Lenovo is working with chip maker Intel on a future ThinkPad tablet based on Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, a …
Lenovo building industrial centre to develop tablets, smartphones
Chinese PC maker Lenovo plans to invest more than 5 billion yuan (US$796 million) to build facilities for the development …
How to virtualise mission-critical applications
Enterprises are virtualising more and more of their workloads. The benefits are well-known: consolidation and infrastructure efficiency; faster provisioning of …
Does the iPad cannibalise Apple’s laptops?
The question – whether the company’s tablet cannibalises sales of its own portable computing line – is ultimately impossible to …
Acer Q1 profit falls by 72%
Taiwanese PC maker Acer’s first-quarter net profit dropped 72.1 percent year-on-year, while revenue slumped 11.4 percent. Profit for the quarter …
GCC opts for SAP solutions to help increase Middle East presence
Gulf Consolidated Contractors Co. (GCC) has selected SAP to bolster its IT solutions and increase its influence across the Middle …
Tablets will be most users’ main computing device, Forrester says
Tablets will become most users’ primary computing device within the next four years, Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett has said. …
SACO selects SAP for management software suite
SAP has been selected by home improvement superstore SACO to implement a complete suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer …
What to consider before signing up for Google Drive
Just as with an Apple product launch, Google has had to do next to nothing to create buzz around its long-awaited Google …
Dell’s Wyse buy a hedge against slowing PC sales
Dell’s plan to buy Wyse Technology is an effort to boost its client hardware portfolio and protect the company from …
Windows sales defy predictions, grow 4%
Stronger-than-expected sales of Windows helped Microsoft post a 6% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, the company …
SAP designs facility for ‘agile’ cloud application development
SAP intends to become a major player in cloud-based software, and has been adopting agile software development practices as one …
Out of the box
Storage is a continuing story as vendors consistently innovate to help businesses cope with increasing amounts of data. Pallavi Sharma …
Samsung to show ‘the next Galaxy’ smartphone on May 3
Samsung Electronics is expected to show the next flagship Galaxy smartphone at an event in London on May 3. The …
IBM opens branch in Qatar
IBM today announced the opening of a new branch office in Doha, Qatar. The company said the increased presence in …
IBM embarks on ambitious Africa growth plan
IBM has embarked on an ambitious growth plan in Africa, opening up new offices and making efforts to build skills …
SAP drives openness and choice for mobile app developers
SAP AG today announced agreements with Adobe, Appcelerator and Sencha to provide users with an open mobile apps development framework …
Gitex embarks on a roadshow in Africa
Gitex, an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) event spanning MEASA, will this week embark on a roadshow of the African …
Lenovo gains over Dell as world’s second-largest PC maker
Lenovo extended its lead over Dell as the world’s second-largest PC maker, but it is too early to say whether …
IBM unveils new line of integrated systems
Anticipating a growing need for larger preconfigured systems, IBM has unveiled a new product line of integrated sets of IBM …