Today marked one of the biggest one-day HP events ever to hit the Middle East, with its Road To Innovation …
Du appoints Hatem Bamatraf as executive vice president for enterprise
UAE-based telco Du announced on Monday that it had appointed Hatem Bamatraf as its executive vice president for enterprise, as …
Ericsson to open global service delivery centre in Beirut
Ericsson on Monday said that it will set up a new service delivery facility in Beirut, Lebanon, where a local …
Dell: ARM servers waiting for 64-bit support
The low-power capabilities of ARM-based processors have created high expectations for their use in servers, but one of Dell’s top …
Infosys sees profit drop in ‘soft quarter’
Indian outsourcer Infosys saw its profit drop even as revenue grew in the first quarter, as margins were hit by …
BlackBerry disputes Z10 return reports
BlackBerry is mad and it’s not going to take it anymore. The smartphone maker came out swinging Friday, one day …
HP to create enterprise-friendly cloud, takes aim at AWS
HP can stake a bigger claim in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market by creating an enterprise-friendly rival to …
StrikeForce lawsuit dampens Microsoft cloud security plans
A lawsuit could put a crimp in Microsoft’s reported plans to implement two-factor authentication for users of its consumer cloud …
Are data centre vendors taking companies for a ride?
The volume of data centre projects continues to rise in the Middle East, but experts believe that the education level …
JadoPado reports 208-percent revenue growth
E-commerce firm JadoPado on Sunday announced year-on-year revenue growth of 208 percent for its financial year ending March 31, 2013. …
Powerocks unveils ‘world’s thinnest’ power bank
Powerocks last weekend announced the Tarot, which it claimed is the world’s thinnest portable power bank. The device, which can …
Linksys releases X3500 Wi-Fi router
Linksys last week announced a new addition to its X-Series, the X3500. The firm called the new product an app-enabled, …
Worldwide device shipments to top 2.4bn in 2013, says Gartner
According to Gartner, over 2.4 billion devices will be sold worldwide during 2013, marking a 9 percent increase from 2012. …
InfoWatch: Saudi Arabia to invest $400m in data loss prevention
According to the latest market research conducted by the InfoWatch Group, Saudi Arabia is expected to invest up to $400 …
Ericsson targets IPTV market with Mediaroom acquisition
Ericsson last week announced that it had acquired Microsoft’s Mediaroom TV solution business, which, the firm claims, holds a 25 …
IBM pledges $1bn for Flash-based R&D
Following its buy-out of solid-state storage maker Texas Memory Systems (TMS) last autumn, IBM today said it plans to make a $1 …
Microsoft stock takes beating amid declining PC shipments
Microsoft’s stock took a beating over the weekend after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first …
Mobile insurer names Galaxy S3 most unreliable smartphone
According to insurance data, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is most prone to breaking, while Apple’s iPhone 3GS the most reliable. …
Apple fires Samsung as chip designer
Apple is said to have closed the door on Samsung as its chip designer, according to a series of reports. …
In defence of gaming
As a relatively enthusiastic gamer, I’m often subjected to ridicule about time-wasting. What’s more, despite the vast amounts of revenue …