The BMW Group has hired Infosys to help manage the carmaker’s global IT infrastructure. The five-year contract will see Infosys …
Acer beefs up Chromebook line with new C7
There appears to be no end to the Chromebook phenomenon, which has seen PC maker after PC maker jump onto Google‘s Chrome …
MEA external storage market in decline – IDC
According to the latest figures from IDC, the MEA region’s external storage market suffered a year-on-year decline in the last …
With flying colours
When Patrick Naef, Emirates Group’s CIO, joined seven years ago, the team had just begun rolling out its Knowledge Driven …
State of flux
The sixth edition of IDC’s Middle East CIO Summit had a strong sense of urgency to it. From the nature …
Rumours fly on VMware public cloud offering
VMware is reportedly preparing a public cloud offering that it would run itself, however VMware officials have refused to comment on …
NASA’s role in OpenStack
IBM‘s announcement last week that it would base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish the open-source platform as …
Samsung exec hits out at Windows 8
The grumbling of PC makers is getting louder with Windows 8 doing little to spark laptop sales. The latest complaints …
30 years of PCWorld, 30 pivotal moments in PC history
Talk about longevity. Thirty years ago to this month, PCWorld published its very first print issue, a 310-page magazine loaded …
IBM: OpenStack will be central to future cloud strategy
Already a platinum member of the cloud operating system platform OpenStack, IBM officials said open source code from the project will be …
FireEye launches new threat protection platform
Security company, FireEye, has announced a new threat protection platform designed to help enterprises deploy new security models to counter …
Cisco makes server vendor top 5 for the first time
Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu …
Network World Awards: Nomination deadline extended
The nomination deadline for the upcoming Network World Middle East Awards has been extended from February 28 to March 6. …
Lenovo wins third consecutive Vendor of the Year award at DISTREE
Lenovo won its third consecutive notebook and desktop Vendor of the Year award at the recent EMEA Channel Academy Awards …
Review: Chromebook Pixel
Anyone who thinks the Chromebook Pixel is a ludicrous idea hasn’t actually tried one – or at least that’s our …
Qualcomm demonstrates LTE carrier aggregation and Category 4 data rates
Qualcomm today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, in conjunction with Sierra Wireless and Ericsson, has successfully demonstrated LTE …
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Tech stocks rise despite declining PC sales
Despite PC giants HP and Dell reporting significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other …
Review: Lenovo ThinkPad Twist
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Lenovo was all about the convertible laptops. Among the barrage of new devices that …
Disabling Java on your Mac
With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, as well as Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software …