CIOs’ ears perked up a couple of months ago when Gartner declared that in-memory computing (IMC) is racing towards mainstream adoption, and that CIOs must reskill their teams if they want to fully exploit it.
Networking, Saudi Arabia, Technology
Saudi Arabia’s Al Khobar becomes first Middle East city to get 5G network
Al Khobar, a city in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province, became the first city in the Middle East and North Africa to test 5G wireless connectivity after it launched a pilot project last week, according to a recent statement released by the Kingdom's Ministry of Culture and Information.0 5218Prologix enters telecoms domain with new Prologix Comserve division
In response to the growing regional demand for high-speed, wireless Internet connectivity, Prologix Distribution has opened a new division that will specialise in RF communication services and solutions for telecoms operators in the MENA region.
STME partners with SDG Group to beef up business intelligence portfolio
Systems integrator STME recently announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with SDG Group, a global management consulting company.
MVNO can do
With Saudia Arabia’s telecoms regulator, the CITC, set to award the country’s first three mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licences in the coming quarter, Ben Rossi examines why — contrary to other regions — they are yet to play a major part in the Middle East’s telecoms industry.
Mobile users to embrace LBS and QR codes, says TNS study
Location-based services (LBS) and quick-response (QR) codes are set to become the next big mobile growth feature, according to the …
AMD previews ‘world’s first’ 5 GHz CPU processor
At the E3 conference this week, AMD unveiled what it says is the world’s first commercially available 5 GHz CPU processor, the FX-9590.
Ticking time bomb
The last year has shown more than ever how careful businesses need to be with their data. However, recent reports …
The essentiality of optimising networks
Global demand for advanced broadband technology remains strong. In the last two decades, the Internet has become a necessity in …
Gartner: BI software market growth rate slowed in 2012
The BI (business intelligence) software market cooled off a bit in 2012 after “a few historic banner years” of spending …
Rolling back the years
It’s not an easy place to be, the smartphone market — but Nokia isn’t shying away from the challenge of …