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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 3572
Samsung forecasts bleak Q3 as smartphone sales suffer
Samsung Electronics expects its third-quarter operating profit to fall by almost 60 percent on sluggish sales of mobile devices as Chinese companies eat into its market share with cheaper smartphones.
The French connection
The University of Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi carries the responsibility of being an accessible and modern campus for today’s students, while maintaining the education and style of a centuries old one. When their Al Reem Island campus opened in 2009, the University IT department met the brief.
Smart moves
CNME’s Deputy Editor Annie Bricker sits down with the marketing mind behind Pepsi, Apple and now, Obi Mobiles: John Sculley.
Paper chase
It will come as no shock to anyone that the UAE’s Ministry of Labour creates and manages a great deal of paper. Documents, from the HR to the legal and finance departments have historically taken up rooms filled with boxes, which in turn are filled with files.
Preview: Windows Server 10
No major changes compared to Windows Server 2012 R2, but some very good incremental ones. With this just a very early version, here are some changes you might want to consider as you decide when to start looking at the release.
IBM to sell Elastic Storage in power-based box
IBM will extend its Elastic Storage technology with two new products as the company moves to offer software-defined storage in several forms.
Cisco, Acer join Intel-backed IoT standards group
Internet of Things standards groups are rallying the troops for efforts to make thermostats, door locks, sensors and other connected devices find each other and share information.
Samsung to invest $14 billion in new plant
Samsung Electronics is investing 15.6 trillion Korean won (US$14.7 billion) in a new South Korean chip plant to meet growing demand of smartphones, enterprise computing and the emerging ‘Internet of Things’ technology.
Gartner to discuss impending digitalisation at GITEX
Gartner analysts will discuss the impact of digital disruption in the Middle East, and how businesses must adapt in order to thrive in the new digital era at GITEX Technology Week.