The PCI-Express standards-setting organisation is creating a thin interconnect that would link mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to …
UAE’s YSA upgrades to HP networking tools
The UAE’s General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare (YSA) has upgraded its entire network with HP Networking products to …
Aerohive updates its 802.11n WLAN software
Aerohive Networks has released new wireless LAN software, with new mobile device management and spectrum analysis features. The changes are being …
Cisco’s Cius tablet to ship next month
After delays, Cisco’s Cius tablet will start shipping in volume next month, and the device will be one of the …
Rebates, incentives, loyalty programmes, promotions: What works?
By any theory of channel marketing these are established instruments of “reward power”. However with shorter life cycles and new …
Oracle to acquire web management company FatWire
Oracle said Tuesday that it entered into an agreement to acquire FatWire Software, a privately-held company that specialises in software …
OBS, Sita to build a global cloud infrastructure
SITA, the air transport industry IT specialist, and Orange Business Services (OBS), the leading global integrated communications service provider for …
The new generation of apps
The world today is at the confluence of several trends, each sufficiently disruptive in its own right to affect profoundly …
Netezza rolls out large-scale analytic appliance
IBM’s Netezza division is rolling out a new analytic appliance that can analyse up to 10 petabytes of data “in …
Oracle to buy FatWire Software
Oracle said yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire FatWire Software, a privately-held company that specialises in …
Nokia unveils N9 smartphone using MeeGo
Nokia unveiled Tuesday its new N9 smartphone that runs the MeeGo operating system, and is being marketed as a “pure …
Storm that cometh
Virtualisation and cloud technologies are storming their way into enterprise infrastructure deployments. But, what happens to networks and their management, …
Ericsson expands R&D facility in Ireland
Ericsson, the technology and telecoms company, has announced plans to expand its research and development facility in Ireland by creating …
HP, Toshiba to collaborate on cloud computing
Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba will collaborate to push cloud computing and related services to infrastructure organisations, the companies said over the …
Federal Foods deploys SAP ERP tools
In order to drive significant competitive advantage and ensure best practice across the organization, Federal Foods has announced it will …
Ericsson announces winners of networked society innovation awards
Ericsson has announced the winners of its “Ericsson Networked Society Innovation Awards” during an award ceremony held at the Four …
NBAD deploys solutions from SAS and Teradata
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), will leverage technologies from Teradata, a company focused on data warehousing, and SAS, …
SAP to roll out new BI tools for SMBs
SAP will soon roll out Crystal Server 2011 and Business Objects Edge 4.0, a pair of new BI (business intelligence) …
Cisco, Polycom talk easier videoconferencing management
Cisco Systems and Polycom both will highlight downsized telepresence systems at the InfoComm trade show this week, along with updated …
How hot is your data?
According to industry commentator James Taylor, “Analytics simplify data to amplify its value”. The problem is that data today for …