Acer has taken the number one spot in notebook shipments worldwide for Q2 2012, market researcher Gartner has said. Acer’s …
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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
Microsoft pamper SkyDrive, Android App to follow
Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service has been given a fresh look and new features on the Web, and a SkyDrive …
Oracle, AMD advocates for Java GPU proposal
A proposed project for the OpenJDK open source implementation would fit GPU (graphics processor unit) support to Java. Among others, Oracle …
Apple reclaims dominance of tablet market
Apple dominated the global tablet market last quarter on the back of record sales, reclaiming a massive lead over …
HP readying three-part effort at network virtualisation
HP is preparing three new software capabilities that are designed to help enterprises pool their computing and storage resources across …
MITSUMI IT Distribution Africa headed for GITEX
MITSUMI IT Distribution, one of the Africa’s largest IT distributors, will this year participate for the first in GITEX Technology …
Announce your pregnancy on Facebook
A new “Life Event” feature on the Facebook Timeline now allows users to announce when they’re expecting a baby. Life …
IBM opens first research centre in Africa
IBM is opening its first research centre in Africa, following years of international marketing by the Kenyan government and visits …
Red Hat to release enterprise-ready OpenStack package
Red Hat plans to release an enterprise grade version of the OpenStack open source software for hosting IaaS (infrastructure as …
Gartner: Android extends smartphone OS dominance in Q2
Android continued to increase its dominance of the smartphone market during the second quarter, powered by Samsung’s success. Competitor Apple …