IBM has announced a new network security appliance to help deal with increasing threats posed by social media sites and malicious websites. …
Rackspace, HP go all in with OpenStack
Rackspace and HP have each brought major portions of their cloud offerings based on the OpenStack code out of beta and into …
SAP points HANA in-memory database at social analysis
SAP is coupling its HANA in-memory database with software for measuring market trends and customers’ moods through the analysis of …
Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …
Data centre design boasts 'world's most efficient cooling system'
A new kind of data centre claiming to employ “the world’s most efficient cooling system” turns the traditionally unbearable “hot aisle” between server racks …
Steady direction
Logicom Dubai has experienced exponential growth since its inception.
Mastering the art
FMP, a subsidiary of UMG is dedicated to the distribution of Samsung mobiles and is working towards strengthening its leadership …
Facebook boosts revenue in first public financial report
Facebook boosted revenue by 32 percent in its first earnings report as a public company, bringing in US$1.18 billion and …
Apple to spend $356 million on security company
In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile …
Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership
A new technology partnership between Riverbed and Juniper will see the latter license Riverbed’s application delivery controller for use in …
Barracuda Networks rewards top partners at 2012 Tour de France
Barracuda Networks recently awarded its top performing partners from the EMEA region with trip to Paris, France, where partners enjoyed VIP …
VMware to acquire OpenFlow pioneer Nicira for $1.26 billion
Continuing its push to virtualise all aspects of the data centre, VMware is acquiring software-defined networking firm Nicira for US$1.26 …
OAB chooses IBM to improve e-business agility
Oman Arab Bank (OAB) has chosen IBM technology to improve its e-business agility and increase competitiveness. Working closely with IBM’s …
Learning to grow
Khwaja Saifuddin holds a Masters in International Business Management from Lucknow University, India and has worked across both vendor and …
Despite African corruption conviction, Huawei notches customer wins
Despite the growing controversy surrounding the awarding of ICT contracts to Chinese firms in Africa, Huawei Technologies has won several …
2012: The year of the campus LAN
2012 is the year of campus network and it will continue witness rising investments over the next five to ten years.
Mozilla ships Firefox 14, patches 18 bugs, encrypts search
Just days after a former employee blasted Mozilla for its frequent updates, the company on Tuesday shipped Firefox 14, patching …
EMC confirms CEO change at VMware
Paul Maritz will step down from his role as CEO of VMware, to be replaced by EMC Chief Operating Officer …
Gaining traction
EA may not be very popular with most companies in the Middle East right now, but for large enough enterprises …
Huawei eyes storage market
China’s Huawei Technologies wants to take a bigger bite out of the enterprise market with a wider range of storage …