Concerns over data security is the top factor delaying the widespread adoption of cloud-based services, according to a new survey …
Schneider Electric anticipates major cloud adoption in region
Schneider Electric has announced it has registered stable growth of four percent over the last quarter, as well as nine …
Cisco to acquire cloud vendor Meraki for $1.2B
Cisco revealed yesterday it intends to acquire Meraki, a vendor of technology for cloud based management of wireless LAN, security …
Cloud services in MENA market to surpass $378 Mn in 2012: Gartner
The Middle Eastern and Northern African public cloud services market is forecast to grow 15.3 percent in 2012 to total …
MENA is lacking mobility policies, cloud adoption, says SAP
The MENA region is sufficiently lacking mobility policies and strategies, especially small and medium sized businesses, according to Sam Alkharrat, …
Analyst report advocates for cloud, SaaS buyers’ ‘bill of rights’
With SaaS (software-as-a-service) having become a preferred deployment model for new software purchases, customers should be entitled to a clear-cut …
What does the cloud mean to you?
The world of computing is always changing; corporate mainframe computers were replaced by desktops; desktops became laptops; phones became mobile …
Google gives cloud database performance boost
Google’s Cloud SQL database has gained more storage, faster reads and writes, and now offers users the choice of running …
Fujitsu starts ‘personal cloud’ tests
Fujitsu has unveiled its Fujitsu Personal Cloud concept, which it says is designed to make “substantial savings” in comparison to …
Asia Pacific to lead global cloud traffic
Asia Pacific will generate the most cloud traffic by 2016 as compared to North America and Western Europe. The second …
10 reasons why your cloud is only as good as your network
According to a recent study ‘The Five Faces of the Cloud’ by Bain & Company, revenue from sales of …
Lack of cloud protection opens door for botnet attacks, study says
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cyber criminals with an …
SAP reveals policies, pricing for cloud integrations
SAP has laid out a set of pricing and policies for tying together its array of cloud-based and on-premises applications, …
HP launches cloud service for the IT help desk
Hewlett-Packard has launched a hosted offering called HP Service Anywhere, providing IT service management (ITSM) software over the Internet. “We believe …
eHosting DataFort implements private cloud for EFS
eHosting DataFort (eHDF) has implemented what it claims to be the first private cloud in the UAE for EMCOR Facilities …
Cloud has no place in defence companies says Saab
Defence companies can effectively “put a red line through public cloud offerings” because of the security risks involved, according to …
Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can …
AOL launches Alto cloud-based mail, aggregates Gmail and others
AOL offered a limited preview Thursday of a new cloud-based email service that sorts content automatically to help combat “inbox …
Microsoft to showcase cloud, Windows innovations at GITEX
Microsoft Gulf is set to showcase its latest innovations across the cloud portfolio and the Windows platform at GITEX. Microsoft …
Lack of awareness is key barrier to cloud usage, study reveals
The key concern for SMBs when it comes to the cloud seems to be a lack of related knowledge. This …