Polycom has acquired ViVu, a provider of software for embedding videoconferencing in websites, for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced. …
H.H Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum open GITEX Shopper 2011
GITEX Shopper was officially opened today by His Highness Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the …
Open Group publishes cloud computing migration guide
Global standards group The Open Group has published a new book to help firms move into cloud computing. The Cloud …
Apple Chairman Steve Jobs dead at 56
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who resigned from the company in the mid-1980s and returned a decade later to make …
DIC to showcase technology incubation, innovation and collaboration at GITEX 2011
Dubai Internet City (DIC) today announced it will bring together key technology leaders Microsoft, HP and Qualcomm and share success …
Hitachi-LG Data Storage to plead guilty on price-fixing
Hitachi-LG Data Storage have agreed to plead guilty in connection with rigging bids and fixing prices for sales of optical …
Oracle’s Sparc SuperCluster due by year end
Oracle has launched its new Sparc T4 processor, along with new hardware that it hopes will turn up the heat …
Dell Latitude 2120- rugged and overpriced
Dell touts the Latitude 2120 as the ideal netbook for business. That engenders the question: is an old-school, underperforming, under-screened …
“Consumerisation of IT” taking its toll on IT managers: survey
“Consumerisation of IT” may be an overused phrase, but it is by no means a fad. Workers all over the …
Bank of England selects EMC SAN
The Bank of England has signed a contract with EMC to expand data storage with new SAN devices, as it …
Peripheral pressure
Printer, display and storage vendors are facing a host of game changing pressures from multiple and varied areas Across the …
KS Parag, Managing Director, FVC
RME opinion The value added distributor has built up a fine model of identifying and selecting networking and communication solutions …
Perfect storm
Google’s Motorola mobile takeover and HP?s PSG spin off are game changers and signs of the gathering storm Nowadays a …
Cisco comes out swinging after cutbacks
Cisco Systems emerged from 150 days of restructuring yesterday as an aggressive competitor, laying out some of the problems that …
Servers with new Intel Xeon E5 chips due early 2012: IDF
Servers with new Xeon E5 chips based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture will become available early next year, Intel officials …
Blue Coat launches new CacheFlow appliance
Blue Coat Systems, today announced its next-generation Blue Coat CacheFlow 5000 appliance, which according to the company, delivers a significant …
Cisco unveils routers, takes swipe at Juniper
Cisco this week unveiled three service provider edge routers, along with an aggressive marketing campaign against rival Juniper. Cisco added three …
Asiacell accelerates business transformation
Asiacell, the first and largest Iraqi telecommunications company and the first mobile telecom company to provide coverage for all of …
Bridging gaps
Bahman Enterprises Group achieves reliable connectivity across multiple offices with a Fortinet solution. Bahman Enterprises Group, an established powerhouse in …
On the air
In an industry synonymous with information sharing, media and broadcasting organisations in the region are investing in technology to manage, …