Enterprise software rivals Red Hat and Oracle, along with a number of other software and online services providers, have collaborated …
Compromising cloud security is necessary risk, experts say
Compromises in security are necessary to make cloud services easy to use for non-technical consumers, experts have said. The question …
3 steps to dodge the DDoS bullet
It is an all-too-common headline: Prominent website brought down by attackers. The backstory to this growing threat to business is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS).
PayPal to pay security researchers for reported vulnerabilities
Payment services provider PayPal will reward security researchers who discover vulnerabilities in its website with money, if they report their …
Scary times ahead for smartphone vendors, says analyst
The rest of 2012 will be very challenging for smartphone makers as they struggle to find ways to differentiate their …
Google to sell Nexus smartphones, tablets direct, report says
Google is reportedly moving to more direct sales of its Android smartphones and tablets in an apparent move to wrest …
Facebook's open-source data centre project gains strength
Facebook’s year-old project to develop open-source hardware designs with the aim to build efficient data centres gained momentum yesterday, with …
The faster new world of healthcare
The healthcare industry is on the brink of unprecedented change.
Apache embraces cloud with Deltacloud approval
Extending its range of open-source projects to cloud computing, the Apache Software Foundation has approved the Deltacloud as a top-level …
Mobile apps fail at security: viaForensics
A study from digital security company viaForensics paints a stark picture of the vulnerability of smartphone user data. viaForensics evaluated …
OpenLogic to launch tool to build open source software support
Developers and enterprise IT shops will soon have another option for PaaS (platform as a service) in the form of …
MEA region strategic to growth: EMC
EMC describes itself as a “global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver Information …
Dubai Financial Market leverages power of the cloud
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has harnessed the power of Microsoft Windows Azure to host a visually compelling, streamlined and innovative …
Jobs unveils free iCloud sync, storage service
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today took the stage at his company’s annual developers conference to tout the new iOS 5, …
New ‘Mango’ Windows Phone version integrates apps
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled many new features to its Windows Phone software but it left out a few that some …
Apple topples Google as top brand, says report
Apple has topped Google as the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released over the weekend …
EBay to acquire GSI Commerce
EBay has agreed to acquire for about US$2.4 billion GSI Commerce, whose suite of e-commerce and digital marketing tools and …
Stepping out of the shadow into the cloud
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker took a step out of Mark Hurd’s shadow yesterday, unveiling a new cloud computing platform that …
VMware buys WaveMaker, aims to ease app development
VMware said yesterday it had acquired WaveMaker, the creator of open-source software that lets non-developers build Java Web applications. WaveMaker …
Advice to an SP
He sums it up like this: “Content is important for people and people are important for service providers. Content excites …