Over 100 Middle East-based IT professionals today filled the Habtoor Grand Hotel’s Andalus Ballroom to bursting point, as Infrastructure Strategies 2013 kicked off the local tech event season with a bang.
Fedora adds 3D printing support
The latest version of Fedora, nicknamed “Schrodinger’s Cat,” features a number of improvements aimed at IT users. But its strict adherence to the open source philosophy means that it continues to be problematic for typical end users.
Kaspersky inks distribution pact with Aptec-an Ingram Micro company
Kaspersky Lab has announced a new distribution partnership with Aptec, an Ingram Micro company.
China sees strong growth in IT services
China demands more IT services driven due to the growth of Chinese automakers and financial institutions, says Tech Mahindra.
What every iPhoto user should know about image editing
Before I dig in, allow me to preface the following with this: I am a photo dabbler. As such, …
US carried out 231 'cyber-operations' in 2011 alone, leaked documents show
The US is engaged in a wide-ranging campaign of cyber-operations against foreign targets, launching over 200 in 2011 alone, budget …
Sony's flagship Z1 smartphone boasts high-spec camera
Sony is hoping the world’s smartphone users place a premium on photography and perhaps have a problem keeping their phones …
Google, Microsoft in '2-Horse Race' for Government Cloud Contracts
When Flint Waters began work as Wyoming’s CIO in April 2011, the IT apparatus that he inherited was in bad shape.
Charting a different course
Dean Douglas, President and CEO, Westcon Group
SANS Gulf Region 2013 to focus on critical core InfoSec skills
SANS Gulf Region 2013, one of the region’s largest InfoSec training events, will play host to a quartet of courses aimed at providing InfoSec professionals with the core set of skills to meet growing demand from across the region.
FVC expands SDN offerings with Cyan partnership agreement
Dubai-based value-added distributor FVC has signed a premier partner agreement with Cyan, a provider of software-defined network (SDN) and packet-optical solutions.
Dimension Data expands relationship with Citrix
In a move to broaden its scope across solutions surrounding client computing, cloud, networking, data centre and enterprise mobility, Dimension Data has expanded its global collaboration with Citrix.
IT hiring: Your text resume is soooo last century
Tim Ondrey has glimpsed the future of the job-search market, and it’s going multimedia. Already, he has had one friend …
Lookout security for Samsung Knox smartphones
Samsung Knox smartphones will include mobile security software from Lookout to protect business users from mobile threats, the San Francisco …
VMware: Win7 can cost more than twice as much on PCs as on virtual desktops
VMware says enterprises migrating to Microsoft Windows 7 can save a bundle by using virtual-desktop infrastructure technology rather than standalone PCs.
4 Things You Need to Know About Microsoft's Nokia Bid
Microsoft announced Monday that it will purchase Nokia’s devices and services business, as well as license Nokia patents and a mapping service
The Microsoft-Nokia deal: Fail plus fail equals more fail
“We must indeed all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin reportedly said this during the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Samsung smartwatch and smartphones with bigger screens expected in Berlin
Smartwatch from Samsung Electronics, the Galaxy Note III from Samsung, an Acer smartphone that can shoot 4K video and a Sony one with a 20-megapixel sensor, plus a plethora of tablets and TVs expected tomorrow.
The open-source network
A brand new network built using free tools sounds great on the face of it, but what are the pitfalls? CNME investigates.
Dark skies ahead
Can the big cloud vendors work around the allegations of NSA surveillance, or is there a gloomy outlook for cloud in the region?