Microsoft continues to target the enterprise with the introduction of a private on-ramp for Windows Azure cloud services.
Fresh thinking
CNME’s fifth annual CIO 50 awards ceremony not only served as the perfect way to congratulate the region’s IT chiefs, but was also an esteemed forum for five keynote speeches from industry experts.
Microsoft sets 31st October as stop date for Windows 7 consumer PC sales
Microsoft has set 31st October as the end of sales of new consumer-grade Windows 7 PCs, but for now has left open the do-not-sell-after-this-date for business machines.
UK's GCHQ reportedly infiltrated and attacked hacktivist groups
British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has reportedly infiltrated hacktivist groups and used denial-of-service and other techniques to disrupt their online activities.
EMC to lean on VMware for public cloud
In lieu of launching its own public cloud lineup, storage giant EMC has decided to resell the cloud products of its VMware subsidiary, Network World has learned.
5 hybrid IT roles your business needs to succeed in 2014
We look at five modern IT roles that are key to gaining competitive business advantage
16 million online accounts probably compromised, German government warns
A list of 16 million email addresses and passwords has fallen into the hands of botnet operators, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) said Tuesday.
IBM invests $1.2 billion in global data centre network
IBM today announced plans to commit $1.2 billion (£730 million) to expand its global cloud footprint through a number of new data centres set to open this year.
Japan to tax sales of content downloaded from abroad
Japan is planning to tax sales of foreign online content such as e-books, apps and downloaded music by late 2015, according to a newspaper report.
Is the PaaS market that we know dying?
Cloud’s platform as a service market hasn’t even grown up yet, but already some people are saying it’s doomed.
Cloud's worst-case scenario: what to do if your provider goes bust
Last September customers of storage provider Nirvanix got what could be worst-case scenario news for a cloud user: The company was going out of business and they had to get data out, fast.
Laptops, Chromebooks, tablets: The PCs we expect to see at CES 2014
CES comes at an awkward time of the year for PC manufacturers. The holiday shopping season has ended by early January, and the industry’s next big selling season – back-to-school time -is many months away.
Spanish police arrest 8 in Bank of Muscat, RAKBANK theft
Spanish police said Sunday eight people have been arrested who allegedly aided a global ring that stole $45 million from the Bank of Muscat and RAKBANK through fraudulent ATM withdrawals adding to arrests made by the U.S. and Germany in the scam.
EMC: EMEA Predictions for 2014
The following predictions from Havier Haddad, Channel and Alliances Director , Turkey, Emerging Africa & Middle East, EMC are highlighting the big trends, changes and issues affecting the EMEA technology channel in 2014 and covering what Haddad believes will happen in the industry over the next year.
Chinese chip makers ride wave of low-cost tablets
Qualcomm and Nvidia get most of the headlines in the mobile chip business, but two Chinese vendors are cornering the market for processors used in low-cost tablets, and in 2014 they might find their way into a product near you.
Cybercriminals clone pirate versions of top Android and iOS apps
Cybercriminals are using third-party app sites to peddle reverse-engineered or ‘pirate’ versions of almost all the most popular paid apps available on the Google Play and Apple App Stores, software firm Arxan has discovered.
Key Asian cloud suppliers to pit against each other
IDC predicts key Asian cloud suppliers will pit against each other resulting in a new leadership structure within the IT industry.
In the virtual realm
Redington Value has been recently signed up by VMware to distribute its whole portfolio in MENA region, with a special focus on software-defined data centres. We speak to B. Ramkumar, Senior Vice President, Redington Gulf-Value Division, about the deal and further plans for 2014.
IBM lays plans to be a cloud storage broker
IBM is developing software that will allow organisations to use multiple cloud storage services interchangeably, reducing dependence on any single cloud vendor and ensuring that data remains available even during service outages.
HP regains server top-spot from IBM in final quarter
Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted, IDC reported Wednesday.