There’s a wealth of data that companies can use to better understand customers and identify emerging business opportunities and threats. …
Samsung mulls enterprise cloud services for mobile devices
Samsung is looking into the idea of hosting its own cloud services to extend the appeal of its Android-based consumer …
RIM reduces headcount in $1bn cost-cutting effort
Research In Motion has started cutting jobs as it tries to achieve its stated goal of slashing US$1 billion in …
FVC appoints Waleed Heloo GM for GCC and Pakistan
FVC, a prominent value added distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the appointment of Waleed …
Mobile connections boom across Middle East: Ericsson
Anders Lindblad, Head of MENA, Ericsson Mobile subscriptions in the Middle East grew at a rate of 69,230 new connections …
BT launches Assure Analytics
BT today launched Assure Analytics – a new security data analysis service which helps organisations collect, arrange and evaluate big …
Facebook acquires Face.com
Facebook has acquired Face.com, the facial recognition software company whose products power Facebook’s photo tagging suggestions, according to a blog post. …
Snapshot
Video conferencing (VC) represents a steadily maturing technology that offers the channel huge opportunities. We speak to vendors and partners …
Schneider Electric launches customisable data centre assessment services
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today introduced EnergySTEP Data Center Assessment, an innovative new solution in its energy …
Honeynet Project tackles USB-carried malware like Flame
A nonprofit security research group is building technology to trap malware spread from PC to PC via USB storage drives, …
McAfee tightens integration of cloud security products
McAfee has tightened the integration between components of its cloud security platform to improve reporting on web traffic and the …
SanDisk launches Lightning PCI Express SSA cards for the enterprise
SanDisk Corporation, a provider of flash memory storage solutions, today introduced Lightning PCI Express (PCIe) Solid State Accelerator (SSA) cards …
HP and Oracle, now headed for a split, could have split up Sun
One of the more surprising episodes in HP and Oracle’s ill-fated enterprise IT partnership was touched upon for only a …
Fabric-based computing could cost IT operations jobs, Gartner warns
Enterprise adoption of new technologies such as fabric-based computing, smartphones and tablets could put IT operations managers out of a …
Nokia 808 PureView now available across all retail stores
Nokia has announced the local availability of the Nokia 808 PureView, the first smartphone in the world with a 41 …
EMPA scores top honour at Fujitsu’s IT Future event in Dubai
Regional IT distributor EMPA Middle East recently announced that it has been titled “Highest Growth Channel Partner of the Year …
Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud'
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison declared the company is ready to offer “the most comprehensive cloud on the planet Earth,” during …
VMware calls on EMEA SMBs to win $20,000 worth of software, services
VMware will award one small or midsize business $20,000 worth of software and services in a competition it is launching …
D-Link reinforces support for World IPv6 Launch Day
D-Link has reaffirmed its commitment to the switch to the new IPv6 standard and support for World IPv6 Launch Day …
Cisco upgrades mobile carrier switches with an eye on escalating traffic
Cisco Systems wants to make it easier for mobile operators to scale up the wired networks that their wireless systems …