With Sun Microsystems on the verge of being absorbed by Oracle, one of its biggest longtime rivals, Hewlett-Packard announced plans …
Mainframe-to-Windows migrations eyed for small businesses
Micro Focus has hatched a platform enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to move Cobol-based business applications off of IBM mainframes …
Google now targets Lotus Notes users
Continuing its attempt to attract enterprise-level users, Google unveiled a tool aimed at helping companies migrate from Lotus Notes to …
Services firms boost Microsoft’s SaaS
Microsoft Corp.'s late move into the hosted software business gained some headway this month when two outsourcers — Computer Sciences …
A technology pioneer
Brocade as a networking company prides on its focus which is on emerging technologies for the datacentre. "We don’t make …
Microsoft admits it knew of critical IE bug in early ’08
Microsoft, last week, confirmed it has known about a bug behind widespread Internet Explorer (IE) attacks for more than a …
VirtualBox 3.0: An easy way to mix and match operating systems
Whether you prefer Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, you can probably get almost everything you need done with your …
Stable and growing
With nearly two decades in existence, Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has built up a formidable repute as a leading IT …
Lead generation on Lenovo's channel agenda
Despite the global economic downturn having impacted IT hardware and software sales in 2009, technology vendor Lenovo has taken this …
Newest IE bug could be next Conficker
The critical bug that Microsoft confirmed but has yet to patch is a prime candidate for another Conficker-scale attack, a …
Microsoft may have known about critical IE bug for months
The vulnerability that sent Microsoft scrambling and is being used by hackers now to attack Internet Explorer (IE) users may …
Netscape founder seeks to fund upcoming leadership
An icon of the dot-com boom is seeking the next big thing in technology, along with the next great leader. …
Cloud interoperability remains wispy, but progress being made
Cloud computing is supposed to make IT more flexible, efficient and easier to manage. But the cloud model threatens to …
Cisco won’t take on Amazon in cloud
Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure …
Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service?
There is only one obvious question in Cisco's overture Tuesday that it might take on Microsoft and Google in the …
Update: Oracle launches Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle Corp. unveiled a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications, during an event …
Security should be prime concern with cloud-based e-mail recovery
Cloud-based disaster recovery has become a viable option for safeguarding e-mail, but IT shops need to ask tough questions about …
Unisys targets secure cloud computing
Unisys is announcing a new set of services in the area of secure cloud computing aimed at addressing customers' security …
DOJ pushes probe of Oracle-Sun deal beyond deadline
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) needs more time to examine Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems beyond an initial …
GBM demonstrates benefits of virtualisation and consolidation
GBM recently teamed up with IBM, Intel and VMware to host a half-day event in Dubai to provide their customers …