Samsung and Apple again traded places at the top of the smartphone market as Samsung came out on top in …
Security, wireless LAN and Ethernet switching top CIO priorities
The top three priorities for CIOs in 2012 are security, wireless LAN and Ethernet switching, according to a survey conducted by investment …
Twitter wanted to buy Instagram, but won’t copy Facebook
Twitter expressed an interest in buying Instagram long before the photo sharing app was snapped up by Facebook for $1 …
Citrix takes CloudStack to Apache, abandons OpenStack
Citrix has abandoned its Olympus OpenStack distribution and will focus instead on its open-source CloudStack operating system, which it has …
Mobile operators lost $58 billion from poor fraud management in 2011: research
The mobile telecoms industry lost more than $58 billion last year – over six percent of global revenues – due …
Injazat opens two-day data and cloud event
Injazat today opened a two-day international data centre and cloud computing technology conference in collaboration with New York University Abu …
Brocade debuts Effortless Network initiative
Brocade this week is looking to simplify the campus edge with two additions to its ICX switch line and plans …
Dell claims it has network virtualization architecture too
Dell this week is throwing its hat into the virtual networking ring with an architecture that initially is long on …
Cisco Q4 Ethernet switch revenue up, HP’s down
HP’s Ethernet switch revenue dropped 5% in the fourth quarter vs. the fourth quarter of 2011, while market leader Cisco gained 3.3%, according to …
Intel’s 10G ‘Romley’ server to spur Ethernet switch growth
When Intel ships its long-awaited 10G-enabled server platform later this quarter, it’s expected to have a significant impact on the Ethernet switching …
Citrix simplifies cloud service management
Citrix is shipping a new version of its cloud management software CloudStack that makes it simpler for service providers and …
Mobile World Congress sneak peek
It might be hard to imagine there will be that much more for makers of smartphones, tablets and other wireless offerings to …
No entry
With the increasing pressure on compliance of IT goods to not reach into embargo countries we look at how channel …
Apple overtakes Samsung in smartphone shipments: Research
Apple overtook Samsung again in smartphone shipments during the last quarter of 2011, data from leading mobile analyst firm Juniper Research …
Ultrabook shipments will grow at three times rate of tablets: Research
Ultrabooks will grow three times the rate of tablets over the next five years, according to analyst firm, Juniper Research. …
Volume and value jostle
Josef Miskulnig worked in IBM from 1977 to 1996. In 1997 he decided to set up Fast Lane as both …
Aiming high
Oscar Rodrigues, CEO of Extreme Networks, who visited the region recently, talks about why his company is a force to …
Mobile social media users to hit 1.3 bn mark by 2016
A new report from Juniper Research finds that the continuing increase in smartphone adoption and the rise of geosocial networking …
The future awaits
As organisations in the region prep their strategies for another tough year, Pallavi Sharma speaks to regional vendors to discuss …
Stephen Berner, Managing Director, help AG
RME opinion Help Ag follows a model of high level security consultancy based on audit and assessment of the internal …