The opportunities in unified communications for vendors and end-users are obvious, but how can the channel cash in on this snowballing technology?
How the channel can benefit from SDN
SDN offers immediate and future growth opportunities for those who begin to prepare now. SDN is about better utilisation and increasing the agility of the underlying infrastructure, not about replacing it.
SRS nominated for GCCA Later Stage Award in waste management
Sims Recycling Solutions has been nominated in the Waste Management category for the 2013 Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) 2013 Later Stage Award.
SSDs still maturing, new memory tech still 10 years away
Solid-state drive adoption will continue to grow and it will be more than 10 years before it is ultimately replaced …
Windows 8 stains Ballmer's legacy
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer survived the flop that was Windows Vista, but he wasn’t able to do the same after the disappointment of Windows 8.
SAP: Customers that got a good deal first-time round, unlikely to see reduced maintenance
SAP has said that customers should take it as a general rule that if they got a good deal first-time round on maintenance discounts, it is unlikely that they will benefit from new changes
Creating your first cloud policy
While cloud-based services can help you reduce time to market, increase availability and ease management, challenges include loss of control, …
Perceived missteps may have hit a tipping point for Ballmer
An accumulation of blunders under Steve Ballmer’s leadership may have hit a tipping point this year, leading to Friday’s groundshaking announcement …
Samsung refused retrial over 'overscroll bounce' patent in Apple dispute
Samsung Electronics was denied Thursday a retrial over the “overscroll bounce” patent in its dispute with Apple in a federal court in California.
Will iWork for iCloud work for you?
Apple has made iWork for iCloud available to the masses. It’s technically still in beta, but now anyone can use the cloud-based versions of Pages, Numbers, or Keynote from an iCloud account. The question is whether or not iWork is the right suite of tools for you to use.
Capgemini allows companies to move data analytics into Amazon cloud
Capgemini has launched an on-demand analytics platform via Amazon Web Services (AWS) to give companies a cost-effective way to handle their Big Data.
Delta Airlines' Windows Phone rollout may show Microsoft's fortunes improving
Delta Airlines’ announcement that it will equip flight attendants with Windows Phone devices could be a sign of rising enterprise interest in Windows mobiles, according to a Telsyte analyst.
Read Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's internal email to staff announcing retirement
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed his plans to retire from the company to staff in a mass internal email. The …
Virtualization could save businesses $6b in costs by 2020: IDC
If Australian companies were to virtualize their severs and physical infrastructure, $6 billion in costs could be saved from now to 2020, according to a new whitepaper by research firm IDC.
5 big things to watch for at VMworld
For about the last decade VMware has been one of the pre-eminent companies ushering in a new era of computing related to server virtualization. Now, the company is hoping to extend the shift beyond just server virtualization to include the cloud, plus network and storage virtualization.
With worker retirements looming, IT starts to prepare for a workforce exodus
With 10,000 U.S. baby boomers turning 65 every day until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its …
StarLink extends Dell Software Group partnership to include SonicWall
StarLink announced this week that its distribution relationship with Dell Software Group has been extended to include SonicWall covering Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.
Vision Solutions inks partnership agreement with Metra
Vision Solutions this week announced a broad partnership agreement with Metra, a Middle East-based IT distributor, which will help to enhance Vision Solutions’ position in industry.
Infor EMEA Partner Conference scheduled for early October, to take place in Istanbul
Infor this week announced that it will hold its annual EMEA Partner Conference at the Renaissance Polat Istanbul Hotel on October 1 and 2, 2013.
5 Reasons You Can Finally Ditch BlackBerry
Has BlackBerry finally reached the point of no return? Last week, news spilled out that Waterloo, Ont.-based BlackBerry is up …