The just-released version 3.5 of Firefox is a winner, offering significantly faster Web browsing, better tab handling, a host of …
Juniper nixes ATM security talk
Router maker Juniper Networks has barred one of the company's security researchers from discussing security flaws in Automated Teller Machines …
Virtualization, cloud computing pose new challenges, opportunities
Three years ago, Carnegie Mellon University opened the Data Center Observatory – an answer to the ever-rising operational costs in …
Cisco announces its highest level certification ever
For years, the coveted Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) was the highest, most difficult rank a network professional could achieve. …
Wi-Fi pricing models vary widely
There are notable variations among vendors, for example, as to what they include in their basic systems and what they …
New domains coming in 2010: ICANN
Internet policymakers are forging ahead with a controversial plan to introduce hundreds of generic top-level domains — such as .nyc, …
Social networking success requires solid plans
Users who shared their social networking implementation stories at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston on Wednesday emphasized that success …
Avaya reportedly offering $500M for Nortel enterprise biz
Nortel is reportedly close to selling its enterprise division to Avaya for $500 million. According to an article in Canada’s …
Google to promote Web speed on new developer site
Google has created a Web site for developers that is focused exclusively on making Web applications, sites and browsers faster. …
IBM, Cray lead Top 500 supercomputer rankings
The world’s two most powerful computers have not been surpassed in 2009, but the latest edition of the Top 500 …
TagStone partners with Zebra
TagStone, one of the Middle East’s leading wireless technology solutions integrators, has entered into a partnership agreement with Zebra Enterprise …
A battle looms ahead
HP’s ProCurve networking unit painted the target there early in the decade, when they began gunning for Cisco, whose strength, …
Jacky?s Electronics experiences 40% growth in Netbook demand
Jacky’s Electronics, the UAE’s leading multi-electronics retailer, has seen a 40 % increase in demand for Netbooks for the first six …
Saudi Ministry deploys an end-to-end integrated infrastructure solution from Juniper
The Ministry of Culture and Information, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s agency responsible for state broadcasting, printing and information services, …
PC shipments plunge in first quarter
First-quarter global PC shipments fell 8.1% year-over-year, according to market researcher iSuppli , dragged down by weaker-than-expected desktop PC shipments. …
Coverage & capacity planning, before going wireless
The pre-installation site survey has long been a core element of wireless-LAN deployments. The concept is simple: set up an …
Cupola to mordenize and maintain EMW's contact centre
Cupola Teleservices (CTS), provider of outsourced contact centre services in the Middle East, has signed a contract with EMW, to …
Safeguarding the mobile workforce
Although most employees leave the office at 5 p.m. they are often remain virtually tethered to their desks. The smartphone, …
Emulation or Virtualization?
Emulation is what we do when we try to make one system behave like or imitate a different system. We …
Iran says AMD chips used in its rocket research
An Iranian research institute claims that it used AMD Opteron microprocessors to build a high-performance computing system, one more sign …