Rackspace hopes to make using virtual desktops easier by hosting Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp, it announced on Monday. Enterprises will …
‘Big-screen’ mobile broadband to triple: Ovum
The number of connections for ‘big-screen’ mobile Internet devices used for business will almost triple over the next five years …
Sophos introduces enhanced encryption solutions
IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced the availability of a number of new and enhanced enterprise product …
Software glitch caused Exchange Online to trip up
A software bug caused e-mail queues of some Exchange Online customers in the Americas to clog up on Thursday, leading …
IBM to invest $100m in big-data analysis research
Sensing a greater need in big-data analysis tools, IBM will invest US$100 million to research advanced large-scale analytics, the company …
Gartner outlines contractual terms to reduce cloud risks
IT procurement or sourcing managers challenged with finding sourcing options that reduce costs at tolerable risks should examine nine contractual …
Avaya shifts high-end features to midsize-business communications platform
vaya is updating its IP Office communications platform for small businesses to add collaboration features from its enterprise-grade communication server, including Avaya …
CIOs ready to embrace cloud: IBM
A new IBM study of more than 3,000 global CIOs shows that 60% of organisations are ready to embrace cloud …
Avaya shifts features to mid-size communications platform
Avaya is updating its IP Office communications platform for small businesses to add collaboration features from its enterprise-grade communication server, …
Dell sees silver in the cloud
Dell is reporting some success in its struggle to retool itself as a cloud and enterprise services provider, even as …
An app store future and what it means
Apple’s App Store for its iPhone and other iOS devices is an unqualified success, blowing through the 10 billion downloads …
SAP revamps performance management suite
SAP is preparing to release a major revamp of its software for EPM (enterprise performance management), a subset of BI …
RIM recalls 1000 PlayBooks
Research in Motion(RIM) said it has recalled an estimated 1,000 PlayBook tablets, indicating a small number had reached customers who …
Into the vortex
Everyone says the cloud is the future. Not without the proper service level agreements (SLAs) – contracts that specify quality …
Saudi’s Al Jouf University chooses Cisco’s WebEx
The Al Jouf University in Saudi Arabia has deployed Cisco WebEx enterprise collaboration solutions for efficient and secure e-learning. Cisco WebEx …
Microsoft’s Skype buy could boost unified communications
Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype could profoundly influence a set of collaboration and conferencing technologies called Unified Communications (UC) that …
Cisco plans job cuts, drops growth target
Cisco Systems plans to eliminate jobs as it focuses in on core businesses such as routing and switching, the company’s …
McAfee secures the cloud
McAfee has announced the McAfee Cloud Security Platform to help organisations safely and efficiently take advantage of Cloud computing. The …
Google launches Chrome OS
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Windows and other traditional PC operating systems are “torturing users” at Google’s Chrome OS launch …
IBM lures Oracle users
IBM is attempting to lure Oracle database and middleware customers to “move up” to its own software with a new …