In the global race to build the next generation of supercomputers – exascale – there is no guarantee of who will finish first.
Dell Software appoints StarLink as distributor in the Middle East
StarLink will now distribute a broad range of legacy-Quest Software products, which are now a part of Dell Software Group.
Eyeing the future
Tom Kendra, VP and GM, Systems Management Software, Dell Software Group, talks about how the company is sorting through all the software it has acquired and efforts to become a more profitable, software- and services-driven company.
Spectrami offers rewards for channel partners
Spectrami and Fidelis XPS to reward its channel partners on the sale of Fidelis XPS across the region
Qualcomm wants to equip mobile devices with ‘brains’
Qualcomm wants to make tablets and smartphones more perceptive by giving the devices a “silicon brain,” company CEO Paul Jacobs said Wednesday.
Sophos: SMB managers unaware of IT threats
Sophos has released results of a study which shows some alarming findings on senior management’s knowledge of security procedures in SMBs.
US senators challenge NSA claim that dragnet surveillance is necessary
Three prominent U.S. senators have in a federal court filing questioned the claim of the National Security Agency that its bulk collection of phone records is required for intelligence purposes.
The supercomputing problem: what’s after silicon?
In a little booth tucked in the corner of this week’s SC13 supercomputing conference may be the next Intel.
Nokia Solutions and Networks unveils future tech targets
Nokia Solutions and Networks has outlined six core future targets in its Technology Vision 2020 manifesto.
British spies accused of monitoring diplomats’ hotel bookings
The U.K.’s intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has reportedly built an automated system to track the hotel bookings of foreign diplomats when travelling abroad for international summits or work meetings.
China leads with top supercomputer, Saudi’s best offering ranked 59th
China has maintained its lead in the biannual ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, with the Chinese National University of Defense Technology’s Tianhe-2 system bringing 33.86 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second) to the table.
R&M announces participation in DatacenterDynamics Conference in Riyadh
Reichle & De-Massari is participating in and sponsoring the DatacenterDynamics Conference and Expo taking place in Riyadh in December.
Nokia Solutions and Networks mobilises Technology Vision 2020
Big data telco platform prototype analyses one million live messages a second, bridges the best of IT and telco technologies.
Google will build another six solar power plants in the U.S.
Google has announced plans to continue its rollout of solar energy plants in the U.S. with an $80million investment for six new facilities; its second largest to date.
Microsoft declares war on cybercrime with new investigative facility
Microsoft is opening a landmark 16,800-square foot (1,560m sq) Cybercrime Centre on its Redmond campus to act as an HQ and anchor point for a network of satellite offices that will collect evidence on malware from every continent, the firm has announced.
Nation-state likely behind attack on IE zero-day flaw
The website of a U.S. organization specializing in national and international security policy was compromised with malware that targeted a previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
SIM: IT leaders’ main concerns not in-sync with those of employers
IT professionals have plenty of reasons to be thankful these days: rising budgets, salaries and job tenures among them. But when it comes to IT management and spending priorities, they often don’t see eye-to-eye with their organisations.
AMD’s Kaveri chips to reach laptops, desktops in January
Advanced Micro Devices aims to bring console-style graphics to PCs with its chips code-named Kaveri, which will become available in desktops and laptops starting early next year.
Banking malware infections rise to highest level since 2002
Malicious software aimed at stealing online banking credentials surged in the third quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2002, according to a new report from Trend Micro.
Researchers reveal IE zero-days after hackers set ‘watering hole’ traps
Security researchers have uncovered two unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) which have been exploited by attackers in an unusual “watering hole” campaign launched from a U.S.-based website that specialises in domestic and international security policy.