George DeBono, GM, Middle East and Africa at Red Hat outlines some of the ways in which the open source …
TradeTech: Banks spending heavily on surveillance IT to keep ahead of regulation
A sea change is taking place in stock trading, whereby many banks and brokerage firms are spending huge amounts of …
Samsung beats Nokia in handset market in Q1, say research firms
Samsung beat Nokia to the top position in the global handset market in the first quarter of 2012, research firms …
Barracuda Networks signs Redington Value to accelerate distribution in ME
Barracuda Networks has signed up distribution partner Redington Value, the value added distribution division of Redington Gulf to help take …
CGM merges with Turkish subsidiary
Health IT company CGM Tepe International has announced it is in the process of merging with another Turkish subsidiary of …
GCC opts for SAP solutions to help increase Middle East presence
Gulf Consolidated Contractors Co. (GCC) has selected SAP to bolster its IT solutions and increase its influence across the Middle …
CRM has become a higher priority for CIOs: Gartner
Customer relationship management (CRM) has moved from 18th to 8th technology priority for CIOs in 2012, according to a global …
Windows RT tablets will be more security friendly than iPad, Android
Microsoft can perform a type of network access control on Windows RT devices as a way to protect corporate networks from harm these …
Norton supports channel partners in MEA, announces ‘The Mini Campaign’
Norton has initiated ‘The Mini Campaign’ which encourages channel partners and resellers in the Middle East and Africa to join …
Orange Business Services launches new local company in KSA to drive regional growth
Orange Business Services, the business services arm of France Telecom-Orange and one of the Middle East’s major ICT employers, …
Windows sales defy predictions, grow 4%
Stronger-than-expected sales of Windows helped Microsoft post a 6% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, the company …
Intel profit dips as PC and server chip sales decline
Intel yesterday reported its first-quarter earning results for fiscal 2012, with profit dropping on a slowdown in PC and server …
Microsoft pares Windows 8 to three editions for Intel
Microsoft on Monday said it will sell just three Windows 8 editions for Intel PCs, half as many as the …
Out of the box
Storage is a continuing story as vendors consistently innovate to help businesses cope with increasing amounts of data. Pallavi Sharma …
Intel targeting Ivy Bridge processors at Windows 8 tablets
Intel’s upcoming Core i-series processors based on the Ivy Bridge architecture are being pitched at ultrabooks, but the company is …
Leaked Microsoft roadmap shows 2013 launch for Office 15
A leaked Microsoft roadmap shows that the next version of Office won’t ship until the first quarter of 2013, according …
IBM aiming to provide womb-to-tomb app development support
IBM is trying to replicate the success it’s had with WebSphere in the mobile market. With the acquisition of Green …
The lion’s share
The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) is investing in multiple technology deployments and upgrades in a bid to secure the …
The snowball effect
Despec Mera has been working hard on strategic expansion plans and has successfully signed one of the first agreements with …
DCIM tools eliminate inefficiencies
Some data centre managers were never sold on first generation data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tools because the tools were …