Contrary to previous reports, Cisco's data center vision does not seem to be a largely solo effort. Microsoft, Intel, BMC, …
Economic crisis means hard times, hard decisions for IT
As the economic news continues to get bleaker, double-digit budget cuts are becoming a fact of life in many IT …
Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
Accenture and Cisco launch joint services drive
Accenture and Cisco have jointly launched a major initiative to deliver collaboration and datacenter virtualization services to large companies. The …
The promise of information cards
UAE authorities recently announced they had broken up an international Internet data-smuggling ring suspected of hacking into the credit network …
Simplifying JBoss migrations
Red Hat has launched a new open-source project the company said is aimed at making it easier for enterprises to …
Quantum upgrades disk-based backup
Quantum last week upgraded its disk backup and remote replication DXi7500 device to include multi-site replication and direct tape creation …
Microsoft pulls PerformancePoint Server after just 15 months
Microsoft said that it was folding its business process management (BPM) software, PerformancePoint Server, into its popular SharePoint Server product. …
HP enhances portfolio of data centre management software
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced new features for its suite of data centre management software. The improvements encompass both physical and …
Healthy dose of IT
Having recently added the Mouwasat Hospital in Riyadh to its existing chain of hospitals in Dammam, Jubail, Madinah and Qatif, …
Top 25 software screw-ups
Most IT security woes, from software patching to cyberespionage and cybercrime, can be traced to the devastating effects wrought by …
VMware taps Borland CEO for chief operating officer
Nielsen had held the top job at Borland, which focuses on application lifecycle management tools, since November 2005. He was …
iPhone applications get down to business
With its revolutionary design, the first-generation iPhone captured consumers' hearts. But for the device to be welcomed into the business …
CA forays into data-leak prevention
CAannounced an agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum data-leak prevention vendor Orchestria, boosting the software maker's security, privacy and …
Solid state storage
For many companies, the time to adopt solid state drives will be when the extra speed and performance of solid …
Sun takes another swing
Having coined the phrase “the network is the computer” more than a decade ago Sun Microsystems could expect to be …
Saudi utility giant SWCC embarks on IT upgrade
As the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) faces challenges of global expansion and privatisation, the Saudi utility giant has undertaken …
Struggling Sun faces difficult choices about future
Bad times just keep getting worse at Sun Microsystems, and the vendor may face hard choices about which parts of …
Citrix NetScaler 9 offers better RoI
Citrix Systems announced Citrix NetScaler 9, the industry’s most advanced solution for radically improving the efficiency and TCO of web-based …
ALFalak Recorded SR 300 Million as 2007 Revenues
ALFalak Electronic Equipment & Supplies posted total revenues of over SR 300 million in 2007, setting a new growth record …