Etisalat and Alcatel-Lucent today signed a joint agreement to extend Etisalat’s long-term evolution (LTE) coverage across its footprint, including a …
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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 3595
Zain Kuwait and Huawei to launch joint innovation centre
Zain Kuwait and Huawei today announced plans to launch a first-of-its-kind joint innovation centre, which will serve as a research hub …
Visa and Samsung partner to accelerate mobile payments
Visa and Samsung yesterday announced a global alliance that they said has the potential to significantly accelerate the availability of …
Qtel rebrands as Ooredoo
Qtel Group has announced that all of its operating companies in emerging markets across MENA and South-East Asia will now …
Huawei unveils ‘world’s fastest smartphone’
Huawei yesterday bolstered its worldwide consumer offerings with the introduction of the Ascend P2, which it dubbed the world’s fastest …
The hidden costs of IT support
Brent Flint, Middle East and Africa Services Executive at Dimension Data, points out that the bulk of support-related expenses fall …
HP outlines Big Data Security strategy
HP on Monday unveiled its Big Data Security strategy, describing how combining the enterprise search and knowledge management resources from its Autonomy subsidiary …
SAP acquires SmartOps to improve supply chain offerings
SAP has acquired SmartOps in a move the company says will allow it to develop real-time supply chain applications that …
Hortonworks ports Windows version of Hadoop
Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops, it was reported on Monday. The …
LG buys webOS rights from HP
HP has sold some of its webOS mobile operating system rights to LG Electronics, which will use the platform in …