As organisations across the world invest in a variety of applications to differentiate themselves from competitors, developers of these applications …
Microsoft extends SUSE Linux partnership
Extending a partnership established in 2006, Microsoft has renewed a working agreement to resell SUSE Linux and help develop new …
EMC expands high end storage market reach with VMAXe storage system
EMC Corporation today introduced the new EMC Symmetrix VMAXe storage system, innovative storage technology designed for virtualised cloud and mission …
Touch control MFP from Sharp
Sharp Middle East announced launch of the first multi function printers with a finger-swipe touch control panel. The three models …
Software AG acquires memory leader Terracotta
Software AG announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Terracotta. This acquisition will allow Software AG to …
Dell fills data centre technology stack with Force10
Dell’s acquisition of Force10 Networks will fill a critical networking hole as the company buys its way into building an …
Dell to acquire switch maker Force10
Dell this week said it will acquire switch maker Force10 Networks for an undisclosed sum. Dell said Force10’s data centre …
Oracle makes Fusion Applications ‘available’
Oracle has quietly made its Fusion Applications generally available, albeit with a caveat, but it seems that any serious fanfare …
State Street cuts IT staffers, shifts work to IBM, Wipro
State Street is laying off 530 IT workers and transferring another 320 to IBM or Wipro Technologies, part of a …
EMC revenue grows on strength of big data, VMware
Increasing customer demand for big data technologies and cloud computing brought record financial results at EMC in the second quarter, …
Subway changes its menu, adds SaaS
Subway is a fast-food franchise operation with some 35,000 restaurants worldwide. Like many big enterprises, it expected to host a …
Intel to buy networking chip company Fulcrum Microsystems
Intel is acquiring networking chip company Fulcrum Microsystems for an undisclosed amount in an effort to boost its networking offerings, …
Banking on Sage
Fernand Rasetti, COO, Sage, a software development company serving the global financial industry in streamlining processes for core banking operations, …
Structuring data
Comprehensive data management – bringing together structured and unstructured information – within an organisation is popularly touted as the next …
Adobe acquires electronic signature company EchoSign
Adobe Systems has acquired EchoSign, a web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation, for an undisclosed amount. Adobe plans …
IBM reported revenue driven by software, systems
Software and services fueled IBM growth in the second quarter of 2011, the company said. For the quarter ended June …
Security lockdown
Stephan Berner, CEO of help AG, outlines some of the critical initiatives regional organisations can adopt to deal with the …
IE9 hammers rivals in download blocking test: NSS Labs
The in-house reputation system used in Internet Explorer 8 and 9 is markedly superior at blocking social-engineering attacks than the …
Redknee and Tech Mahindra Sign Global Partnership
Redknee, a provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, has entered into a global …
Cisco expands UCS portfolio
Cisco has expanded its Unified Computing System networking portfolio with new Fabric Interconnects, a new Virtual Interface Card, a new …