Lenovo announced on Monday that it is now the number-four PC manufacturer in the Middle East and Africa, based on …
Will Dell thrive in private hands?
How Dell will fare in private hands – if a buyout is indeed imminent – depends entirely on how the …
The next frontier
Some interesting figures first. According to IDC, the disk storage capacity shipped by vendors worldwide has surpassed 7 exabytes for …
Samsung shifts 100m Galaxy S smartphones
Samsung has sold more than 100 million smartphones from its Galaxy S line since the first one sold in May …
China will become Apple’s largest market, says Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook expects China to become the company’s largest market, surpassing the U.S. Optimistic about the potential of …
Turnaround time
Following a year of tribulations, HP finished 2012 on a high at its Discover 2012 conference in Frankfurt with what …
2013 IT spending forecasts look upbeat
As the economy improves and at least some of the concerns about the so-called U.S. “fiscal cliff” are resolved, desire …
Internet Explorer browser gains share in 2012
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) turned things around in 2012, posting an annual usage share gain for the first time in …
Blue Coat snaps up Crossbeam
Blue Coat Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire the network security vendor Crossbeam Systems. By acquiring Crossbeam, Blue Coat says …
Blue Coat to acquire security company Crossbeam
Blue Coat has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire network security company Crossbeam Systems. The acquisition …
Intel releases new ‘smartphone class’ server chip
It’s clear that Frank Frankovsky, VP of hardware design and supply chain at Facebook, didn’t study marketing in school. At …
By 2020, there will be 5,200 GB of data for every person
During the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of …
Smartphone buyers will benefit from changing chipset market
The mobile chipset market is in a state of flux with a number of key vendors struggling, but analysts say …
More fireworks
It’s not just data that’s exploding as storage vendors set off fireworks to celebrate a lucrative year in the Middle …
Dell’s acquisitions not yet paying dividends
Dell’s effort to move away from PCs into enterprise products has been slow as the company battles a challenging economy …
Forecast: The top 5 trends of Middle East IT
Technology has filtered down to infiltrate every part of our routine life and society at large. The Year 2012 …
Windows 8 tablets not expected to be major player until 2016
The worldwide tablet market is exploding with demand as people jettison laptops for smaller, touch-based devices. But even as tablets …
A forgotten cause
Dr Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, CEO, German Imaging Technologies (GIT) Dubai LLC, says the Middle East IT industry is not doing …
How network intelligence is transforming the services experience
Network-related professional services are poised to undergo a significant transformation driven by the complexity and demands of today’s business and …
The back-up plan
Deduplication is seen as an important strategy for data recovery, with the idea being if data is reduced, not only …