This isn’t the first year that tablets are a hot gift item, but it is the first holiday season that …
IDC: HP customers should demand assurances over Autonomy’s future
Research group IDC has said that following HP’s £5.5 billion writedown of Autonomy, its customers should seek ‘formal assurances’ about …
Gartner defends Autonomy after HP fraud allegations
Gartner and Deloitte have both come out in defence of Autonomy following fraud allegations put to the US Securities and …
HP-Autonomy fallout: The winners and losers
Hewlett-Packard’s bombshell revelation that it would take a US$8.8 billion non-cash writedown after allegedly discovering major accounting fraud related to its Autonomy …
HP to ‘seek redress’ for alleged Autonomy accounting fraud
HP is planning to “aggressively” seek recompense for alleged accounting fraud related to the acquisition of its Autonomy unit, …
Whitman: HP 100% commited to Autonomy products
HP CEO Meg Whitman has come forward to reassure customers that the future of its Autonomy product line is safe, …
Microsoft announces strategic partnership with Westcon Convergence
Microsoft has announced a new strategic global partnership with the value added distributor Westcon Convergence. Westcon Middle East is a value-add distributor of convergence, security, networking and mobility products and services, covering the Middle East, Pakistan and North Africa regions.
Dell delivers full Windows 8 line-up
Dell has jumped feet first into the Windows 8 era of computing with a redesigned portfolio of business and consumer …
Microsoft to showcase cloud, Windows innovations at GITEX
Microsoft Gulf is set to showcase its latest innovations across the cloud portfolio and the Windows platform at GITEX. Microsoft …
Microsoft flaunts new Exchange version
Microsoft is set to demonstrate the reasons it believes enterprises need to adopt the new version of its Exchange email …
Google touts new Apps customers in education vertical
Google announced 14 new customers for its Apps for Education cloud suite, as it continues to jockey for position against …
Microsoft exec to head HP Autonomy software division
HP has acquired the services of Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns to lead its Autonomy information management software division, HP announced …
Aruba Networks releases wireless software update
Aruba Networks has released new software for its WLANs that it claims will provide “airtime fairness” to all clients and …
Yammer software gauges emotions in employee posts
Yammer is adding functionality to its cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software that lets organisations gauge the types of emotions expressed …
Microsoft Office must evolve to remain successful
Office has been a wildly successful product for Microsoft, but its continued dominance is far from assured as software moves …
Microsoft to buy maker of large, touch displays
Microsoft has entered into an agreement to buy Perceptive Pixel (PPI) a vendor of large-scale, multitouch displays, an acquisition Microsoft …
HP to trim 9,000 jobs
Hewlett-Packard plans to trim its workforce by about 9,000 in the U.S. as part of its long-term plan to reduce …
Microsoft buys Yammer
Microsoft has agreed to acquire Yammer, a maker of cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software, for US$1.2 billion in cash, …
HP appoints new head of software
Following through on promises to shuffle the ranks of upper management, Hewlett-Packard has hired George Kadifa to head up the …
Cisco takes its lumps, keeps developing video meeting tools
Cisco Systems owned up to some miscalculations in its video collaboration strategy but showed off some promising future capabilities in …