Five years after the iPhone debuted, Apple commands a one-third share of the smartphone market. And the one-two punch of …
VMware acquiring cloud automation vendor DynamicOps
Expanding beyond the delivery of software for its own cloud platform, VMware is acquiring DynamicOps for its heterogenous cloud management …
HP cloud plans focus on open source, management
HP reiterated its commitment to open cloud computing standards this week at the Red Hat Summit, as the company’s enterprise cloud vice …
RIM stock plunges after $518M loss and BlackBerry 10 delay
Research in Motion’s stock price plunged 19% early Friday following RIM’s announcement late yesterday of a $518 million first quarter loss and …
Amazon cloud hit by real clouds, also knocking out Instagram, Pinterest
Digital cloud services aren’t immune to the impact of real clouds, and that meant some bad news this weekend for …
Dell's strategy for Wyse unit: hire, not fire
Dell completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology just last month and is now hiring, and not cutting, employees. Over the …
Bill Gates dismisses tablets in education
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks that tablets do not meet the needs of education. Instead, he suggests that a low …
RIM delays BlackBerry 10, reports plummeting sales
Amid stiff competition from the likes of Google and Apple, Research In Motion is planning a series of sweeping changes …
Google gives Google Docs offline capabilities
One of the big disadvantages to using cloud-based office apps is that you have to be connected to the Internet …
High grades
As competition between educational institutions heats up, schools are increasingly investing in new technology as a way to differentiate their …
Google expected to unveil Kindle rival this week
With Google’s developers conference just days away, more details about a tablet with the search giant’s brand expected to be …
How to select the right laptop
At a media roundtable held today, Pearce Clune, marketing director, emerging markets EMEA, retail and distribution, Dell shared with the …
Strong growth in enterprise social software spending: IDC
Demand for enterprise social software will grow strongly in the coming years, as more organisations implement the products to improve …
PayPal to pay security researchers for reported vulnerabilities
Payment services provider PayPal will reward security researchers who discover vulnerabilities in its website with money, if they report their …
Cisco upgrades Quad enterprise social product, renames it WebEx Social
Cisco Systems is extending the functionality of its Quad enterprise social networking (ESN) software through integration with Microsoft Office applications …
Dell lays out software strategy
Dell outlined its software strategy yesterday, casting the growing business as a secondary, but key, component to the company’s enterprise …
RME Partner Excellence Awards 2012 honours the best of the region
At a gala event that brought together the who’s-who of the channel community, Reseller Middle East yesterday honoured leading members …
Amazon pitches MySQL in the cloud for $19 a month
Amazon Web Services has introduced a micro version of its cloud-based database service RDS running MySQL and priced from US$19 …
Apple sets OS X Mountain Lion release for July
Apple said today that it would ship OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, next month, for $19.99, a 33% price …
Women of the channel- The go-getter
Newly appointed channel sales manager, for Seagate Middle East, Aysha Mir began her career with a company called Ideal Hardware …