One of the main reasons for deploying desktop virtualisation is the security advantages it can provide, such as keeping sensitive …
Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant” on PCs: IDC
Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant” to traditional PC users, IDC said Monday. Microsoft faces a tough sell with the …
RSA security lapse led to March hack, says researcher
The attack that hacked RSA Security’s network earlier this year succeeded because the company failed to take a basic security …
Big battles in 2012: IDC
Researchers at IDC, say some big battles will be brewing in 2012 in the cloud, mobile and Big Data arenas. …
Defending their PaaS territory
Independent platform-as-a-service (PaaS) providers acknowledge that theirs is a crowded market, especially with big IT vendors like Oracle, Hewlett-Packard (HP) …
EIBFS selects SunGard to provide better services to students
The Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) has selected SunGard Higher Education, a global provider of higher education …
Smartphone users in KSA prefer Arabic applications
A new Arab Advisors Group’s survey of cellular users in Saudi Arabia revealed insightful details on the smartphones adoption and …
Dell PowerEdge servers get AMD’s new 16-core chips
Dell announced that it has upgraded its PowerEdge servers with the just-released 16-core Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). …
Mobile devices and virtualisation pose big challenges for IT: survey
Increased use of mobile devices, especially smartphones, in addition to the transition to virtualisation, are key factors weighing on enterprises …
Google Apps adds around-the-clock phone support
Addressing a major source of complaints with its Apps suite, Google has announced that it will now offer around-the-clock phone …
Ready for the cloud era
Some figures first. A virtual machine is created every 6 seconds. To put that in perspective, it’s more than the …
AMD’s 16-core Opteron chips arrive after wait
After a brief delay and more than a year of chatter, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today announced the availability of …
Adobe promises to keep patching Flash on mobile, doesn’t say for how long
Adobe has promised to support the soon-to-be-orphaned Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers, but has not said how long it …
Value powerhouse
Aptec Distribution is completing its transformation from a broadline to value added distributor and is expected to be the largest …
Mahindra Satyam partners with iPipeline
Mahindra Satyam announced it has partnered with iPipeline, a vendor for innovative marketing, selling and processing solutions for the …
SAP clears the clouds in Spain
German IT giant, SAP AG today announced significant new advances in the core areas of its cloud strategy and cloud …
HP, Dell overtake Nokia in Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
While some consumer electronics manufacturers have cleaned up their act, making more energy-efficient gadgets with fewer toxic materials, others are …
FVC signs Esnatech to offer cloud-based UC in MENA
FVC, a VAD in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has signed a partnership agreement with Esna Technologies (Esnatech), …
Back to school
The application of IT is not only transforming the way students learn, but also the way they are being taught. …
A solutions company
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell outlines the company’s aggressive plans to grow its portfolio of solutions by acquiring more intellectual …