A handful of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies have exited the great recession, regained their footing and posted respectable …
Symantec to release cloud management software
Symantec plans to release a full refresh of its Storage Foundation and Veritas Operations Manager software , which will include …
Teradata trumpets business analytics at first regional conference
By Dave Reeder “We start this as a journey. This is our first conference in Dubai – it won’t be …
IT to play central role in Egypt’s future
The central role information technology will play in Egypt’s economic and political future was confirmed by Dr Magued Osman, the …
SAS pushes BI to Apple’s iPad, iPhones
SAS Institute is teaming up with mobile BI (business intelligence) vendor Mellmo to bring analytic applications to Apple’s iPhone and …
Gunning for data centre control
F5 is described as an application delivery vendor, but that term is nebulous to some folks and it doesn’t really …
IT graduates not “well-trained”
There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. Employers agree …
SAP bets on in-memory, mobility in new BI release
SAP is hoping to gain ground in the increasingly heated market for BI (business intelligence) software, announcing a suite on …
Zebra Technologies unveils ISV programme
As an element of Zebra’s channel development strategy, the ISV programme highlights the importance Zebra places on the ISV’s role …
Qatar Exchange chooses Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux
Red Hat today announced that the Qatar Exchange, the principal stock market of Qatar and one of the leading stock …
EMC’s Greenplum offers ‘data’ at no charge
EMC is now offering a community edition of its Greenplum data warehousing platform, as well as algorithms and data mining …
EMC has new KSA GM
Based in Riyadh, Talaat will be responsible for driving the overall strategic development of EMC business in the KSA and …
EMC appoints GM for KSA
EMC has appointed Mohamed Talaat as GM of the company’s Saudi operations. Based in Riyadh, Talaat will be responsible for …
New Intel technology to reduce data centre cabling
The days of data centres containing large bunches of cabling could be numbered according to Intel. The company is set …
Android tablets gain traction with developers
Although Apple’s iPad remains number one in the hearts of tablet application developers, Google Android tablets are increasingly piquing programmers’ …
HP lays Neoview to rest
Hewlett-Packard has officially consigned its Neoview to history, less than four years after introducing it to the market as the …
HP to overhaul board
Four Hewlett-Packard board members who reportedly played a central role in the company’s decision about whether to replace CEO Mark …
Steering Cisco’s IT ship
NWME: What is the scope of Cisco's IT operations? Jacoby: We're headquartered in San Jose, but less than 50 percent …
BMC buys GridApp for cloud database automation
BMC Software has purchased GridApp Systems, maker of software tools for database provisioning, patching and management in physical and cloud …
What next for Novell?
In an era of technology industry consolidation, the questions raised by Novell's sale to Attachmate for $2.2 billion ought to …