BlackBerry looks like it will launch new smartphones at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) tech show.
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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
Oracle broadens legal fight against third-party Solaris support providers
Oracle is continuing its legal battle against third-party software support providers it alleges are performing such services in a manner that violates its intellectual property.
KPMG: Large firms struggle to grapple with big data
A KPMG study reveals that less than ten percent of businesses believe they are in a position to make use of the information they have on customer preferences, behaviour and demands.
CIO 50 Awards 2014: Honouring innovation
CNME’s fifth annual CIO 50 awards ceremony took place yesterday at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, and served as the perfect gathering of the region’s top IT executives.
Emulex unveil new adapters to address explosive storage growth
Network management firm Emulex have released their next generation of Ethernet connectivity solutions for virtualised, enterprise and Cloud datacentres.
Google acquires artificial intelligence firm DeepMind in $400 million deal
Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for a fee of US$400 million.
Canalys: Android, wearable tech to get boost from Google-Samsung patent deal
The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, analysts said Monday.
SDL looks to battle Oracle, Salesforce.com in 'customer experience'
Customer experience has emerged as one of the enterprise software industry’s hotter segments of late, as companies try to run marketing, sales and support across both traditional and digital channels.
BBC sacks CTO over failed £100m digital transformation project
The BBC has fired its CTO John Linwood over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI).
Snowden: NSA happy to spy on foreign firms for national gain
The National Security Agency would carry out industrial espionage operations in pursuit of US economic interests, Edward Snowden has alleged in a German TV interview.