EMC today launched its long-awaited “Project Lightning,” now called the VFCache product line, an initiative to sell PCIe-based NAND flash …
CIO IT spending to increase in MEA: Survey
IT spending in the Middle East and Africa will increase by 14% as the role of technology in business grows, …
Big and growing
Collating big data and gleaning intelligence from it is becoming important among Middle East enterprises, as it is the worldover. …
RIM announces appointment of new CEO
Research In Motion’s co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have quit after a tumultuous period at the company, which saw …
IT leaders continue to juggle multiple priorities in 2012: research
Analytics and business intelligence have moved back to the top of the technology priority list for CIOs, followed by mobile …
Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has left the company, the latest dramatic change at the top of the embattled Internet company. …
Messaging security market to touch $4.78b by 2015:IDC
The messaging security market will grow to $4.78 billion in 2015, according to research firm IDC, but enterprises will favour …
Trend Micro revamps partner programme
Trend Micro has announced an aggressive new partner programme focused on rewarding proactive partners, driving new business, customer retention, while …
Aiming high
Oscar Rodrigues, CEO of Extreme Networks, who visited the region recently, talks about why his company is a force to …
Intel bets big on ultrabooks
Intel will get a strong indication at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show whether its decision to bet heavily on ultrabooks …
Hadoop solidified for production duty
After nearly seven years of development and fine tuning, the Apache Hadoop data processing framework is finally ready for full …
Big and growing
There is no easy way to say this. Ask a few people about what big data stands for, and you …
More SCADA security flaws surface
Earlier this year, speculation abounded that a botched fix for a software flaw in an industrial control system built by …
Nokia ditches Symbian name for Nokia Belle
The next version of Nokia’s Symbian OS will be called Nokia Belle, the company said ina blog post yesterday. Since …
Technology for a new year
Gartner has revealed its top predictions for IT organisations and users for 2012 and beyond, and they herald changes in …
Sophos launches MDM tool to simplify IT consumerisation
IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced Sophos Mobile Control 2.0, the latest version of its award-winning mobile …
Microsoft and HP team up for the cloud
HP and Microsoft have announced a new four-year partnership to deliver public, private and hybrid cloud solutions built around Microsoft …
Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant” on PCs: IDC
Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant” to traditional PC users, IDC said Monday. Microsoft faces a tough sell with the …
SMBs struggling with consumerisation: Citrix
Staff at a quarter of small and medium businesses (SMBs) are now using their personal smartphones and tablets for work, …
HP to put Xeon chips in high-end Integrity servers
HP has updated the road map for its high-end Integrity servers to include systems that can accommodate both Xeon- and …