While tele-medicine or remote medicine offers great potential advantages in the region, healthcare institutions are yet to experiment with it …
A rewarding job
When Ben Fried left his post as IT managing director at Morgan Stanley and took over as Google’s CIO in …
Intel completes McAfee acquisition
Intel has completed its US$7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker announced yesterday. The all-cash deal makes …
HBMeU moves towards a new education experience with e-content store
In a step toward a paperless university, Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University (HBMeU) has announced that it has booked an entire …
Regional CIO study reveals need for IT innovation focus
Organisations across EMEA agree on the need to refocus IT budgets toward IT innovation in order to improve business performance, …
IT graduates not “well-trained”
There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. Employers agree …
UAE’s CIOs talk consolidation and virtualisation at CPI roundtable
By Sathya Mithra Ashok Hardware that is not yet ready for virtual platforms, licensing issues with software and the persistent …
Apple shareholders reject CEO succession proposal
Apple’s shareholders rejected a proposal in which the company would have to adopt and disclose its CEO succession planning policy. …
KSA’s Shaqra University selects SAP
Shaqra University in Saudi Arabia has announced that it has selected market leader in enterprise application software SAP to implement …
Abu Dhabi University implements mobile education solution
In an effort to enable learning beyond the classroom, Abu Dhabi University (ADU) is implementing a mobile education solution powered …
Train them right
If the average IT manager in the region wants to retain his staff he would need to invest in them …
Cloud computing is just outsourcing, says forum
Information security professionals should treat cloud computing as they would any other external supplier, according to an analyst at the …
Australian College of Kuwait selects SunGard
The Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) has selected SunGard Higher Education to help realise its vision for a new generation …
Net purchases peak in KSA
An Arab Advisors Group survey of Saudi Arabia’s Internet users revealed that around 39% of the adult Internet users in …