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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 3607
Apple loses court appeal against Samsung tablet
Apple has lost its court battle with Samsung in the UK over its tablet design. The High Court in London ruled that …
NFC mobile payment spend to hit $100 billion in 2016
The total value spend of Near Field Cummunication (NFC) mobile payments will rise from $4 billion in 2012 to $191 …
Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can …
Microsoft kicks off free Office 2013 upgrades
Microsoft on Friday launched an Office upgrade offer that gives customers who purchase the current Office 2010 a free copy …
Xiaomi to look beyond China with its low-price smartphone business
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, which has built up an enthusiastic following in its home market by undercutting rivals’ prices and …
Funds of India’s Satyam frozen for past misdeeds
Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services said Friday that about 8.22 billion Indian rupees (US$155 million) in its fixed deposit accounts …
SAP aims to give its business software a consumer-app makeover
A series of initiatives are under way at SAP with the goal of bringing its business applications much closer to …
AOL launches Alto cloud-based mail, aggregates Gmail and others
AOL offered a limited preview Thursday of a new cloud-based email service that sorts content automatically to help combat “inbox …
AMD to lay off 15 percent of workforce
Chip company Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it would lay off 15 percent of its workforce as it tries …