Microsoft unveiled new capabilities for Azure that move the cloud offering from a platform as a service into the competitive landscape …
Citrix moves into mobile network optimisation with Bytemobile buyout
Citrix is moving into the mobile network optimisation market with its announced purchase of Bytemobile. Bytemobile specialises in making data …
HP and Oracle, now headed for a split, could have split up Sun
One of the more surprising episodes in HP and Oracle’s ill-fated enterprise IT partnership was touched upon for only a …
Fabric-based computing could cost IT operations jobs, Gartner warns
Enterprise adoption of new technologies such as fabric-based computing, smartphones and tablets could put IT operations managers out of a …
Intertec Systems partners with vendors to display latest solutions at MECC 2012
Enghouse Interactive, a provider of multi-channel contact centres, joined forces with IT systems integrator and solutions provider, Intertec Systems, to …
VMware calls on EMEA SMBs to win $20,000 worth of software, services
VMware will award one small or midsize business $20,000 worth of software and services in a competition it is launching …
HP releases 100TB/hr backup system
Hewlett-Packard yesterday announced new deduplication tools for its StoreOnce family of backup appliances that enable performance of up to 100TB per hour and data …
IBM adds inline compression, other upgrades, to storage systems
IBM yesterday unveiled upgrades to its line of storage products that it said adds more support for cloud technologies. For instance …
Salesforce.com buying social marketing vendor Buddy Media in $689 million deal
Salesforce.com is acquiring social media marketing firm Buddy Media in a US$689 million cash and stock deal, the companies announced …
Eye on the game
Axis Communications is gearing up for explosive growth in the global video surveillance market. During his recent trip to Dubai, …
Virtual Bridges partners with GBM to bring latest solutions to the GCC
Virtual Bridges and Gulf Business Machines (GBM) have announced a partnership to deliver Virtual Bridges Verde virtual desktop management and …
SAP survey highlights game changing strategic agenda
SAP partners from across the Gulf region reiterated their commitment to delivering and implementing cutting-edge software solutions at a recent …
Ellison: Next version of Oracle database set for December or January release
The next version of Oracle’s database will be released in either December or January, CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday during …
Salesforce.com's Desk.com service adding Arabic support
Salesforce.com’s Desk.com service is adding multilingual support to the cloud-based help-desk software, the company said. Beginning on June 6, Desk.com …
Microsoft adds photo sharing to SkyDrive
Mirosoft has made several tweaks to its online cloud storage service, SkyDrive, one of which now allows users to access …
Judge clears Google of Java copyright infringement
A district court judge has ruled that the Java APIs in Android are not eligible for protection under U.S. copyright …
Age of the data scientist
“Data science and big data – they are so much more interesting than the subject of storage. You have to …
HP appoints new head of software
Following through on promises to shuffle the ranks of upper management, Hewlett-Packard has hired George Kadifa to head up the …
IT services and system integration are losing strategic importance, study reveals
The effects of increasing digitisation are leading to dramatic shifts in business models globally and in the ICT industry’s provider …
Aim for transformation
Pat Gelsinger, the driven President and COO of global IT solutions provider EMC, talks about the next steps for the …