Microsoft Middle East and Africa announced its partnership with global wireless distributor Brightpoint Middle East to bring Windows Phone devices …
Spinning off PC group would have cost billions: HP
Spinning off its PC unit would have been too costly for Hewlett-Packard (HP), and that was one of the reasons …
Oracle ‘catching on to cloud importance’ with £940m RightNow acquisition
Oracle is catching on to the importance of cloud computing with its $1.5 billion (£941 million) acquisition of RightNow Technologies, …
EMC to put hardware in servers, VMs in storage
EMC held its user forum last week and used the opportunity to expound on its vision for virtualisation and the …
30% of corporate BlackBerry users want new device: survey
The BlackBerry device and its maker, Research in Motion (RIM), were in serious trouble even before last week’s global service …
Samsung beats Apple in smartphone shipments – report
Samsung saw 20 million shipments of its smartphones in the last quarter, ahead of Apple’s 17.1 million units shipped in …
Acer posts another loss as Q3 revenues fall 30%
Acer reported loss for the second quarter in a row, as the Taiwanese company struggles with sagging PC sales and …
Intel CEO faults recent evolution of PCs
Intel CEO Paul Otellini came to the defence of PCs at an industry conference, while outlining his belief that the …
Dell ups the ante on helping customers unlock innovation for the virtual era
On the cusp of Dell World 2011, Dell last week announced continued customer and partner momentum for its enterprise and …
‘Big Data’ creating complexity for Asia Pacific IT execs
The exponential growth of data volumes is creating unprecedented levels of complexity for IT executives, according to an IDC Digital …
Oracle’s Big Data Appliance taps growing enterprise need: analysts
Oracle’s new Big Data Appliance, officially introduced yesterday at the Oracle OpenWorld2011 conference here, should appeal to enterprises looking for …
HP completes Autonomy acquisition
Hewlett-Packard has secured enough shares of Autonomy to take control of the U.K. software company, HP announced Monday. Shareholders owning …
Microsoft signs Android licensing deal with Samsung
Microsoft has signed a cross-license patent agreement with Samsung Electronics that grants Microsoft royalties from Samsung’s Android-based smartphones and tablets, …
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire, its entry into the tablet fray
Amazon unveiled its tablet computer, the US$199 Android-based Kindle Fire, yesterday during a Manhattan launch event. The Wi-Fi-only tablet has …
Djibouti Telecom goes 3G
Djibouti Telecom (DT), the primary telecommunications provider inDjibouti, announced that it has partnered withEricssonto enhance its 2G network with new …
Ousting Apotheker may add to disruption at HP: analysts
The man Hewlett-Packard (HP) hired just one year ago to build its software and cloud computing businesses, as well as …
IBM top in IT services in Southeast Asia: IBM
IBM is claiming the number one spot in Southeast Asia when it comes to IT services. Citing an IDC study, …
Ahsan Ali, Senior Vice President, Marketing, TechAccess
RME opinion TechAccess and its partners are in a position to leverage on the synergy of Oracle’s hardware and software …
Perfect storm
Google’s Motorola mobile takeover and HP?s PSG spin off are game changers and signs of the gathering storm Nowadays a …
Connection in progress
IP telephony is only part of the gains expected from unified IP communication The business case to move to a …