Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face significant transition and data storage challenges as the regional …
New Samsung tech could pave way for 5G in 2020
Existing 4G networks for mobile devices still have limited global reach, but that’s not going to keep 5G technology waiting …
Intel’s McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage
Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed …
Netgear to target mid-market with future SDN capability
While much of the hype for software-defined networking is focused on large-scale data centre deployments, some companies are taking a …
McAfee taps Intel to offer high-throughput intrusion-prevention system
McAfee is taking advantage of its new owners by rolling out a high-throughput intrusion-prevention system (IPS) family built on Intel …
Facebook-Led Open Compute Project tackles network switches
A little more than two years ago, Facebook had a revolutionary idea: Inspired by the model of open-source software, it would bring …
When payback strikes back for businesses
Corey Nachreiner, CISSP, Director of Security Strategy for WatchGuard Technologies, discusses the act of striking back against cyber criminals. Between …
Amazon Web Services will continue to disrupt enterprises, IT vendors
As I recently noted, much of the IT industry detests Amazon Web Services, with VMware in the lead. In my own …
Setting up shop
The success of online B2B market place Tejari.com and the rising demand for e-commerce in the Middle East meant the …
Intel’s new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption
Intel’s upcoming Atom chips with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power …
AMD thinks beyond PCs with new custom chip business unit
Armed with a contract to build chips for Sony’s PlayStation 4 gaming console, Advanced Micro Devices has now officially established …
Windows 8 grows slow, XP just won’t go
Microsoft was hit with a double whammy last month as it made scant progress in either boosting the usage share …
Blackberry CEO: Tablets are doomed
Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins has made a bold prediction: He says that tablets don’t have much of a future. “In …
Review: BlackBerry Q10
According to BlackBerry representatives, 80% to 90% of BlackBerry’s 76 million subscribers are still using older BlackBerry smartphones with physical …
SAP’s first quarter: The key questions
SAP will announce its first-quarter 2013 earnings on Friday, a report that will get heavy scrutiny from company watchers. Here’s …
The mobility wave
Mobility is sweeping across the enterprises in the Middle East, creating bright opportunities for a channel reeling under pressure on …
Cash cow
When the Amman Stock Exchange’s IT team found problems with high availability last year, they came up with an elegant …
Struggling PC market causes Intel profit plunge
Intel reported a drop in profits and revenue for the first quarter, as the biggest PC market slump in recent …
Carrying Ethernet forward
The increasing dominance of IP and Ethernet is enabling a convergence of networks, and allowing for a wide range of …
Signed, sealed, delivered
Globally known logistics firm DHL is no stranger to making a fast, first-class delivery. So it was never in doubt …