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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 3586
Three questions to ask about virtual server data protection
Allen Mitchell, Senior Technical Account Manager, MENA at CommVault Systems, advises CIOs on virtual server data protection. IT has reached …
Soft launch
The idea of software-defined networking (SDN) has taken off, though it has hardly seen a launch of epic proportions. We …
Whose job is it, anyway?
A growing number of Middle East CIOs are hiring specialised service providers to manage their organisation’s infrastructure. Is this the …
New APT malware targets Middle Eastern governments
Researchers from security vendor FireEye have uncovered a new APT (advanced persistent threat) that uses multiple detection evasion techniques, including …
Amazon Cloud Drive takes aim at Dropbox, Google with sync feature
Amazon is making a serious play for Dropbox and Google Drive users with a new file-syncing feature in its Cloud Drive …
Asia-Pacific data centre industry poised for growth
Continued growth is expected for the Asia-Pacific data centre industry in 2013 and 2014, according to global data centre vendor …
Google privacy policy under European investigation
Six European data protection authorities will conduct formal investigations of Google’s privacy policy after the company repeatedly rejected their requests …
Bitcoin hits $100 amid Expensify endorsement
Digital currency Bitcoin has had an exciting few years since its introduction back in 2009, complete with security problems, online heists, a …
SAP demos Business Suite on HANA at Dubai racetrack
SAP last week held a demonstration of its new HANA-powered Business Suite at Dubai Autodrome, announcing that the new suite …