Lync Online, the instant messaging, online meeting and PC-to-PC voice and video communications tool in Office 365, will gain interoperability …
HP takes first steps into OpenFlow
HP has announced it is taking its first leap into OpenFlow-enabled network equipment, supporting the standard on 16 of its …
Dell forms new software division, names former CEO as head
Dell has announced it is forming a software group, which will bring together disparate products under one roof as the …
They offer a name plate, we offer a solution: Infor VP
Oracle and SAP are “looking over their shoulder” as Infor gains ground on them in the Middle East enterprise software …
ME users respond better to our integrated apps: Miranda, Fusion apps
Oracle has seen a higher response rate to its Fusion applications in the Middle East than any other regions, says …
Latest Alfresco CMS release prepares users for cloud
In anticipation of offering its open-source content management software as a service, Alfresco has upgraded its namesake product to work …
CIO IT spending to increase in MEA: Survey
IT spending in the Middle East and Africa will increase by 14% as the role of technology in business grows, …
Increasing ME organisations in cloud must get virtual security: Trend Micro
The growing number of organisations in the Middle East turning to virtualisation and cloud computing is a good thing, but …
Disappear not on social media
Remember what life was like without social media? I joined Facebook when I went to university around four years ago. …
On the lookout
It might be just another year in the technology evolution chain, but vendors believe that 2012 will bring with it …
Do and re-do
Service providers are launching new services for 2012, and are working to ramp up their support services. All-in-all, they look …
Apple beats HP in PC and tablet race
Apple has overtaken HP as the largest supplier of PCs in the global market, according to new figures from analyst …
IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform
IBM announced plans yesterday buy Worklight, a move that will give it a range of cross-platform mobile application development technologies. …
Video has ‘largest impact’ on business networks
Video currently has the biggest impact on business networks, according to network solution providers. This includes video in all its …
Salesforce.com launches Desk.com help-desk service
Salesforce.com today unveiled a new SaaS (software as a service) help-desk application called Desk.com that can reach end users through …
Microsoft sets Office 15 public beta for summer
The motions have been set for the new version of Microsoft’s Office suite, as the company yesterday announced the beginning …
CIO 50 event: Top CIOs brought together to honour their IT progress
The CIO 50 Awards and Forum commenced this morning at the Address Hotel in Dubai Marina. The event, organised by …
Cisco to unify collaboration products
Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their …
SAP confident of crossing $26 billion in revenue by 2015
SAP said Wednesday that it had exceeded its guidance for revenue and profit in 2011, its best year in its …
Social media offers opportunities that traditional platforms don’t: British Business Group
Social media provides a direct ROI that is simple to measure, despite businessmen claiming the contrary, says Alan Devereux, Communications …