The Hamburg Data Protection Authority (DPA) is starting preliminary procedures to bring legal action against Facebook over the facial recognition …
Value powerhouse
Aptec Distribution is completing its transformation from a broadline to value added distributor and is expected to be the largest …
30% of corporate BlackBerry users want new device: survey
The BlackBerry device and its maker, Research in Motion (RIM), were in serious trouble even before last week’s global service …
H.H Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum open GITEX Shopper 2011
GITEX Shopper was officially opened today by His Highness Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the …
McNealy: I would have run HP if they’d asked me
Scott McNealy, the former chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, would have accepted the job of running Hewlett-Packard if he …
Open Group publishes cloud computing migration guide
Global standards group The Open Group has published a new book to help firms move into cloud computing. The Cloud …
Virgin Megastore to debut at GITEX Shopper 2011
This year marks Virgin Megastore’s first stand-alone participation at GITEX Shopper and commemorates the brand’s 10th year in the MENA …
Oracle’s Big Data Appliance taps growing enterprise need: analysts
Oracle’s new Big Data Appliance, officially introduced yesterday at the Oracle OpenWorld2011 conference here, should appeal to enterprises looking for …
Facebook faces complaints over data retention practices
Facebook’s data retention practices are under investigation by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner following a series of complaints filed by a …
Ellison unveils ‘Exalytics’ in-memory machine
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison unveiled the Exalytics Intelligence Machine, the latest member of the company’s products that combine software and …
Path perfect
In the second part of the interview, Paul Maritz, CEO of VMWare explains the path ahead for the company across …
Oracle’s Sparc SuperCluster due by year end
Oracle has launched its new Sparc T4 processor, along with new hardware that it hopes will turn up the heat …
Oracle’s Sparc SuperCluster due by year end
Oracle has launched its new Sparc T4 processor, along with new hardware that it hopes will turn up the heat …
Ousting Apotheker may add to disruption at HP: analysts
The man Hewlett-Packard (HP) hired just one year ago to build its software and cloud computing businesses, as well as …
Transforming banking
Positioned in Gartner’s leader quadrant, Infosys? product division, Finacle, has reengineered its products to enable customer centric changes Ten years …
Tablet industry to grow by 289% by the end of 2011: survey
According to a recent research conducted by Morgan Stanley, 68% of respondents regularly used their tablets to browse the internet. …
Cisco comes out swinging after cutbacks
Cisco Systems emerged from 150 days of restructuring yesterday as an aggressive competitor, laying out some of the problems that …
A turnaround that didn’t happen
As she approached her third anniversary as Yahoo’s CEO, Carol Bartz couldn’t overcome a recent string of missteps that apparently …
PC shipments to slow to 3.8% growth in 2011: Gartner
Worldwide PC unit growth is on pace to total 352 million units in 2011, a 3.8% increase from 2010, according …
Five cures for what ails IT
Your IT department may be armed with bright and ambitious employees, but that doesn’t mean the group will be efficient. …