In recent years, the concept of IT governance has garnered much interest due to the integral role IT plays in …
Higher calling
The Ministry of Higher Education in Egypt (MoHE) has been working over the past two decades on improving higher education …
Personalised app stores, the way to go: experts
While a decreasing trend is being observed in the number of mobile apps downloads globally, Asia seems to be bucking …
Oracle adds new installer, failover to Windows MySQL
Oracle has updated the commercial edition of its MySQL database for Windows, adding a graphical installer and the ability to …
CIA, Mossad, MI6 targeted by Iranian DigiNotar-hackers
After breaching the Dutch CA (Certification Authority) DigiNotar, Iranian hackers managed to sign forged certificates for the domains of spy …
Storage shipments keep surging, IDC says
Enterprises and service providers spent more money on storage in the second quarter, emboldened by growing IT budgets, according to …
Google highlights advances in copyright protection
Google, which has faced intense criticism for years over copyright issues, said recently it has made progress on four copyright-protection …
Hackers steal SSL certificates for CIA, MI6, Mossad
The tally of digital certificates stolen from a Dutch company in July has exploded to more than 500, including ones …
Storage shipments keep surging, IDC says
Enterprises and service providers spent more money on storage in the second quarter, emboldened by growing IT budgets, research company …
Salesforce.com moves to make the enterprise more social
Salesforce.com announced several additional products and services based around the theme of ‘the social enterprise’ at its Dreamforce 2011 event …
HTC’s Mango phones, Titan and Radar, out next month
HTC recently launched two smartphones running Microsoft’s latest update of its mobile operating system, called Mango, as Microsoft struggles to …
Oracle likely to appeal rejection of $1.3bn SAP verdict
Oracle and SAP are standing by their legal positions in the wake of a federal judge’s stunning rejection of the …
Avoiding telecom slippery slope
Telecom operators worldwide face numerous obstacles to continued success: stagnating growth; heightened competition; and growing consumer sophistication. As these trends …
Cisco aims for a go-anywhere router
Cisco Systems made its fortune selling routers for the cores of enterprise and service-provider networks, but now the company is …
Oracle quadruples capacity of virtualisation software
Oracle has updated its server virtualisation software with greater policy control and more connectors for storage systems, the company announced. …
Citrix personalises, extends virtual desktops
Working to boost the versatility and speed of virtual desktops, Citrix Systems has updated its XenDesktop software to allow users …
Server shipments, revenue grow, Gartner says
Worldwide server shipments in the second quarter of 2011 grew 8 percent year on year, while revenue moved upward 19.5 …
Worldwide server revenues increase 19.5% – Gartner
Worldwide server shipments in the second quarter of 2011 grew 8% year on year, while revenue moved upward 19.5% year …
NoSQL offers scalability and flexibility, users report
Users of NoSQL databases and data processing frameworks such as CouchDB and Hadoop are deploying these new technologies for their …
Citrix personalises, extends virtual desktops
Working to boost the versatility and speed of virtual desktops, Citrix Systems has updated its XenDesktop software to allow users …