Google Chrome’s rise in popularity has been remarkably fast and it’s just hit a new milestone: more than 20% of …
Digital hoteliers
The Internet has changed the way the hospitality industry does business. CNME speaks with IT professionals in the sector to …
Oracle aims ‘Exastack’ program at ISVs
Oracle is hoping to convince independent software vendors to certify and run their products on its high-end Exadata and Exalogic …
PCI building thinner interconnect for handheld devices
The PCI-Express standards-setting organisation is creating a thin interconnect that would link mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to …
Windows OS going strong, Windows IE on the decline: Forrester
A new study of corporate operating system and browser trends by Forrester Research reveals both good news and bad news …
HP unveils thin client virtualisation solutions
Faced with increasing competition and a fast paced global environment organisations are making investments in strategic IT investments that enable …
Packard Bell’s summer wave
With its new range of consumer products ready to roll, Packard Bell is hoping to regain its market share this …
Obama’s CTO eyes the cloud
The federal government is “bullish” on prospects for using cloud and mobile technologies, although perhaps not at the expense of …
Salesforce.com to acquire Radian6
Salesforce.com plans to buy social media monitoring vendor Radian6, whose technology tracks conversations occurring on social sites like Facebook, Twitter …
Haves vs. have-nots
A handful of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies have exited the great recession, regained their footing and posted respectable …
Intel to reshape chips to empower mobile devices
Looking into its crystal ball at where trends are leading, Intel hopes to bolster on-chip capabilities to vastly improve the …
What technologies can the UAE expect in 2011?
Whether it the flood of Apple iPad’s that made their way to the UAE or the Blackberry fiasco that ensued …
On an upturn
Where does Riverbed go beyond WAN optimisation? You are a dominant player, but the danger is that you become a …
The end of outsourcing
Most outsourcing analysts and consultants will tell you that the future of the traditional IT services industry is uncertain. Arjun …
Skills and training
Chandan Mehta, product manager at Fujitsu Technology Systems in the region The Middle East has traditionally and for many years, …
Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout
Riverbed has products on tap that will enable WAN optimisation as a cloud service, speed up the boot time for …
Virtualisation's dirty little secrets
THE SHEER NUMBER OF POTENTIAL missteps has Doug Dineley, executive editor of the InfoWorld Test Center (one of CPI’s US …
Being counterintuitive
In a world where most people use computers at home, where the Internet is a basic medium for everyone and …
Brocade aims high
At its annual Brocade Technology Day held in New York, the company took the wraps off Brocade One – its …
The WAN plan
NWME: What do you think will be the biggest technology and industry trends to watch – specific to the WAN …