External controller-based disk storage has recovered from the global recession, exceeding the record sales figure from 2008 with revenue in …
WD acquires Hitachi’s disk drive arm
Western Digital announced yesterday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), …
Acer aims to grow faster than market
Acer, the global ICT products and solutions firm, intends to grow by 30 to 35% in the Middle East, Turkey …
YouTube acquires Next New Networks
YouTube has acquired web video production startup Next New Networks to help contributors to YouTube make successful videos. Next New …
Customer sues Infor after ERP licence audit
A New York manufacturer is suing ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Infor following a dispute over whether it should have …
Android tops BlackBerry, iPhone
Google’s Android smartphones took the top spot in the U.S. for the first time, hitting 31.2% in the latest comScore …
BMW aims for cars to take e-mail dictation
BMW has developed a prototype system that allows drivers to compose full-text e-mails and text messages using voice commands. Unlike …
Pre-nimbus perplexity
Just for once, let’s not talk cloud. Instead, let’s look at the technology initiative that, a few years back, was …
IBM fires back at Oracle in middleware fray
IBM is returning fire to Oracle in an increasingly heated battle over who has the faster stack of middleware. Big …
Intel courts the cloud builders
In an office building near Portland, Oregon, in a room next to a massive bank of cubicles, hums one of …
Cybercriminals targeting point-of-sale devices
Point-of-sale payment processing devices for credit and debit cards are proving to be rich targets for cybercriminals due to lax …
Apple reveals iPad 2
At a special event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Apple unveiled the iPad 2, the follow-up to the original iPad …
Salesforce.com deepens tie-in to Facebook
Salesforce.com is deepening the integration between its CRM (customer relationship management) and customer service software with the explosively popular social-networking …
Avaya expands presence in KSA
Avaya is strengthening its presence in Saudi Arabia with the opening of a new office in Jeddah. The move comes …