Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions are in high demand in Bahrain, as its SMB sector …

TAQA selects Polycom telepresence
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), an emerging global energy player based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has deployed Polycom’s …

TAQA selects Polycom telepresence
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), an emerging global energy player based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has deployed Polycom’s …

Latest malware trick: outsourcing quality assurance
Creators of Waledac malware enlisted the Conficker botnet as a tool to spread malware of their own, marking the first …

Google now targets Lotus Notes users
Continuing its attempt to attract enterprise-level users, Google unveiled a tool aimed at helping companies migrate from Lotus Notes to …

Carrier Ethernet on the rise
Carrier capital spending (capex) may be down during the current economic downturn but Carrier Ethernet is bucking that trend. Service …

Microsoft details Windows Azure pricing, availability
Microsoft revealed pricing and more details about how it will sell its Windows Azure cloud-computing infrastructure, making it free for …

Oracle issues big security patch update
Oracle released its latest quarterly patch update, which includes 10 security fixes for its database and also addresses a range …

IBM Power servers most reliable in new survey
IBM's Power servers topped a list of most reliable x86 and Unix machines in a new survey, clocking in at …

Microsoft girds Office 2010 with free Web versions
Choosing to risk cannibalizing its own sales rather than let competitors such as Google Inc. eat away at them, Microsoft …

Microsoft admits new ActiveX zero-day bug
For the second time in a week, Microsoft Corp. is warning users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched, critical bug …

Microsoft girds Office 2010 with free Web versions
Choosing to risk cannibalizing its own sales rather than let competitors such as Google Inc. eat away at them, Microsoft …

Microsoft Office vs.Google Docs: A web apps showdown
The future may be the cloud, but it also may be Microsoft that ushers us into that realm of possibility …
MEA fastest growing in IP network traffic, says Cisco VNI survey
Cisco, the market leading ICT provider has announced the results of its Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast and Methodology 2008-2013. …

Calculating hidden storage costs
Cloud storage is priced like a utility. Over and over again, virtually all vendors repeat the same mantra: “Customers pay …

Adobe readies ColdFusion upgrade
Adobe Systems is rolling out public beta versions of ColdFusion 9, which is the latest version of the company's Web …

HP to form new group for managed print services
Hewlett-Packard is stepping up its efforts in the area of managed print services. The company plans to form a new …

Services firms boost Microsoft’s SaaS
Microsoft Corp.'s late move into the hosted software business gained some headway this month when two outsourcers — Computer Sciences …

Chrome, Android have different jobs, Google says
Google's emerging Chrome operating system won't squeeze out Android, according to Andy Rubin, the company's vice president of mobile engineering …

DDoS attacks highlight need to reduce government Internet access points
The network attacks that severely disrupted several federal agency Web sites this week highlights the need for the government to …


