Consumers worldwide are projected to spend some spend $2.1 trillion in 2012 on digital information and entertainment products, such as …
Apple to spend $356 million on security company
In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile …
Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership
A new technology partnership between Riverbed and Juniper will see the latter license Riverbed’s application delivery controller for use in …
Google's enterprise push a 'future growth engine'
Google is looking at its cloud-based apps for the enterprise not as a small side business, but as a major …
3 steps to dodge the DDoS bullet
It is an all-too-common headline: Prominent website brought down by attackers. The backstory to this growing threat to business is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS).
Windows revenue falls 13%, share of sales drops to 23%
Weak sales of Windows last quarter dropped the operating system division to its second-lowest share of Microsoft’s total revenue since …
Blue Coat software allows control of mobile apps
New software from Web security specialists Blue Coat Systems allows companies to restrict what employees can do on their cellphones …
Huawei eyes storage market
China’s Huawei Technologies wants to take a bigger bite out of the enterprise market with a wider range of storage …
Building effective channels in emerging markets
Lenovo has made successful inroads across various regions within emerging markets, to emerge victorious in these markets.
Its secret lies in a clear knowledge of its markets and the strong relationships it has with its partners. As an extension of the organisation, Lenovo’s channel relationships are defined with shared strategies, joint planning, mutual trust, accountability, and above all, clear definition of the culture between brands and channels.
Sanovi Technologies and GBM partner to bring DR management solutions to the region
Sanovi Technologies, a provider of disaster recovery management (DRM) software and Gulf Business Machines (GBM) today announced a partnership to …
Acer to offer free Windows 8 upgrades on some ultrabooks
Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee …
Microsoft Office must evolve to remain successful
Office has been a wildly successful product for Microsoft, but its continued dominance is far from assured as software moves …
Tablets, smartphones dent PC shipments in second quarter
Tablets and smartphones continued to eat away at worldwide PC shipments, which remained flat during the second quarter, according to …
Windows 8 goes to manufacturers in August, will ship in October
Windows 8, the next major upgrade of Microsoft’s operating system for PCs, tablets and laptops, will be released to manufacturers …
5 mistakes to avoid when deploying an enterprise app store
As personal mobile devices flood the corporate workplace, you’d think every company would have its own app store, right? Not so fast. …
Apple's China challenge: 150 million counterfeit phones by 2013
With an anticipated 150 million counterfeit mobile phones predicted to be shipped in 2013 – accounting for 14% of the …
Facebook, Yahoo settle patent dispute
Facebook and Yahoo announced Friday they have settled a high-profile patent dispute with a deal that analysts said would likely …
Spectrami and Verdasys sign distribution agreement for the Middle East
Spectrami, a value added distributor in the region, today announced that it has signed up a distribution agreement with enterprise …
Six steps to improve BPM in a social-media-driven world
As mobile devices and social media put down ever deeper roots in IT, businesses are seeing big changes in how …
RIM delays BlackBerry 10, reports plummeting sales
Amid stiff competition from the likes of Google and Apple, Research In Motion is planning a series of sweeping changes …