The theme for this year’s meeting of business, political and academic elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is ‘Creating a Shared Future …
Why a driverless future will not arrive until 2025
Bloomberg New Energy Finance founder and Transport for London board member Michael Liebreich has told tahawultech.com why he believes a …
US tech CEOs voice concern over Trump’s immigration order
Leaders from the US tech industry have warned that the temporary entry suspension on certain foreign nationals introduced by President Donald Trump will impact their companies’ operations and workforce.
CNME’s CIO 100 Awards celebrates technology excellence
The third annual CNME CIO 100 Awards recognised information technology and transformation leaders who have excelled in implementing innovative technologies and strategies to accelerate business growth.
Channel premiers
A round-up of the most influential executives in the regional IT channel.
Microsoft to give Windows away for phones, small tablets
Hardware vendors making smartphones and tablets with screens smaller than 9 inches will get Windows for free, the latest aggressive move by Microsoft to increase the use of its OS on those devices.
Microsoft sets 31st October as stop date for Windows 7 consumer PC sales
Microsoft has set 31st October as the end of sales of new consumer-grade Windows 7 PCs, but for now has left open the do-not-sell-after-this-date for business machines.
California lawmakers move to bar state help to NSA
Two California lawmakers this week introduced a bill that would prohibit state agencies and corporations from providing material support to the National Security Agency.
Laptops, Chromebooks, tablets: The PCs we expect to see at CES 2014
CES comes at an awkward time of the year for PC manufacturers. The holiday shopping season has ended by early January, and the industry’s next big selling season – back-to-school time -is many months away.
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 …
A productivity problem of Olympic proportions
As athletes from 205 nations participate in over 300 events during the Olympic Games in London, die-hard fans will be …
Microsoft opens Azure to IaaS, Linux
Microsoft unveiled new capabilities for Azure that move the cloud offering from a platform as a service into the competitive landscape …
Sony division moves services from AWS to OpenStack
The division of Sony that suffered a cyber attack last year, which led to a major PlayStation network outage and …
Apple beats HP in PC and tablet race
Apple has overtaken HP as the largest supplier of PCs in the global market, according to new figures from analyst …
Office 365: Microsoft rolls it out
A new paradigm of unified computing, targeted at small and medium enterprises, is being rolled out across the region. So …
Intel adds sensors to aid data centre cooling
Intel is adding new sensors to its server chips to help companies improve the efficiency of data centre cooling systems, …
Alcatel leaps ahead with 400-gigabit routing chip
Alcatel-Lucent is charting a course to the next generation of carrier routers with new silicon that is focused today on …
Cloud computing dominates IDC conference agenda
Running under the theme 'Building a Smarter Infrastructure', the event attracted more than 170 of the UAE's most prominent IT …
Time for change
Breaking up is hard to do. And when it comes to IT outsourcing, it can be expensive and risky, too. …
EMC teams with Intel for power-efficient cloud storage
EMC is working with Intel on a more energy-efficient version of EMC's Atmos cloud storage system that should be available …