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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 3612
MSAT partners with Liquidware Labs, Citrix and Microsoft to launch Workspace-as-a-Service solution
Mahindra Satyam, an IT consulting and services provider, today announced the launch of Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS), which leverages technology from Citrix …
Samsung and HTC smartphones picking up pace
The battle between Samsung and Apple for smartphone superiority continues. After an abundance of advertising, lawsuits and patents trying to …
Sony’s woes continue with latest class action suit
Along with the mixed news coming out from Japan regarding the PlayStation Vita launch, it appears Sony has another lawsuit …
Japan mobile carriers to expand beyond Sony NFC standard
Japan’s three biggest mobile phone companies said that they would adopt international standards for touch payment systems, expanding beyond the …
Nokia ditches Symbian name for Nokia Belle
The next version of Nokia’s Symbian OS will be called Nokia Belle, the company said ina blog post yesterday. Since …
SSD shipments leap 66% in Q3, revenue doubles
Shipments of solid-state drives (SSDs) jumped more than 66% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period …
Seagate completes Samsung HDD business acquisition
Seagate Technology has completed the acquisition of the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics, after it recently received …
Twitter gets Saudi cash injection
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company, Kingdom Holding, have announced a $300 million (£194m) investment in micro-blogging …
IBM predicts five big technologies of the future
IBM today issued its sixth annual look at what Big Blue thinks will be the five biggest technologies for the …