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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 3573
Exascale leader hangs in balance
In the global race to build the next generation of supercomputers – exascale – there is no guarantee of who will finish first.
Microsoft Xbox One sales pass 1 million on launch day
Microsoft says the launch of the Xbox One on Friday has been the most successful yet for its Xbox gaming console family.
Brocade launches high-density 10/40 GbE Network Switch
Campus networking solutions vendor Brocade has unveiled its ICX 7750 fixed-port, high density 10/40 GbE switch.
Lloyds Bank: service virtualisation cuts app development costs
Lloyds Bank has revealed how using service virtualisation has helped it cut app development costs by reducing testing times and highlighting defects earlier so that they can be fixed more cheaply.
Bitcoin playing bit-part, but gaining momentum
Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling …
UAE makes biggest worldwide gain in ICT Development Index
The UAE has gained recognition for its improving IT industry by climbing 12 places up to 33rd in the ICT Development Index – the highest increase of any country.
California sues SAP over ‘significant errors’ in payroll software project
SAP has been slapped with a lawsuit by California’s state controller over a payroll software implementation that cost taxpayers vast sums, but has never worked correctly.
Twitter tightens security against unethical snooping
Twitter has implemented new security measures that should reduce eavesdropping on communications between its servers and users, and is calling on other Internet companies to follow its lead.
Apple victorious in Samsung patent battle
A jury has ordered Samsung to pay US$290 million to Apple for infringement of several of its patents in multiple Samsung smartphones and tablets.