The latest release of Apple’s pervasive iPad tablet, simply called ‘The New iPad’, has benefited from some technical upgrades that …
Smartphone sales grew 47% in Q4 2011
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3% increase …
Wi-Fi, small cells could disrupt mobile
The rise of mixed mobile networks of Wi-Fi, small cells and traditional base stations, a major theme of last week’s …
Cyber threats will become number one security concern: FBI
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation anticipates cyber threats to overtake terrorism as the number one threat to the country, …
MEA enterprise IT spending to grow 6.3%: Gartner
Middle East and Africa enterprise IT spending across all industry markets is forecast to reach 70 billion Euros in 2012, …
Orange to release Intel-based Santa Clara smartphone
Mobile operator Orange has joined the companies backing Intel’s move into smartphones, and will start to ship the Android-based “Santa …
Computer science courses on offer in UK fall 18%
The number of full-time undergraduate computer science courses offered by UK universities has fallen by nearly a fifth since 2006, …
CIO role will eventually cease to exist, claim CFOs
The position of CIO could disappear from the business landscape within five years’ time, according to nearly one in five …
QITCOM 2012 recognises strategic partners and sponsors
QITCOM 2012, the pre-eminent platform for the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Qatar, joined with ICT industry leaders …
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet
Lenovo joins the Android Tablet club with two news devices, the IdeaPad K1 as consumer oriented tablet, and it’s more …
Fulfilling the prophecy
In Mexico I learnt that the world will NOT end in 2012 yet I’m not so optimistic about the state of cyber security.
Apple wins HTC dispute case
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday issued a final determination that Apple doesn’t infringe certain HTC patents. HTC can appeal the …
Startup Porticor launches with encryption technology for cloud computing
New startup Porticor launches this week with technology aimed at giving enterprises a way to encrypt data held in cloud computing services, …
Big boys toys
The Big Boys Toys Exhibition was billed as the ‘ultimate playground’ – and it didn’t disappoint. We were invited to …
“I do not believe a regional broad line distributor can become a true VAD”
Dr Ali Baghdadi, CEO and President of Aptec Group In 1980, Baghdadi formed Aptec Distribution to bring appropriate technologies …
Know what you want from SIEM before deploying it: Solling, help AG
Businesses should understand exactly what they want from a SIEM solution before they commit to it, says Nicolai Solling, director …
Know what you want from SIEM before deploying it: Solling, help AG
Businesses should understand exactly what they want from a SIEM solution before they commit to it, says Nicolai Solling, director …
They offer a name plate, we offer a solution: Infor VP
Oracle and SAP are “looking over their shoulder” as Infor gains ground on them in the Middle East enterprise software …
On the lookout
It might be just another year in the technology evolution chain, but vendors believe that 2012 will bring with it …
IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform
IBM announced plans yesterday buy Worklight, a move that will give it a range of cross-platform mobile application development technologies. …