Salesforce.com is acquiring social media marketing firm Buddy Media in a US$689 million cash and stock deal, the companies announced …
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HP issues worldwide recall of 50,000 laptop batteries over fire risk
The company said it had received eight reports of those batteries "overheating, melting, or charring." Those reports included property damage and burns.1 3027HP uncovers record number of counterfeit printing supplies in UAE
HP today announced that its collaboration with UAE law enforcement has resulted in the largest seizure of counterfeit printing supplies …
Ellison: Next version of Oracle database set for December or January release
The next version of Oracle’s database will be released in either December or January, CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday during …
Cisco gets boost in server shipments in Q1, Gartner says
Worldwide server shipments grew at a slower-than-expected clip during the first quarter of 2012, but Cisco, which has a small …
HP: New data centre technology goes easy on the grid
A combination of solar power and carefully automated management should let data centres have a net grid impact of zero, …
HP appoints new head of software
Following through on promises to shuffle the ranks of upper management, Hewlett-Packard has hired George Kadifa to head up the …
IT services and system integration are losing strategic importance, study reveals
The effects of increasing digitisation are leading to dramatic shifts in business models globally and in the ICT industry’s provider …
Red Hat appoints Arun Oberoi as executive VP, global sales and services
Red Hat has announced the appointment of enterprise software industry veteran Arun Oberoi as executive VP of global sales and …
UAE schools stand out in HP Planet Partners Program
HP held an award ceremony recently to recognise the student’s efforts to raise awareness about the importance of recycling in …
Intertec to bring industry majors together to host virtualisation event for end users
Intertec Systems in collaboration with its partners HP, Trend Micro and VMware is organising an event on ‘Planning Your virtualisation’ …