Infor has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Birst – a pioneer of cloud-native, business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data visualisation.
Email dump hits French presidential candidate
Another political campaign has been hit by an email dump. This time, the target is French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. …
Centrica subsidiary grabs Rokitt
Centrica has today announced the first acquisition through its Centrica Innovations unit. Io-Tahoe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrica, has …
SAP announces Saudi public cloud data centre
SAP has announced a plan to build a public cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the Ministry …
IBM buys Verizon’s cloud and managed hosting services unit
Verizon had shut down its public cloud service in early 2016, and is now unloading its virtual private cloud and managed hosting offerings to IBM.
Avaya names new strategic head for Sub-Saharan Africa market
Avaya has appointed Dean Baker as Strategic Services sales manager to drive services growth in South Africa and Sub-Saharan region.
Help AG joins Palo Alto Traps MSSP programme
Help AG has extended its long-standing partnership with Palo Alto Networks by joining the vendor’s Traps Managed Security Service Provider …
Bank Nizwa deploys SAP EPM solution
Oman-based Bank Niza has implemented a platform for budgeting planning and forecasting using SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation and SAP …
Microsoft unveils new educational products and services
Microsoft has announced a set of educational products and services, inspired by teachers and students, including a new Windows experience — Windows 10 S.
Bahrain TRA mulls IPv6 roll-out
The Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) in coordination with the RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP European – Network Coordination Center) held …
Nokia, Zain KSA deploy MEC platform for Umrah, Hajj pilgrims
Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia have deployed Nokia’s Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) platform for the delivery of smart applications to subscribers heading to Mecca for their Umrah and Hajj pilgrimage.
Facebook and Google hit by huge phishing scam
According to reports, the tech giants fell victims to an email phishing attack that allegedly amounts to $100 million.
Red Hat beefs up its containerisation platform
Red Hat is beefing up its OpenShift containerisation-as-a-service offering with a new developer tool for packaging apps into containers.
Symantec: UAE still a major target for hackers
A recent report has revealed that despite seeing an improvement in the UAE’s internet security threat profile in 2016, the country is still a key target for hackers.
Digitisation for business success tops Cisco Connect UAE agenda
Cisco has showcased its latest solutions and provided insights into the latest trends and thinking about digitisation during its flagship IT and thought leadership event – Cisco Connect 2017.
SoftBank to invest $1.4 billion in India’s Paytm
SoftBank Group Corp. is reportedly in talks to invest about $1.4 billion in India’s One97 Communications, owner of online payments provider Paytm.
Euromoney summit to address UAE’s innovation-driven economy
Shurooq has announced ‘Finance and Investment for an Innovative Economy’ as the key theme for the upcoming Euromoney Emirates Conference, which will be held on 8th to 9th May at the Sheraton Sharjah Hotel.
Siemens launches digitalisation roadshow
Siemens has launched a digitalisation roadshow across the Middle East, bringing together leaders from government, private sector and education to …
Bose launches new Bluetooth speakers
Bose has launched what the company claims to be its best Bluetooth speakers ever — the new SoundLink Revolve and SoundLink …
Aaron White joins Sage Middle East as regional director
Sage Middle East has announced the appointment of Aaron White as its new regional director. White, who holds an M.Sc. …