Oracle president Mark Hurd used his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld in Tokyo today to speak about the explosion of data …
Two thirds of firms have no proper mobility strategy – report
Almost two-thirds of firms have no enterprise-wide mobility strategy, despite the widespread prevalence of staff unofficially using their own devices, …
HP unveils Pavilion notebook PC
HP today unveiled the Pavilion notebook PC series, which it says reflects HP’s new mosaic design approach The mosaic approach …
UDID alternatives mooted for mobile ad tracking after Apple rejects apps
With Apple seemingly blocking apps that access UDID (unique device identifier) data from the App Store, developers and mobile advertising firms are …
Dell says AppAssure now its premier backup product
Despite its longstanding partnership with Symantec and CommVault, Dell says that products from recently acquired AppAssure will become the company’s primary backup …
Gartner slashes IT spending forecast
Analyst Gartner has slashed its forecast for worldwide IT spending growth for 2012. Gartner now estimates worldwide IT spending will …
A quarter of the world’s households now have Wi-Fi: survey
A total of 439 million households around the world had installed a Wi-Fi-based home network at the end of 2011, …
Emitac appoints new director
Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES) yesteday announced that George Petrides has joined as director of its enterprise management solution division, where …
Schneider Electric appoints new VP for IT business in KSA
Schneider Electric, today announced the appointment of Abed Al Jawad Qasem as vice-president for its IT business in Saudi Arabia. …
Emitac appoints new director
Emitac Enterprise Solutions (EES) yesteday announced that George Petrides has joined as director of its enterprise management solution division, where …
DCIM tools eliminate inefficiencies
Some data centre managers were never sold on first generation data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tools because the tools were …
A fragmented entity
At the HP Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas, senior editor, Sathya Mithra Ashok, discovered there’s a lot more to HP than meets the eye.
MultiNet bags Corning top honour
The Dubai-based MultiNet Communications has been named as the best distributor in EMEA region for Corning Cable System. “A distributor …
Oracle frees Ops Center for existing customers
The newest version of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, released yesterday, is now available free for any organisation with …
Microsoft boosts virtualisation capabilities in desktop management suite
Microsoft is boosting the virtualisation components of its Desktop Optimization Pack suite of IT management tools. The suite, known as MDOP, is …
FVC signs Aruba Networks to bring ClearPass Access Management Solutions to the Middle East
FVC, a VAD in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has signed an agreement with Aruba Networks, a provider …
Cloud to create 14 million jobs globally, 9.62 million in Asia-Pac: Microsoft research
Cloud computing will create 14 million jobs globally by 2015 and 9.62 million in Asia Pacific alone, according to IDC …
Secure future
The year 2012 is dominated by three key trends – cloud, virtualisation and big data. These may be revolutionising the …
“We are hungry”
Nidal Abou-Ltaif, the swashbuckling lead of communications and networking major Avaya in the region, talks about how the Middle East …
Dell buys application modernisation firm Clerity
Dell announced yesterday it has purchased application modernisation vendor Clerity Solutions, in its second enterprise software-related acquisition this week. On …