IDC Government Insights research arm has published a top 10 predictions list for 2013. The predictions are: 1. Consumerisation of …
Dell invests in enterprise solutions and services
Opening its 2nd Annual Dell World Conference, Dell announced that more and more customers worldwide rely on its technology solutions …
Oracle buys DataRaker for ‘big data’ analysis
Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analysing data from …
CA Technologies appoints global boss
IT management solutions provider, CA Technologies, has appointed IT services industry veteran, Michael Gregoire, as chief executive officer (CEO), effective January …
Canon hosts partner conference
Building on its “closer to customers” strategy, Canon Middle East has hosted its 2012 Partner Conference from 5th to 7th December …
Nicira CTO shares sneak peek of company’s SDN plans
Nicira, the software-defined networking (SDN) startup that VMware purchased for $1.2 billion earlier this year, plans to release an SDN product that runs independent …
BYO trend fuels consumer app adoption in workplace: study
While the BYO trend is most commonly associated with employee-owned smartphones and tablets entering the workplace, new research by Cloud …
By 2020, there will be 5,200 GB of data for every person
During the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of …
Microsoft Office 2013
Although consumers and businesses are turning more often to Web-based software and mobile apps, many millions still depend on Microsoft …
More fireworks
It’s not just data that’s exploding as storage vendors set off fireworks to celebrate a lucrative year in the Middle …
Unchartered shores
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Emcor Facilities Services (EFS) says this …
Dell’s acquisitions not yet paying dividends
Dell’s effort to move away from PCs into enterprise products has been slow as the company battles a challenging economy …
New Metaio tools simplifies creation of augmented reality apps
The latest version of Metaio’s development tool Creator will make it easier to add new content to augmented reality, thanks …
SAP adds MaxAttention support option for custom apps
SAP is now offering its MaxAttention support service to companies with software that was designed and built by SAP’s custom …
Channel changes in 2013
George DeBono, GM- MEA at Red Hat, spells out how the solutions provider landscape will change in the coming year …
Steady as it goes
Symantec has recently laid out its management and product strategy. The company, which has gone through a leadership change, is …
Cisco aims for bigger services business, more software revenue
Cisco plans to expand its services business over the next several years, seeing a more important role for itself in …
Symantec – Security and storage predictions for 2013
In 2012 mobility, virtualisation and cloud computing were three big trends that affected change in the way organisations across the …
Forecast: The top 5 trends of Middle East IT
Technology has filtered down to infiltrate every part of our routine life and society at large. The Year 2012 …
SAP retools research strategy around internal startups
SAP has turned heads in recent years with a number of high-profile acquisitions, scooping up SuccessFactors, Sybase and Ariba for …