Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates recently took part in a question-and-answer session on popular message board site Reddit. Gates’ Ask Me Anything …
Driving business growth with big data
Sam Tayan, Regional Director, VMware MENA, discusses driving business growth in the Middle East with big data. Throughout 2012, big …
Businesses urged to tool up for big data
Middle East businesses have been urged to tool up in order to harness big data, gaining value from their exponentially …
iOS 6.1 users struggle with battery life
A number of users on Apple’s iPhone support forum last week reported a big drop in battery life after they …
Customers to keep a close eye on Dell
Dell customers have shown mixed reactions to the firm’s decision to go private, and are watching developments closely as they …
SkyDrive hosts 1 billion documents
Microsoft announced on Friday that its SkyDrive cloud storage service now plays host to one billion Office documents. While a …
Comguard hosts EC Council partner roadshow
EC Council distributor Comguard recently held a roadshow in Dubai, attracting a large number of partners from across the Middle …
Bit9 chooses Bridge as distributor
Bridge Systems this week announced that it had been chosen by advanced threat protection vendor Bit9 to be a value-added …
Why you don’t need the new Microsoft Office
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Microsoft Office 2013 has arrived. So has Microsoft Office 365. Some would argue that the …
Free Bing apps hit Office 365
Microsoft has released five free apps for the new Office 365 Home Premium suite. The vendor said that the new …
Big transformations for enterprise IT
Paul Cormier, President of Products and Technologies, Red Hat, explains how cloud, middleware, storage and virtualisation technologies will drive the …
Gartner announces Dubai symposium speakers
Gartner on Sunday announced the speakers for its first flagship conference in Dubai, called the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, which will be …
Innovation to celebration
It’s been a year of sheer brilliance from the IT sector. In response to the strongly recovering economy, CIOs all …
BlackBerry launches BlackBerry10 platform, two new smartphones
BlackBerry last night launched BlackBerry 10 across the world – dubbed ‘the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry’ platform that creates …
New IBM security tool can catch insider threats
IBM has rolled out a tool it says can cull massive terabytes of data, including email — to help customers …
Cisco to buy Cognitive Security
Cisco announced on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Czech security vendor Cognitive Security, in a deal that will be …
The region’s top 50 CIOs honoured at CNME awards
A selection of CIOs were honoured as the top 50 in the region today at CNME’s annual CIO 50 Awards …
Cisco to buy Cognative Security
Cisco announced on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Czech security vendor Cognitive Security, in a deal that will be …
Etisalat, Pacific Controls commence M2M collaboration
Etisalat today signed a partnership agreement with Pacific Controls in Dubai to mark the beginning of a collaboration which will …
VMware threatens 900 job losses as growth slows
VMware said Monday it will cut 900 jobs in a move to focus more on high potential businesses, as profits …