The Economist Intelligence Unit has found a strong relationship between the growth of corporate earnings and companies’ use of data …
IBM launches an appliance for the ‘Internet of things’
Preparing its customers to join the emerging ‘Internet of things’, IBM has released a new appliance built to manage and route …
The mobility wave
Mobility is sweeping across the enterprises in the Middle East, creating bright opportunities for a channel reeling under pressure on …
Nanjgel gains Elite Partner Status with McAfee
Computerlinks partner Nanjgel has recently skilled up on McAfee solutions in order to gain Elite Partner Status, opening up a …
EMC storage business grows amid slight net profit shrink
EMC reported first-quarter revenue rose 6 percent to US$5.39 billion, while net income fell about 1 percent year-over-year to $580 …
SAP, Oracle still out in front as software growth slows, says IDC
A growing interest in big data, analytics, and cloud computing helped propel a weak software enterprise market last year, according …
Infor CEO: Enterprise software sucks
Charles Phillips, CEO, Infor, today highlighted the ugly look and feel associated with most enterprise applications, teasing the efforts of …
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 …
Cyber crime batters small businesses, says Symantec
Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defences, according to a new report from Symantec. …
Siemens and Teradata form big data partnership
Siemens’ Smart Grid division has announced a global strategic cooperation in big data with Teradata, through which it will further …
Getting the most from cloud contact centre solutions
CIOs need to evaluate certain criteria in order to smoothly migrate from an on-premise solution to a cloud based deployment, says …
Windows RT finds support from Dell
Dell remains committed to Microsoft’s Windows RT, despite the poor market reception to the OS and a decline in prices …
Dell: ARM servers waiting for 64-bit support
The low-power capabilities of ARM-based processors have created high expectations for their use in servers, but one of Dell’s top …
Teradata delivers Hadoop data to the enterprise
Teradata today became the first company to offer business analysts streamlined and self-service access to Apache Hadoop. Teredata Enterprise Access …
Teradata adds new components to its Unified Data Architecture
Teradata today introduced the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse 6700 platform, which adds a fabric-based hyper-speed nervous system and a …
Microsoft stock takes beating amid declining PC shipments
Microsoft’s stock took a beating over the weekend after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first …
In defence of gaming
As a relatively enthusiastic gamer, I’m often subjected to ridicule about time-wasting. What’s more, despite the vast amounts of revenue …
‘Perfect storm’ leads to PC market free fall
A “perfect storm” of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC …
Brocade releases new platform to simplify campus network design
Brocade today announced the availability of the Brocade HyperEdge Architecture, which automates and simplifies campus network design. The new platform …
The security guide to BYOD
There’s no use in trying to resist it – BYOD is here to stay. To help in the transition, CNME …