Customer relationship management (CRM) has moved from 18th to 8th technology priority for CIOs in 2012, according to a global …
Facebook pays Microsoft $550m for AOL patents
Microsoft and Facebook, which have struck a variety of business, technology and advertising agreements in recent years, announced yesterday a deal …
Microsoft SkyDrive upgrade takes aim at Dropbox
Microsoft has set its sights on Dropbox with a new set of features for its cloud storage service SkyDrive that syncs …
Infor aims at global ERP deployments with new Local.ly platform
Infor is planning to release a new platform called Local.ly that will allow customers of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) …
Infor prepares to roll out ‘Mongoose’ development platform
Infor is moving into the PaaS (platform as a service) market with an offering called Mongoose that is based on …
IBM on path to cut internal apps by 85%
IBM has reduced its number of internal applications by 70%, but that’s not enough for CIO Jeanette Horan. When the company …
Fujitsu launches big data software suite, targets US$1 billion in yearly sales
Fujitsu said yesterday it will release a set of software suite tools aimed at processing and analysing huge sets of …
Citrix Systems appoints new channel development manager for MEA
Citrix Systems has announced the appointment of Sarah Mews Sultani for the role of channel development manager, Middle East and …
CommVault honours partners at first Worldwide PartnerAdvantage Awards
CommVault recently honoured several valuable partners in a variety of categories at its first annual worldwide PartnerAdvantage Awards program. The …
Asus ships quad-core Transformer Pad 300 tablet for $379
Asustek started shipping its Transformer Pad 300 tablet in the U.S. yesterday, with the company pitching the tablet as a …
Windows RT tablets will be more security friendly than iPad, Android
Microsoft can perform a type of network access control on Windows RT devices as a way to protect corporate networks from harm these …
What to consider before signing up for Google Drive
Just as with an Apple product launch, Google has had to do next to nothing to create buzz around its long-awaited Google …
The road less travelled
V. C. Gopalratnam believes ‘chief innovation officer’ is a better title for today’s CIOs. “The role is all about innovation. The …
Dell’s Wyse buy a hedge against slowing PC sales
Dell’s plan to buy Wyse Technology is an effort to boost its client hardware portfolio and protect the company from …
Venture capital poured into enterprise software in Q1
The buttoned-down IT industry outshone flashy consumer internet startups at raising money in the first quarter, logging a big increase …
Brocade’s16 Gbps fibre channel switch to be offered through channel and OEM partners
The latest innovation from Brocade is an entry-level 16 Gbps fibre channel switch and new host bus adapters (HBAs) that …
Security vendors ‘must do more’ for enterprises: report
Enterprises do not have a clear and comparable choice of endpoint protection solutions that completely meet today’s mobile working security …
IT salaries rise by 2%: survey
IT salaries in the UK have gone up two percent over the last 12 months, according to IT recruitment agency …
Yahoo’s new CEO lays out strategy for smaller, more focused company
Yahoo plans to cut about 50 properties and refocus on its core business, CEO Scott Thompson said in an earnings …
Security remains a top concern for regional enterprises
The 3rd edition of Security Strategist, organised by CNME on Monday, rallied together the information security officers and industry experts …