Undisputable storage powerhouse EMC claims to be ahead of the game, and you don’t get out in front by standing …

Cash cow
When the Amman Stock Exchange’s IT team found problems with high availability last year, they came up with an elegant …

Blackstone says Dell offer is off
By John Ribeiro and Agam Shah, IDG News Service Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than …

Can you work effectively without a PC?
There’s plenty of doom and gloom surrounding the PC industry right now. Research firm IDC recently reported a “perfect storm” …

Struggling PC market causes Intel profit plunge
Intel reported a drop in profits and revenue for the first quarter, as the biggest PC market slump in recent …

Are data centre vendors taking companies for a ride?
The volume of data centre projects continues to rise in the Middle East, but experts believe that the education level …

Worldwide device shipments to top 2.4bn in 2013, says Gartner
According to Gartner, over 2.4 billion devices will be sold worldwide during 2013, marking a 9 percent increase from 2012. …

Microsoft stock takes beating amid declining PC shipments
Microsoft’s stock took a beating over the weekend after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first …

‘Perfect storm’ leads to PC market free fall
A “perfect storm” of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC …

Brocade releases new platform to simplify campus network design
Brocade today announced the availability of the Brocade HyperEdge Architecture, which automates and simplifies campus network design. The new platform …

Security experts warn against Facebook Home
Facebook Home, the new app that replaces the home screen on an Android smartphone, should be banned from corporate networks …

Maximo Middle East User Conference kicks off in Dubai
eSolutions Maximo’s Maximo Middle East User Group Conference 2013 kicks off on Tuesday, April 7, at the JW Marriott Marquis …
Piracy stats – what’s up with that?
The detectives at IDC have been at it again, this time with the compliments of Microsoft, which commissioned a study …

Soft launch
The idea of software-defined networking (SDN) has taken off, though it has hardly seen a launch of epic proportions. We …

Whose job is it, anyway?
A growing number of Middle East CIOs are hiring specialised service providers to manage their organisation’s infrastructure. Is this the …

SAP demos Business Suite on HANA at Dubai racetrack
SAP last week held a demonstration of its new HANA-powered Business Suite at Dubai Autodrome, announcing that the new suite …

Ericsson sues Indian vendor Micromax over standards patents
Ericsson has sued Indian mobile handset vendor Micromax in an Indian court, alleging infringement of eight of its patents without …

A cloud over telecoms
The last thing anybody needs is another story highlighting the benefits and challenges of implementing a cloud-based solution for their …

The new era of big data management: Analytics
Amr Refaat, General Manager, IBM Middle East and Pakistan, talks managing big data and what big data trends will mean …

Blackstone makes counter-offer to buy Dell
Blackstone Group has reportedly sent a preliminary counter-bid to buy out Dell, which would rival the current proposed offer of …