VMware unveiled an open platform-as-a-service offering on Tuesday that supports multiple programming frameworks including Spring for Java, Ruby on Rails …
Comstor wins global award at Cisco Partner Summit
Comstor, a dedicated VAD of Cisco networking, collaboration and data centre solutions and a business unit of the Westcon Group, …
IBM expected to launch Websphere 8 in June 2011
IBM plans to release the next version of its flagship Java application server, Websphere 8, on June 17, according to …
Security investments in region are shifting, says IBM’s Lamb
“IT security investments in the Middle East are fast shifting from intrusion protection technology to more database protection solutions, although …
Alcatel launches “smart deskphone”
Alcatel-Lucent has announced the availability of its innovative “smart deskphone” on a range of communications platforms. The Alcatel-Lucent OmniTouch 8082 …
Kaspersky aims for top three slots in IT security
Kaspersky Lab has announced plans to refine its organisational structure and become one of the top three IT security solutions …
Oracle releases free version of 11g database in beta
Oracle 11g Express Edition (XE), the free-of-charge version of Oracle’s flagship database, is now in beta. “XE provides an “entry-level, …
Comstor wins Cisco honour
Comstor, a dedicated value added distributor of Cisco networking, collaboration and data center solutions and a business unit of Westcon …
Orbit Showtime consolidates network with Orange
Orange Business Services, the B2B arm of France Telecom, has signed a three-year agreement with OSN – Orbit Showtime Network …
Cisco expands fabric technology across infrastructure
The recent data centre splash from Cisco means customers can now begin to implement the company’s fabric technology just about …
Save lives with IT collaboration: UN
A United Nations report into disaster relief calls for improved data sharing and technology collaboration between agencies to help save …
An EPIC story-WFP’s new IT platform developed in Dubai
The World Food Programme (WFP), one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the larger UN system, has recently finished development …
Web pages compromised in mass injection attack
More than 50,000 webpages have been compromised in an SQL injection attack that has been dubbed Lizamoon. Security firm Websense …
CIOs rely on outsourcers for process innovation, reveals survey
A survey of European CIOs reveals that 67% of IT leaders rely on outsourcers to turn ideas into new and …
Firefox 4 for Android
A week after it launched Firefox 4 for the desktop, Mozilla today shipped the final version of Firefox 4 for …
Java founder joins Google
Java founder James Gosling has taken a job with Google, he revealed in a blog post yesterday. “Through some odd twists in …
EBay to acquire GSI Commerce
EBay has agreed to acquire for about US$2.4 billion GSI Commerce, whose suite of e-commerce and digital marketing tools and …
Twitter loses another leader
The game of musical chairs continues at Twitter, where co-founder and former CEO Evan Williams will step down as product …
Cybercriminals selling exploit-as-a-service kit
Cybercriminals are taking a page from the software-as-a-service playbook: they’re now selling exploit kits complete with hosting services, with customers …
New game, new rules
Alcatel-Lucent is a force to be reckoned within the enterprise space, says the company’s Sr VP for Sales EMEA Enterprise, …