Rapid 7 this week unveiled a new set of tools designed to help businesses better judge the overall effectiveness of existing security controls and the risk associated with users across the organization.
Rackspace hosts VMware management with new dedicated server
The introduction of Rackspace’s hosted Dedicated VMware vCenter Server will allow IT staff to control their VMware environments from a data center run by the vendor.
8 Things You Need to Know About SEO Now
Google, like time itself, stands still for no one. Over the past 18 months or so, the search engine giant …
Dell Foglight vanquishes zombie VMs
With an update to its Foglight for Virtualisation software package, Dell can now help organizations rid their systems of resource-sucking …
Riverbed delivers acceleration everywhere with industry's most comprehensive WAN optimisation solution
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, recently extended its market leading Steelhead wide area network (WAN) optimisation product family with the addition of a new hardware appliance and upgrades to its Steelhead software.
Riverbed Performance Management solution recognised as a value leader by EMA Research
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, recently announced that it has been named a “Value Leader” by the Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) Radar report for Application-Aware Network Performance Management (ANPM) Q1 2013.
Riverbed stands alone in Leaders Quadrant for WAN-optimised controllers in Gartner's Magic Quadrant
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, recently announced that the company has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 “Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimisation Controllers”.
Riverbed introduces new platform for 'Application Delivery as a Service'
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, recently announced an industry game-changer – a new platform enabling any customer to deliver application delivery controller-as-a-service (ADCaaS) with the Stingray Services Controller.
Riverbed expands its application delivery controller offering on AWS Marketplace
Riverbed Technology, the performance company, has announced that its Stingray product family is available through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace.
Cyber security is all hype and no substance: Gartner
Everything you have heard about cyber security is wrong, according to Gartner VP and distinguished analyst, John Girard.
Rise of the machines
Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications could open up a new world of technological opportunity, both for consumers and for businesses. So why, despite the big buzz, hasn’t M2M taken off, and what interest should the Middle East take?
iPhone 5S could have 128GB option, come in new gold colour shown in leaked photos
Apple’s iPhone 5S could be available in a new gold colour, and could have a 128GB option, evidence suggests. Last …
Why does IT exist?
When Bill Clinton successfully ran for US President in 1992 his campaign strategist James Carville summed up their strategy in its totality as this: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
The last days of Unix
Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline. IDC predicts that Unix server revenue will slide from $10.2 billion in 2012 to $8.7 billion in 2017, and Gartner sees Unix market share slipping from 16 percent in 2012 to 9 percent in 2017.
Surface channel distribution tempo shows Microsoft lacks Plan B after sales debacle
Microsoft’s slow expansion of commercial sales of its struggling Surface line is proof that the company had no backup plan …
Sage advice
Sage has big plans for the Middle East. Whilst it has already enjoyed large growth in the region this year, a big channel drive is being prepared to take it to the next level.
Why IT and marketing should go out for coffee (or something stronger)
TruGreen Landcare CIO George Kelly is a realist. He not only knows the business-critical role of marketing at the nationwide commercial landscaping and property care company, but also that if IT doesn’t meet that department’s needs, they’ll look elsewhere.
Microsoft restores Outlook.com after three-day outage – sort of
Microsoft on Saturday apologized for a three-day partial outage of Outlook.com and said the email service was back up and running, only to note hours later that problems still plagued some customers.
Ubuntu Edge campaign shatters the crowdfunding record, likely for naught
It’s official: The audacious Ubuntu Edge smartphone-slash-PC is the most successful crowdfunding campaign in history. Canonical currently sits atop a pledged cash horde of $11,091,291, a pile of dough bigger than the $10,266,845 raised for the Pebble Watch, the previous crowdfunding record holder.
Etisalat to offer LTE roaming via IPX deal with SAP
Etisalat UAE will soon be able to deliver new standards of LTE roaming across the globe to its customers, thanks to a newly signed IP exchange (IPX) agreement with SAP.