Mark Hennessy, General Manager, Global Business Partners, kicked off IBM’s Leadership Conference in Las Vegas today by stating that IBM …

Qtel rebrands as Ooredoo
Qtel Group has announced that all of its operating companies in emerging markets across MENA and South-East Asia will now …

HP outlines Big Data Security strategy
HP on Monday unveiled its Big Data Security strategy, describing how combining the enterprise search and knowledge management resources from its Autonomy subsidiary …

SAP acquires SmartOps to improve supply chain offerings
SAP has acquired SmartOps in a move the company says will allow it to develop real-time supply chain applications that …

Hortonworks ports Windows version of Hadoop
Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops, it was reported on Monday. The …

Gartner: Application-based DDoS attacks on the rise
According to a new report from Gartner, hackers are adapting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and combining these with …

Samsung partners with Fixmo to improve mobile security
Mobile risk management company Fixmo today announced a strategic partnership with Samsung that will see the global leader in smartphones embed …

Vestberg kicks off Ericsson’s MWC activity with customary predictions
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg took centre stage as Mobile World Congress got underway this morning by serving the tradition of giving his telecoms …
Help AG partners with HP
Help AG on Money announced that it had entered into a partnership with technology giant HP. The agreement will see …
Channels of profit
Times have never been better for security-focused channel partners. The fast changing threat landscape and the emergence of advanced threats …

Ericsson and SAP collaborate on cloud-based M2M solutions
Ericsson and SAP have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based M2M solutions and services to enterprises via …
Westcon achieves Microsoft Gold Communications competency
Westcon Group on Sunday announced that it had become the first value-added distributor worldwide to achieve Microsoft’s Partner Network Gold …

MEA IT infrastructure spending to reach $3.9bn by 2013 – Gartner
According to research firm Gartner, the Middle East and Africa IT infrastructure market is set to reach $3.9 billion in …

Alcatel-Lucent appoints new CEO
Alcatel-Lucent on Friday announced that its board of directors had appointed Michael Combes as the firm’s new CEO, following Ben …

Disabling Java on your Mac
With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, as well as Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software …

Google unveils touchscreen Chromebook Pixel
Google on Thursday unveiled the $1,299 touchscreen Chromebook Pixel, a pricey slab of hardware that runs Google’s Web-centric Chrome OS, but defies …

Dell pushes Office 365 on new PCs
Some major computer makers are pushing Office 365 with their new PCs, but others have stuck with a more traditional …

Coke bottler forgoes SAP for SaaS
A recent Gartner report showed that even in the poorest segments of the SaaS market, the annual growth rate is …

HP Moonshot server due next quarter
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announced on Thursday that the firm’s first low-power server for hyperscale computing environments, developed under a …

Citrix unveils MDM tool for Android, iOS devices
Citrix on Wednesdy announced XenMobile, a rebranded and integrated mobile device management (MDM) software, which the company acquired through its acquisition …