70% of UK organisations are not very confident of their ability to fully recover their systems or data after downtime …
Motorola Mobility shareholders approve Google acquisition
Motorola Mobility said Thursday that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed acquisition of the company by Google. …
Videoconferencing enhances learning environment: Polycom survey
Polycom, a provider of unified communications (UC) solutions, today reported the results of a survey of 500 grade-school and university …
“It is better to work with one distributor having a channel network within a country,” Mathis Lai
EMPA distributes the Philips brand of monitors in UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. However Hong Kong based TPV …
Moto’s losses narrow as it prepares for life at Google
Motorola Mobility reported a net loss of US$32 million, or $0.11 a share, on net revenue of $3.26 billion for …
Nokia unveils first Windows phones
Nokia unveiled yesterday four new phones intended for developing markets as well as the company’s first two smartphones running the …
Web sales through mobile apps and social presence to grow exponentially: Gartner
By 2015, companies will generate 50% of Web sales via their social presence and mobile applications, according to Gartner. Vendors …
Menya Zavoot GITEX
One of the best parts of GITEX for me is the number of people from outside the UAE that you …
EU restricts export of eavesdropping technology
The European Parliament on Tuesday revised EU rules on the export of so-called dual-use technologies with an aim of restricting …
MySQL.com hacked to serve malware
The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors yesterday. Security vendor Armorize …
Kaspersky awards Al Hosani Computer best partner award
Al Hosani Computer has been awarded Kasperky Lab’s Best Partner of the Year for the third year running. The distributor …
Google, Motorola file for merger clearance
Google and Motorola Mobility plan to file for pre-closing antitrust clearances for the merger of Motorola with a Google subsidiary …
Gartner reports consumer fatigue with social media
There are signs of maturity in the social media market, as some users in certain segments are showing “social media …
UAE ranked fifth in most attractive emerging market for business: European SMEs
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx , and the express transportation company, announced the findings of a new study it …
Pentagon unveils five steps for better cybersecurity
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced a set of five guiding strategic principles for better preparing its forces to …
Rebates, incentives, loyalty programmes, promotions: What works?
By any theory of channel marketing these are established instruments of “reward power”. However with shorter life cycles and new …
China scores top spot for malware production: BitDefender
BitDefender, a provider of internet security solutions, announced the publication of its H1 2011 E-Threat Landscape Report, a study regarding …
New ‘Mango’ Windows Phone version integrates apps
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled many new features to its Windows Phone software but it left out a few that some …
EPM tools still underutilised: report
Oracle released today an independent research report conducted by Dynamic Markets that surveyed 1499 managers from both public and private …
Nokia Siemens completes Motorola acquisition
Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola Solutions have jointly announced that Nokia Siemens Networks has completed its acquisition of Motorola Solutions’ …