Makara's technologies will accelerate the development of Red Hat's comprehensive Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution as part of its Cloud Foundations portfolio. …
Red Hat acquires Makara
Based in California, Makara provides solutions to enable organisations to deploy, manage, monitor and scale their applications on both private …
The pursuit of success
The Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Properties (MAFP) is one of the biggest shopping mall, hotels and mixed-use communities developers and …
Storage centric
More and more solution providers are finding that more opportunities in virtualisation come from two separate, but decidedly complementary, technologies: …
The virtual promise
The explosive growth of cloud computing has fuelled the need to integrate Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications with each other and with …
Softec unveils its Cloud Partnership Programme
The programme is designed for distributors and resellers of cloud solutions to create accounts for their customers and track their …
Software play
Software distribution has been touted as the brave new world – much talked about in the past decade, and finally …
Clearing the clouds
Middle East enterprises are slowly warming to the promise of cloud computing and are beginning to implement services in specific …
Disrupting the market
Chuck Schaeffer, chairman of Aplicor Standfirst: SaaS-based ERP and CRM vendor, Aplicor, is a veteran in its space with clients …
The SMB promise
Software is one area in IT today that can drastically reduce the element of risk as one great implementation could …
Identity in the cloud
Novell has made its Cloud Security Service generally available. The company announced the service, which gives cloud providers the opportunity …
Application strategy in a cloud world
Look at where technology is going, or where it’s dragging us, and you see two unstoppable forces that, if mismanaged, …
Molding the Future
In the world of enterprise software, there are but a handful of “rock star” analysts who cover the industry well, …
SAP-Sybase: What to expect in the first 90 days
Now that SAP’s roughly US$6 billion acquisition of Sybase has gained clearance from European regulators, it may not be long …
ERP – the time is right
While the global economic problems of 2009 probably forced some IT managers to stretch the shelf-life of their ERP systems …
Striking back
It can’t be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft’s chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill …
Doorstep delivery
SaaS is riding the wave of cloud computing and is increasing in popularity among Middle East enterprises. However, …
Worldwide IT spending to grow 5.3% in 2010: Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $3.4 trillion in 2010, a 5.3 percent increase from IT spending of $3.2 …
Blue Coat, IBM expand relationship
The expanded relationship between IBM and Blue Coat provides clients with a managed service that enables greater protection against Web-based …
McAfee, launches Cloud Secure programme
Amazon Web Services (AWS), a pioneer in cloud computing and SuccessFactors, a SaaS provider are expected be amongst the first …