Bahrain is building a knowledge economy. Under the patronage of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince …
UAE University rolls out a new network
Designed and built to support UAEU’s current and upcoming needs for High Definition (HD) Internet Protocol television (IPTV), voice, video …
SABIC deploys OpenText for 37,000 users
OpenText has entered into a global agreement with SABIC, one of the world’s top six petrochemical companies, in which SABIC …
du selects Ericsson to augment IT environment
du has extended its long standing business relationship with Ericsson into the IT space. As part of the new five …
Amazon to offer Oracle DB in the cloud
Oracle’s database will be available in the second quarter as part of Amazon Web Services’ Relational Database Service, the companies …
The cost of security compliance – $3.5m: survey
The cost of achieving regulatory security compliance is on average $3.5 million each year, according to a survey of 160 …
Computers need radical redesign: research
To use multicore processors effectively the IT industry needs to radically rethink the basic computer architecture it has used over …
EU to lay down cloud guidelines
The European Union is set to introduce a set of guidelines for cloud computing covering such areas as data protection, …
UAE University chooses Brocade for network foundation
Brocade today announced that United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), the UAE’s first and leading national university based in Al Ain, …
Google previews tablet-optimised Android 3.0
Google yesterday released a preview of the software development kit for Android 3.0, which has been designed specifically for mobile …
IBM to build Asia’s largest cloud computing centre
IBM and the China-based Range Technology will build a cloud computing data centre near Beijing that the companies claim will …
Forrester names 2011’s security recommendations
Given security leaders’ pain points and focus areas for 2011, Forrester has identified recommendations for security strategies that address the …
Patient in your pocket from CSC
CSC today launched a Patient in your Pocket solution for the Middle East healthcare market at Arab Health 2011. Developed …
Banks may soon require new online authentication
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) could soon release new guidelines for banks to use when authenticating users to …