Acer on Sunday announced its latest all-in-one consumer desktop, the 19.5-inch Aspire ZC-605. As is the case with most all-in-one …
Gartner: In-memory computing gaining traction
According to analyst firm Gartner, in-memory computing is “racing towards mainstream adoption”. Gartner believes that the “rapid maturation of application …
Cisco to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys
Cisco is planning to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys for US$310 million in cash and retention-based incentives, the company announced on …
Google releases Quickoffice for iPhone, Android
Google has launched its Microsoft Office substitute, Quickoffice, for the iPhone, Android smartphones and Android tablets, fulfilling a promise made …
Washington, Seoul collaborate on cyber protection
Recent massive cyber attacks that paralysed computer networks at several South Korean banks and broadcasters, strongly suspected to have been …
Whose job is it, anyway?
A growing number of Middle East CIOs are hiring specialised service providers to manage their organisation’s infrastructure. Is this the …
Bitcoin hits $100 amid Expensify endorsement
Digital currency Bitcoin has had an exciting few years since its introduction back in 2009, complete with security problems, online heists, a …
SAP demos Business Suite on HANA at Dubai racetrack
SAP last week held a demonstration of its new HANA-powered Business Suite at Dubai Autodrome, announcing that the new suite …
Palit unveils GeForce GTX Ti Boost series
Palit Microsystems last week unveiled its GeForce GTX Ti Boost series, the latest addition to the Nvidia Kepler-powered family of …
Seagate to hold Middle East Partner Conference
Seagate announced on Monday that it is set to host its annual Middle East Partner Conference on Wednesday, April 3, …
EMPA appointed as Huawei’s master disti
EMPA Middle East, one of the principal IT distributors in the MENA region, signed another major vendor into its portfolio …
Review: Huawei Ascend G600
The mid-range smartphone market is heating up. Along with the new Window 8-powered, mid-range devices from Nokia, plus last year’s …
Researchers find another piece of POS malware
A new piece of malware that infects point-of-sale (POS) systems has already been used to compromise thousands of payment cards …
Avaya CEO happy to share customers with Microsoft, Cisco
Despite what he sees as shortcomings of Microsoft’s real-time communications platform, Lync, businesses will see value to some of its …
3D printers to cost less than PCs by 2016
Widespread adoption of 3D printing technology may not be that far away, according to a Gartner report predicting that enterprise-class 3D printers …
Big Switch hopes to drive OpenFlow adoption
In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based “thin” virtual switch for …
LTE subscribers to double by 2014
The number of global subscribers to 4G LTE mobile broadband technology is set to double over the next two years, …
Dubai down under
The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) may not be a home-grown school of higher education, but it has made …
BYOD on the rise at Intel
Intel says its rapidly expanding bring-your-own-device programme has been a resounding success that delivered about 5 million hours of productivity …
Sony unveils Xperia SP, Xperia L smartphones
Sony recently announced that two new Xperia smartphones will join its 2013 spring line-up – the Xperia SP and the …