IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is moving quickly to quell concerns about the company’s sinking earnings and decision to pay more than a billion dollars to cast off its money-losing microelectronics business to GlobalFoundries.
IBM offloads semiconductor unit to GlobalFoundries
IBM will sell the semiconductor technologies unit that makes its Power processors to Abu Dhabi-owned GlobalFoundries, paying the chip manufacturer about US$1.3 billion to take two factories off its hands in a move to erase losses.
Ayasdi announces strategic Teradata alliance
Analytics applications firm Ayasdi has announced a strategic partnership with Teradata to “empower enterprises” to find critical intelligence within their growing datasets.
Etisalat Misr enlists Teradata Integrated Marketing Cloud
Egyptian telecoms operator Etisalat Misr is teaming with Big Data analytics and marketing applications firm Teradata to “grow their customer base, reduce churn and increase marketing ROI”.
Successful cloud migration in eight steps
Sachin Bhardwaj, Director, Marketing & Business Development, eHosting DataFort, discusses the key factors that IT managers and CIOs must consider …
Generation UX: Transforming business software
Lee Miles, Regional Director, Middle East & India, Infor, looks at why business software is finally getting the makeover it deserves.
SCOPE ME signs VSS distribution deal
Distributor and technology solutions provider Scope Middle East has announced that it has been signed on as a distributor for VSS Monitoring in the Middle East.
McAfee Firewall expands defence ecosystem
McAfee Security has announced the release an upgraded Next Generation Firewall which integrates with several of the company’s solutions and technologies.
HP unveils cloud config manager and DRaaS offering
HP has unveiled a network virtualisation system for large enterprise and cloud providers designed to simplify network configuration, and has …
Hands on with iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3
What’s rectangular, gold, and 18 percent thinner than a No. 2 pencil? The iPad Air 2, which Apple unveiled Thursday. …
Aruba Networks signs up EMW for UAE
Aruba Networks has signed a partnership agreement with EMW for the UAE market. The systems integrator will promote the vendor’s portfolio of access management, network infrastructure and mobility application solutions that will enable enterprises to create next-generation mobility networks. Under the terms of the agreement, EMW will sell, implement and service Aruba’s products across all market segments and verticals in the country with a special focus on government, hospitality, education and healthcare.
Aruba Networks partners with EMW
Aruba Networks has signed a partnership agreement with EMW today to promote its portfolio of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise market in the Middle East.
Matrix Comsec announces GITEX presence
IP-based phone systems and voice gateways manufacturer Matrix Comsec will be participating at GITEX Technology Week 2014.
Matrix to present latest telecom solutions at GITEX 2014
Matrix Comsec, a manufacturer of IP based phone systems and voice gateways is participating at GITEX Technology Week 2014, Dubai. During this event, the company will showcase its complete range of business IP-PBXs, converged voice and data platforms, VoIP & GSM gateways and new portfolio of IP and digital phones.
Unitrends to promote data protection and disaster recovery solutions
Unitrends, the multi-environment data protection and disaster recovery company plans to showcase its integrated physical backup appliances to protect physical and virtual environments as well as disaster recovery solutions, hold product demonstrations for customers and scout for new channel partners at GITEX Technology Week.
Red Hat releases fresh SDS offering
Red Hat has announced the availability of the release of Red Hat Storage Server 3, its software-defined storage solution for scale-out file storage.
Unitrends to flaunt backup gear at GITEX
Data protection and disaster recovery firm Unitrends has announced that it will showcase its integrated physical backup appliances at GITEX Technology Week 2014.
The French connection
The University of Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi carries the responsibility of being an accessible and modern campus for today’s students, while maintaining the education and style of a centuries old one. When their Al Reem Island campus opened in 2009, the University IT department met the brief.
IBM to sell Elastic Storage in power-based box
IBM will extend its Elastic Storage technology with two new products as the company moves to offer software-defined storage in several forms.
Samsung to invest $14 billion in new plant
Samsung Electronics is investing 15.6 trillion Korean won (US$14.7 billion) in a new South Korean chip plant to meet growing demand of smartphones, enterprise computing and the emerging ‘Internet of Things’ technology.