It is no secret that it has been another challenging 12 months for HP, a true veteran of the IT …
Leading the pack
Within first five years of operation, Redington Value has already made its mark in the regional value-added distribution landscape. B …

Review: Acer Iconia W510
Acer’s Iconia W510 is a 16:9, wides-creen Windows 8 tablet with a nicely designed keyboard dock. When sidled down and …

Pwn2Own hacking contest offers record $560k in prizes
HP TippingPoint, the long-time organiser of the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, announced on Friday that it will offer cash awards …

IDM to use Blue Coat CacheFlow appliances
Blue Coat systems on Thursday announced that it had tied up with one of Lebanon’s biggest internet service providers, IDM, …

Will Dell thrive in private hands?
How Dell will fare in private hands – if a buyout is indeed imminent – depends entirely on how the …
The next frontier
Some interesting figures first. According to IDC, the disk storage capacity shipped by vendors worldwide has surpassed 7 exabytes for …

The ultimate guide to Google Analytics
Marketing is one of the great challenges for online businesses. How do you get people to view your Web pages? …

Botnets for hire likely used in US cyber attacks, Iran denies involvement
Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people …

Intel to boost mobile device experience
Intel executives plan to accelerate new mobile device experiences across the company’s growing portfolio of smartphone, tablet and Ultrabook offerings, …

Turnaround time
Following a year of tribulations, HP finished 2012 on a high at its Discover 2012 conference in Frankfurt with what …

Better together
Dubai Municipality is renowned as one of the government’s most innovative entities, particularly in its work transforming standard city services …

Microsoft C# named programming language of 2012
Microsoft’s C# has been crowned the number one programming language of the year by the PopularitY of Programming Language (PYPL) …

Citrix delivers 2013 tech predictions
At 103 percent the Middle East is reported to have one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world. …

Clearing in the clouds: 16 useful cloud management tools
One of the biggest concerns users have with public cloud resources is not knowing how much they will cost, given the pay-as-you-go …
Worldwide server shipments grew in Q3, but revenue fell, says Gartner
In the third quarter of 2012 worldwide server shipments grew 3.6 percent year-on-year, while revenue decreased 2.8 from the third quarter of 2011, according to Gartner.

Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu winners as storage market weakens
Growth in the storage market slowed down during the third quarter, but vendors such as Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu still …

The 8 best laptops and Ultrabooks available today
Have you picked up your laptop lately? If it’s getting long in the tooth, it’s probably as heavy as it …

More fireworks
It’s not just data that’s exploding as storage vendors set off fireworks to celebrate a lucrative year in the Middle …

Top 10 tech stories of 2012
Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace …