Extreme Networks’ latest switch, the BlackDiamond X8, billed as the “fastest Ethernet switch in the world”, went on general release …
Data appliance for SMEs
SAS and EMC Greenplum come together in the region to launch a power packed data management solution for SMEs In …
Interactive Intelligence signs agreement with Alnafitha, Malaz Technology for Saudi Arabia
Interactive Intelligence, a global vendor of unified IP business communications solutions, has signed a reseller agreement with Alnafitha …
HDD washout in Thailand
October?s flooding of Thailand has knocked out close to half of the global hard disk manufacturing base. Normalcy will take …
Huawei acquires Symantec stake in Huawei Symantec
Huawei and Symantec have announced an agreement where Huawei will acquire Symantec’s 49% stake in Huawei Symantec Technologies for US$ …
Hadoop solidified for production duty
After nearly seven years of development and fine tuning, the Apache Hadoop data processing framework is finally ready for full …
Qtel launches high capacity network solution
Qtel Business Solutions (QBS) today launched an innovative new network solution that that will allow customers with high bandwidth requirements …
Hadoop solidified for production duty
After nearly seven years of development and fine tuning, the Apache Hadoop data processing framework is finally ready for full …
Al Hilal Bank deploys digital pen technology
Al Hilal Bank, a progressive Islamic bank, is using state-of-the-art digital pens developed in the UK to revolutionise its document-based …
Qtel launches high capacity networking product
Qtel Business Solutions (QBS) today launched an innovative network solution that will allow customers with high bandwidth requirements to aggregate …
Big and growing
There is no easy way to say this. Ask a few people about what big data stands for, and you …
Brick-by-brick
Every once in a while, there comes an organisation that challenges the way other organisations have been dealing with strapped …
Mozilla persuades Firefox 3.6 users to dump old browser
Mozilla’s upgrade call last month pushed more Firefox 3.6 users to grab a newer edition than any month since June …
Switch to Linux in 2012
The past year was a tempestuous one in the world of desktop operating systems, it seems fair to say, with …
Imation buys Nine Technology
Storage vendor Imation has acquired intellectual property and other assets of online backup provider Nine Technology. Imation, a provider of …
Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung’s HDD business
Seagate Technology, today announced the closing of the transaction to acquire the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics. …
MSAT partners with Liquidware Labs, Citrix and Microsoft to launch Workspace-as-a-Service solution
Mahindra Satyam, an IT consulting and services provider, today announced the launch of Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS), which leverages technology from Citrix …
Office 365: Microsoft rolls it out
A new paradigm of unified computing, targeted at small and medium enterprises, is being rolled out across the region. So …
SSD shipments leap 66% in Q3, revenue doubles
Shipments of solid-state drives (SSDs) jumped more than 66% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period …
BMC eyes Middle East for growth
BMC Software has announced that it is increasing its investments in the company’s Middle East (ME) operations following strong demand …