There is no easy way to say this. Ask a few people about what big data stands for, and you …
Brick-by-brick
Every once in a while, there comes an organisation that challenges the way other organisations have been dealing with strapped …
Google acquires more IBM patents
Google has acquired more IBM patents, adding more than 200 to approximately 2,000 patents it had previously bought from IBM. …
Imation buys Nine Technology
Storage vendor Imation has acquired intellectual property and other assets of online backup provider Nine Technology. Imation, a provider of …
Office 365: Microsoft rolls it out
A new paradigm of unified computing, targeted at small and medium enterprises, is being rolled out across the region. So …
Samsung and HTC smartphones picking up pace
The battle between Samsung and Apple for smartphone superiority continues. After an abundance of advertising, lawsuits and patents trying to …
Cisco debuts CloudVerse
Cisco has introduced Cisco CloudVerse, a framework that combines the foundational elements –Unified Data Center, Cloud Intelligent Network, and Cloud …
Big data, security and cloud identified as IT “super themes” in 2012
“Big data” analytics, security and cloud computing will be three of the most significant drivers of technological change in 2012, …
Welcome change
It’s that time of the year when one sits down to take a long, hard look at the year gone …
NetBase and SAP to deliver social media analytics to enterprises
In order to help global enterprises capitalise on the use of social media data, SAP AG and NetBase have announced that SAP will …
IBM buys Emportis for supply software
IBM has signed a deal to buy supply and contract management software vendor Emptoris in another bid to fill out …
Samsung vs Apple saga goes on
Samsung Electronics filed four additional patent claims against Apple on Friday in a German court while also going to trial …
Dell pulls back from netbook market
Dell has confirmed that it has ceased production of its Inspiron Mini netbook computer, in effect ending its pursuit of …
Huawei restricts business in Iran
Huawei Technologies will limit its business activities in Iran and no longer seek new customers there, it said, after an …
Ciena’s technology truck tours the Middle East
Ciena, the network solutions provider, today announced details of the Middle East tour of its ‘EMEA Mobile Innovation Lab’ – …
Director general of TRA opens Black Hat Abu Dhabi
His Excellency Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, director general of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), opened Black Hat Abu Dhabi’s Briefings …
Good on HANA: SAP
SAP executives provided new details about the company’s plan to make the HANA in-memory database the focus of a sweeping …
Google acquires Clever Sense to boost offerings
Google has acquired Clever Sense, the developer of Alfred, a personalised restaurant and bars recommendations app, for an undisclosed price, …
SAP partners with NetBase for the social analytics race
Taking a cue from rivals such as Salesforce.com, SAP announced a partnership under which it will resell and support social …
The future awaits
As organisations in the region prep their strategies for another tough year, Pallavi Sharma speaks to regional vendors to discuss …