The government of Abu Dhabi has realised their increased dependence on information and information processing systems and therewith the importance …
Back to the roots
Massive layoffs. Lagging stock. Declining profits. Cisco has never had it so bad since 2001 in the aftermath of the …
Twenty years ago today
Actually, it was 20 years ago on the 6th August that the world’s first Web site was published. Not surprisingly, …
The tablet revolution and your company
Over the past few months, numerous articles have been published citing the CFO’s increasingly influential role in IT. So, as …
Achilles’ heel
We’d recently organised a roundtable discussion on the very esoteric topic of SCADA with regional security experts help AG, which …
First salvo is out
Last month we mentioned about the Avatars of 2011. The first salvo has been launched! Anybody who has tried out …
Avatars of 2011
Editorial The last quarter of 2011 is going to be fierce. The retail community at Distree 2011 voted Microsoft as …
Is the BlackBerry PlayBook for you?
In early May, I was one of the fortunate few in the UAE to have had a BlackBerry PlayBook in …
Speaking in code
Most of the time, what we coin as new technologies are just standard improvements on older versions in the steady …
Searching for the game changer
As organisations develop their operations to meet customer demands, managing the growth of physical assets is commonplace. Today, however, the …
The new generation of apps
The world today is at the confluence of several trends, each sufficiently disruptive in its own right to affect profoundly …
Look and listen
Steady growth in the cloud services sector reflects the rapid pace at which companies are moving all or portions of …
If it’s Tuesday, it must be Prague
Friends and colleagues of journalists believe we live charmed lives, forever travelling round the world in business class, hosted at …
Protect yourself from Facejacking
It’s sometimes difficult to believe but our social networking accounts have become, in many cases, a part of our lives …