critical information in Web-based services are being raised in the wake …
CRM market grew 12.5 % in 2008
Worldwide CRM market revenue totalled $9.15 billion in 2008, a 12.5 % increase from 2007 revenue of $8.13 billion, according …
Microsoft admits it knew of critical IE bug in early ’08
Microsoft, last week, confirmed it has known about a bug behind widespread Internet Explorer (IE) attacks for more than a …
Will Google OS reset desktop expectations?
With the Internet abuzz this week about Google's newly announced plan for its upcoming Chrome OS operating system, some analysts …
Google OS may force Microsoft to reinvent Windows
Google's Chrome OS won't be an immediate threat to Windows, but it may force Microsoft to reinvent its operating system …
MasterCard halts remote POS security upgrades
In a purported second major security change in recent weeks, MasterCard has decided to disallow merchants' use of remote key …