Blue Coat has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire network security company Crossbeam Systems. The acquisition …
Dell to buy data-protection vendor Credant
Dell has made a deal to acquire data-protection vendor Credant Technologies and plans to add the company’s technology to its …
Oracle Q2 profits rise 18%, but hardware sales continue to slide
Oracle on Tuesday reported that net income jumped 18 percent to US$2.6 billion while revenue rose 3 percent to $9.1 …
Citrix delivers 2013 tech predictions
At 103 percent the Middle East is reported to have one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world. …
Keeping secure? Virtually impossible
The last 12 months has seen an incredible transformation from traditional IT towards a new, digitalised world which has begun …
Celebrating innovation
SAP is a big company, so it goes without saying that it should present itself in a big way. Sapphire …
Android botnet abuses people’s phones for SMS spam
In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially …
NetApp and Aptec Ingram Micro launch Expresspod in the Middle East
ICT solutions Value-Added Distributor Aptec, an Ingram Micro company, announced yesterday the launch of NetApp’s Expresspod SMB Virtualisation solution in the Middle East.
IDC Government Insights unveils 2013 predictions
IDC Government Insights research arm has published a top 10 predictions list for 2013. The predictions are: 1. Consumerisation of …
Dell invests in enterprise solutions and services
Opening its 2nd Annual Dell World Conference, Dell announced that more and more customers worldwide rely on its technology solutions …
Oracle buys DataRaker for ‘big data’ analysis
Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analysing data from …
CA Technologies appoints global boss
IT management solutions provider, CA Technologies, has appointed IT services industry veteran, Michael Gregoire, as chief executive officer (CEO), effective January …
Canon hosts partner conference
Building on its “closer to customers” strategy, Canon Middle East has hosted its 2012 Partner Conference from 5th to 7th December …
Nicira CTO shares sneak peek of company’s SDN plans
Nicira, the software-defined networking (SDN) startup that VMware purchased for $1.2 billion earlier this year, plans to release an SDN product that runs independent …
BYO trend fuels consumer app adoption in workplace: study
While the BYO trend is most commonly associated with employee-owned smartphones and tablets entering the workplace, new research by Cloud …
By 2020, there will be 5,200 GB of data for every person
During the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of …
Microsoft Office 2013
Although consumers and businesses are turning more often to Web-based software and mobile apps, many millions still depend on Microsoft …
More fireworks
It’s not just data that’s exploding as storage vendors set off fireworks to celebrate a lucrative year in the Middle …
Unchartered shores
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Emcor Facilities Services (EFS) says this …
Dell’s acquisitions not yet paying dividends
Dell’s effort to move away from PCs into enterprise products has been slow as the company battles a challenging economy …