Microsoft has unveiled Cortana, its response to Apple’s Siri and Google’s Now, as it seeks to make its Windows Phone OS a stronger competitor to iOS and Android.
Gartner: Digitalisation unavoidable
Gartner kicked off its annual Symposium/ITxpo conference at Madinat Hotel on 1st April, and the overriding emphasis of the event was digitalisation.
Yahoo CEO Mayer talks mobile, advertising and Tumblr
Like her counterparts who have arrived at other older companies, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer prides herself on having pushed her team and the products they build into the world of mobile. For Yahoo the march to mobile always appeared to come begrudgingly over years of fits and starts.
Mayer Brown partner: NSA Spying Will Impact Cloud Providers and Customers,
Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection policies.
Riverbed delivers acceleration everywhere with industry's most comprehensive WAN optimisation solution
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, recently extended its market leading Steelhead wide area network (WAN) optimisation product family with the addition of a new hardware appliance and upgrades to its Steelhead software.
IBM top patent producer 20 years running
IBM has always been bullish on patents and 2012 proved to be no exception. IBM once again amassed more patents …
Experts call for cyber security doctrine from US government
The U.S. government needs a comprehensive doctrine addressing cyber security instead of the current patchwork of policies and agencies dealing …
IBM closes $1.3B Kenexa acquisition
IBM has closed its US$1.3 billion acquisition of Kenexa, intended to boost IBM’s enterprise social collaboration offerings with Kenexa’s cloud-based …
EMC’s Project X may have wide impact on data centres
EMC plans to sell flash storage for use across data centres and is developing software to tie all those components …
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), …
Spectrum builds Dubai data centre
Spectrum, an IT Networking and Security training, certification and consultancy services provider, has opened new data centre based on Juniper …
Unified Communications 2009 – A year in review
As we wind down 2009 and prepare for 2010, I think it’s best to take a look back at this …
Cloud computing, virtualization proponents getting antsy
While many organizations have only begun down the cloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in …
Cloud computing, virtualization proponents getting antsy
While many organizations have only begun down the cloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in …
Sybase smooths enterprise path for iPhones
Sybase is extending its Afaria mobile-device management platform and database software to the Apple iPhone, taking advantage of new enterprise …
GAPCorp to deploy distributed IP contact centre solutions across GCC
GAPCorp has signed up EMW — the convergence experts, to install Avaya Distributed IP Contact Centre technology in five of …
Sybase unveils SMS services for mobile location and advertising
Sybase has announced two new mobile services based on SMS messaging, one for phone users to get turn-by-turn directions, another …