Being a hotel at the end of a manmade island may be an appealing prospect for tourists, but not for …
R&M plans aggressive expansion in the Middle East and Africa
Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), the Swiss structured cabling specialist, is set to aggressively expand its market share in the Middle …
Openwave, Synchronica sell out mobile messaging businesses
Two mobile messaging software businesses – Openwave’s Mediation and Messaging units and Synchronica – were sold yesterday in a sign …
Brocade and EMC partner on cloud initiative
Brocade recently announced that it has been selected by EMC as a networking partner for the storage vendor’s new EMC …
Microsoft offers cloud-based video delivery
Microsoft has unveiled a cloud capability, Windows Azure Media Services, for delivering video to clients, including devices. Windows Azure Media Services …
Samsung to show ‘the next Galaxy’ smartphone on May 3
Samsung Electronics is expected to show the next flagship Galaxy smartphone at an event in London on May 3. The …
Rackspace launches new OpenStack-based cloud portfolio
Rackspace has unveiled an “early access” limited-availability edition of its updated public cloud environment, built on the open source cloud …
IBM opens branch in Qatar
IBM today announced the opening of a new branch office in Doha, Qatar. The company said the increased presence in …
LogMeIn takes on Dropbox with ‘Cubby’ cloud storage
Cloud storage leader Dropbox might have serious competition at last. LogMeIn has announced the beta of its rival ‘Cubby’ service, …
Google adds new options for viewing data in Fusion Tables
Google is trying to popularise the somewhat obscure art of data visualisation by adding more user-friendly options to its Fusion …
Local YouTube advertising to launch in the UAE
YouTube will next week launch the first advertising aspect on YouTube in the region to allow advertisers to engage with …
SAP drives openness and choice for mobile app developers
SAP AG today announced agreements with Adobe, Appcelerator and Sencha to provide users with an open mobile apps development framework …
HP appoints Comguard as authorised training partner for HP ArcSight in MENA
Comguard, a Dubai based value added distributor for IT security products and solutions in the Middle East and North Africa …
Apple is third largest PC maker in US, while iPad is ‘product to beat’: report
The latest research published by Gartner shows that Apple is still the third largest PC manufacturer in the US. Meanwhile, …
Microsoft battles delays in Windows Phone app approvals
Microsoft is battling to reduce the time it takes to approve and publish Windows Phone apps, and to improve the responsiveness …
Big data is for everyone, not just large enterprises, says Oracle
Companies should not make the careless mistake of assuming they do not have big data out there to take advantage …
The future of big data is in the cloud: Oracle
The future of big data as something that any company can capitalise on is as a cloud service, says Andrew …
Do you have a cloud career plan?
The explosive growth of cloud technologies is shaking up IT departments everywhere. This technology shift is creating a new professional …
The snowball effect
Despec Mera has been working hard on strategic expansion plans and has successfully signed one of the first agreements with …
Oracle president discusses big data, business analytics at OpenWorld
Oracle president Mark Hurd used his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld in Tokyo today to speak about the explosion of data …