For Star Trek fans, it seems like a long time ago since the Starship Enterprise attempted to boldly go where …
Think Big
Big Data has morphed from silent, misunderstood elephant in the room into a huge opportunity for ambitious VARs, says Condo …
Dell’s server strategy paying off
The decline in PC spending has hit Dell hard, but the company’s server business is growing, said IDC in its first …
Former Windows chief defends Windows 8, trumpets sales
Former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky on Thursday defended Windows 8’s performance in the market, saying, “It’s hard for me to …
Google woos developers as software becomes more important
Google did its best to court developers at this year’s I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for …
Etisalat ICT Forum: Broader than broadband
When you’ve built yourself up to become one of the Middle East and Africa’s largest telecoms operators, it can be …
IT Transformation is Key to Business Growth, says Dell
Enterprises must innovate and adapt to the emerging trends, or be left behind. This was the message imparted by IT …
Ten years young
Serjios El-Hage, CEO, EMW
Lenovo’s net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar
PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo’s net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter …
BlackBerry Live: Opportunities in emerging markets
At BlackBerry Live, senior executives from BlackBerry and special guests from Asia, Latin America and Africa discussed mobile-led innovation in …
BlackBerry unveils low-cost Q5 smartphone aimed at emerging markets
It’s an art to begin a presentation with a bang – and Thorsten Heins, CEO, BlackBerry seemed to have mastered …
Embrace mobility or be left behind, says SAP
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s business leaders need to embrace enterprise mobility, or they risk suffering rapid …
Four more years
Even the best storage products must eventually be retired – a fact that many belt-tightening CIOs are at pains to …
EMC updates software portfolio
EMC today announced new and enhanced management software suites designed to provide “360 degree transparency” into storage, network, and compute …
Unrivalled Velocity
Undisputable storage powerhouse EMC claims to be ahead of the game, and you don’t get out in front by standing …
Cash cow
When the Amman Stock Exchange’s IT team found problems with high availability last year, they came up with an elegant …
Blackstone says Dell offer is off
By John Ribeiro and Agam Shah, IDG News Service Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than …
Can you work effectively without a PC?
There’s plenty of doom and gloom surrounding the PC industry right now. Research firm IDC recently reported a “perfect storm” …
Struggling PC market causes Intel profit plunge
Intel reported a drop in profits and revenue for the first quarter, as the biggest PC market slump in recent …
Are data centre vendors taking companies for a ride?
The volume of data centre projects continues to rise in the Middle East, but experts believe that the education level …