By John Ribeiro and Agam Shah, IDG News Service Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than …
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Intelligent security is key to fight sophisticated threats
Intelligent security is increasingly becoming vital as GCC CISOs continue to battle against increasingly sophisticated threats, according to experts. 0 1982
Struggling PC market causes Intel profit plunge
Intel reported a drop in profits and revenue for the first quarter, as the biggest PC market slump in recent …
Worldwide device shipments to top 2.4bn in 2013, says Gartner
According to Gartner, over 2.4 billion devices will be sold worldwide during 2013, marking a 9 percent increase from 2012. …
Microsoft stock takes beating amid declining PC shipments
Microsoft’s stock took a beating over the weekend after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first …
‘Perfect storm’ leads to PC market free fall
A “perfect storm” of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC …
Security experts warn against Facebook Home
Facebook Home, the new app that replaces the home screen on an Android smartphone, should be banned from corporate networks …
Maximo Middle East User Conference kicks off in Dubai
eSolutions Maximo’s Maximo Middle East User Group Conference 2013 kicks off on Tuesday, April 7, at the JW Marriott Marquis …
Piracy stats – what’s up with that?
The detectives at IDC have been at it again, this time with the compliments of Microsoft, which commissioned a study …
Soft launch
The idea of software-defined networking (SDN) has taken off, though it has hardly seen a launch of epic proportions. We …
Whose job is it, anyway?
A growing number of Middle East CIOs are hiring specialised service providers to manage their organisation’s infrastructure. Is this the …