Thousands upon thousands of attendees rolled into the Sunshine State yesterday for the opening day of the Sapphire Now conference …
SAP launches Afaria mobile management in the cloud
From today, SAP is offering its Afaria mobile management solution in the cloud, hosted on Amazon AWS, for only €1 …
‘Smart, speed, secure’ – SAP delivers opening Sapphire message
Co-CEO Bill McDermott raised the roof of the Orange County Convention Center in Florida today during the opening keynote of …
HP announces Converged Systems business, unifies server divisions
Hewlett-Packard on Monday said it has created a business unit that will deal in purpose-built systems based on specific applications …
SAP’s first quarter: The key questions
SAP will announce its first-quarter 2013 earnings on Friday, a report that will get heavy scrutiny from company watchers. Here’s …
Cloud boosts SAP revenue, despite demand drop in Asia
By John Ribeiro and Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service. SAP reported strong growth in cloud subscription and support revenue in …
Proper planning
As any CeBit visitor knows, it’s impossible to navigate the vast trade show without coming up with a decent plan. …
African bank launches continental data platform
The African Development Bank Group this week announced the launch of what it calls an open data platform in 20 …
Redington Value to distribute VMware in Africa
Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, has been appointed as a VMware distributor in WECA, marking a …
New kid on the block
Qais Gharaibeh, UAE Managing Director, SAP MENA
ICANN eyes Africa strategy
ICANN’s CEO and President, Fadi Chehadé, was at the group’s Multistakeholder Internet Governance meeting in Africa this week with the …
SAP brings focus to Ariba at CeBit
After 12 successive quarters of double-digit growth at SAP, co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe has pinned his future hopes on the …
Big data analytics steals the show in Vegas
With the hundreds of conferences that CPI Technology attends, we get a very good grasp of the major themes and …
SAP acquires SmartOps to improve supply chain offerings
SAP has acquired SmartOps in a move the company says will allow it to develop real-time supply chain applications that …
Comguard hosts EC Council partner roadshow
EC Council distributor Comguard recently held a roadshow in Dubai, attracting a large number of partners from across the Middle …
Oracle 12c database to launch ‘within weeks’
Oracle’s long-awaited, next-generation 12c database will likely be released within weeks or possibly even days, the IDG News Service has …
Africa is the newest telecoms battleground
The news that Web services giant Baidu will bring its mobile browser to Africa, in a deal struck with France …
Out of this world
Back in the city where it all began, Michael Dell walked out at the Austin Convention Centre in Texas last …
Cloud service partnerships to boom in 2013
Cloud service providers will seek out partnerships to offer a wider breadth of services that customers are increasingly demanding, a new report …
Celebrating innovation
SAP is a big company, so it goes without saying that it should present itself in a big way. Sapphire …