And it was all going so well. As vendors began to build more comprehensive cloud-based product roadmaps, Middle Eastern users were beginning to see just how cloud services can streamline their businesses. According to a Gartner report from earlier in the year, cloud adoption was due to grow monumentally in the region up to 2016. This was largely due to issues surrounding security and compliance being ironed out.
Google Apps, once a leader, faces growing cloud app rivals
When Google Apps arrived in 2006, it stood on the cutting edge of Web-hosted email and collaboration suites for businesses, a bold pioneer clearing a path in the new, wild frontier of enterprise cloud computing.
Google buys Flutter, a gesture recognition start-up
Google has acquired Flutter, a gesture recognition company whose technology lets people control music and movies on their desktop by waving their hands.
Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel
New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel’s willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft.
Google buys Foxconn's Hon Hai display patent portfolio
Google has bought Foxconn’s Hon Hai Precision Industry display patent portfolio as the search company ramps up its development of …
Google CEO on innovation: ‘We’re at 1% of what’s possible’
Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the …
Google owes Asus for Nexus 7
The Google Nexus 7 tablet was launched to much anticipation earlier this year. Since the original Nexus phone, Google has …
Faceoff: Google Drive vs Dropbox
In this corner, weighing in at 50 million users, and five years’ growth under its belt, the filer from Manila-er, …
Google Nexus 7
Google has announced its own-brand Nexus 7 tablet and we’ve managed to get some hands-on time with the much anticipated …
Google being investigated for not playing fair
Google is being scrutinised by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly deceptive practices when it comes to online search …
Google slapped with class-action lawsuit over Buzz
A Florida woman filed a class-action lawsuit against Google Inc., charging that the new Buzz social networking tool set violates …
GITEX 2016 to put the spotlight on growing wearables market
A new report by Frost & Sullivan, which was prepared in collaboration with GITEX Technology Week, highlighted that the demand for seamless connection to the Internet of Things will drive wearable shipments to double by 2020.
GITEX 2016 to spotlight startups
GITEX Technology Week is set to feature new sections at its 2016 outing, including areas dedicated to virtual reality and international startups.
Virgin Atlantic appoints new CIO
Don Langford has been appointed as the new Senior Vice President for Technology, the equivalent of a CIO, for Virgin Atlantic and will be responsible for leading the technology team at the UK-headquartered international airline
Apple acquires Metaio with a view to augmented reality
Apple has taken a big step into augmented reality by acquiring Metaio, a German company whose technology has been used …
HKTDC: Apple Watch ‘An Internet/hardware bridge’
A series of seminars at Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Spring Electronics Fair today provided key insights into the evolving industries of the Internet of Things and consumer technology.
Five trends that will shape the future of ERP
Businesses today are required to deal with technological advancements occurring at a pace never experienced before. What’s more, trends like …
Gartner: Top 10 mobile technologies and capabilities
Nick Jones, Vice President and Analyst, Gartner, shares the research firm’s top 10 mobile technologies and capabilities that organisations must master in 2015 and 2016.
Cisco: Mobile data traffic to explode 11-fold by 2018
Networking experts are running out of superlatives to describe the coming tidal wave/explosion/cataclysm of mobile data traffic.
What wearable tech has up its sleeve for CES 2014
Wearable technology is an exploding field in desperate need of a category-defining product. And now, with the Consumer Electronics Show upon us, we get to see whether any company can release an uncompromised, mainstream consumer hit in 2014.