Don’t feel bad if you don’t really know anything about 5G wireless networking – because, by most standards, it doesn’t actually exist yet.
FireEye buys endpoint response vendor Mandiant for $990 million
FireEye has bought privately-held endpoint security incident response vendor Mandiant in a deal worth $990 million.
Virtualisation: the bigger picture
As an annual maturity assessment, the Gartner Hype Cycle continues to provide an accurate indication of those technologies and IT trends that are continuing to change the landscape around us, particularly those that have created large-scale technological shifts that impact a diverse set of users.
Japan outlines 2020 exascale supercomputer project
Japan intends to deliver an exascale supercomputer in six years. The firm completion date makes Japan novel among the nations in the race to build exascale systems.
Starlink partners with Venafi
Through the partnership, the distributor will deliver Venafi products and solutions for Middle East, Turkey and Africa customers through its channel partners.
HP Spectre 13 review: a welcome return to the basics
HP’s Spectre 13 runs Windows 8, but it doesn’t contort, flip, swivel, or do any of the other impractical tricks that look so fun in advertisements. It’s not a tablet strapped to a dock, or a tablet with a keyboard cover, either. It’s just a regular ol’ Ultrabook. A very, very good Ultrabook.
Acer names semiconductor veteran as new CEO
Taiwanese computer maker Acer has named Jason Chen, Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, as its new president and CEO, effective 1st January.
Symantec releases updated Storage Foundation software
The new version enables data centres to adopt SSDs while leveraging existing storage investments.
A class of its own
All-in-one colour printers have been gaining popularity in the last few years. Reseller ME analyses why and how it impacts the channel.
Reuters report on NSA ‘secret’ payments to RSA fuels encryption controversy
The U.S. National Security Agency paid US$10 million to vendor RSA in a “secret” deal to incorporate a deliberately flawed encryption algorithm into widely used security software, according to a Reuters report that is reigniting controversy about the government’s involvement in setting security standards.
Symantec announces Storage Foundation update
Symantec today announced a new version of its Storage Foundation software, enabling data centres to leverage Solid State Drives “In ways that could allow customers to access mission critical data and applications 400 percent faster than traditional Storage Area Networks.”
Chinese chip makers ride wave of low-cost tablets
Qualcomm and Nvidia get most of the headlines in the mobile chip business, but two Chinese vendors are cornering the market for processors used in low-cost tablets, and in 2014 they might find their way into a product near you.
CSC: Security the top CIO concern going into 2014
Expanding the reach of IT security and protecting the organisation from cyber-security threats has become the primary challenge for CIOs, and will remain so in 2014, a study of CIOs and peers by CSC has found.
The ‘Uncertainty Index’
The potential business impact of cyber attacks and data loss, along with high-profile data breaches experienced by organisations like LexisNexis andEvernote, seems to have done little to convince small and mid-size businesses that they should be making cyber security a priority.
Cisco: Dubai can be Smart City leader
Cisco used its roundtable event to explore the potential for its Smart+Connected City Wi-Fi and sensor technology, saying Dubai has the power to be a world leader in the technology.
Avaya builds massive Wi-Fi net for 2014 Winter Olympics
Avaya engineers are putting the final touches on a network capable of handling up to 54Tbps of traffic when the Winter Olympics opens on 7th February in the Russian city of Sochi.
Avago agrees to buy LSI for $6.6 billion
Semiconductor company Avago Technologies has agreed to buy storage and networking company LSI for US$6.6 billion in an effort to expand its data centre offerings.
Gartner: IoT installation base will reach 26 billion units by 2020
The Internet of Things, which excludes PCs, tablets and smartphones, will grow to 26 billion units installed in 2020 representing an almost 30-fold increase from 0.9 billion in 2009, according to Gartner.
Rules for partner profitability
Reseller ME looks into what enterprise vendors can do to help their partners increase their margins and therefore achieve higher profits.
Cyber-crime will not stop for Christmas
Threats lurk within networks, endpoints or devices, often hidden in poorly configured settings or permissions, ineffective data governance, access management and usage policies. These unseen threats come from all perimeters of the organisation and major trends such as BYOD, big data, cloud, and mobile apps have increased the challenge faced by IT leaders.