Worldwide enterprise IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2012, a 3.9 percent increase from 2011 spending of …
EMC, VCE announce tighter Vblock integration
EMC and the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) alliance yesterday announced that EMC’s management tools have been upgraded to more tightly …
Citrix survey reveals awareness gap in mobile working opportunities
Citrix Systems, a provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service, today released survey …
Apple Chairman Steve Jobs dead at 56
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who resigned from the company in the mid-1980s and returned a decade later to make …
HP expands direct presence in Africa to 17 countries
HP has expanded its direct presence in Africa to 10 new countries to add onto the five markets the technology …
Oracle’s Sparc SuperCluster due by year end
Oracle has launched its new Sparc T4 processor, along with new hardware that it hopes will turn up the heat …
Oracle’s Sparc SuperCluster due by year end
Oracle has launched its new Sparc T4 processor, along with new hardware that it hopes will turn up the heat …
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with support for SAPR business applications now available
Red Hat, today announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has been certified by SAP AG to run SAP business applications. …
Servers with new Intel Xeon E5 chips due early 2012: IDF
Servers with new Xeon E5 chips based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture will become available early next year, Intel officials …
On the air
In an industry synonymous with information sharing, media and broadcasting organisations in the region are investing in technology to manage, …
Embedded systems market to double by 2015: IDC
The market for embedded computer systems, which already generates more than US$1 trillion in revenue annually, will double in size …
IDC: Embedded systems market to double by 2015
The market for embedded computer systems, which already generates more than US$1 trillion in revenue annually, will double in size …
Amazon steps up service security for government agencies
Amazon is stepping up the security and access features of its cloud services in an effort to attract more government …
Fabrics of our life
It is incredible how connected our lives are today. Increasingly sophisticated wireless devices are becoming common every day tools leading …
IBM declares the end of the PC era
Are we living in a “post-PC” world? Steve Jobs thinks so, and he often refers to the iPad as a …
AMD sitting out smartphone market
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is not immediately chasing the market for smartphones as it does not align with the company’s …
Data centre startup Plexxi lands additional funding
Stealthy data centre start-up Plexxi has landed another $20 million in funding as it continues development of a network fabric …
Pittsburgh looks to save money with Gmail migration
In an attempt to get away from paying for high-priced email administrators, the Pittsburgh city government is looking to save …
Dell to acquire switch maker Force10
Dell this week said it will acquire switch maker Force10 Networks for an undisclosed sum. Dell said Force10’s data centre …
Security lockdown
Stephan Berner, CEO of help AG, outlines some of the critical initiatives regional organisations can adopt to deal with the …