IBM yesterday unveiled upgrades to its line of storage products that it said adds more support for cloud technologies. For instance …
Salesforce.com buying social marketing vendor Buddy Media in $689 million deal
Salesforce.com is acquiring social media marketing firm Buddy Media in a US$689 million cash and stock deal, the companies announced …
Eye on the game
Axis Communications is gearing up for explosive growth in the global video surveillance market. During his recent trip to Dubai, …
Virtual Bridges partners with GBM to bring latest solutions to the GCC
Virtual Bridges and Gulf Business Machines (GBM) have announced a partnership to deliver Virtual Bridges Verde virtual desktop management and …
SAP survey highlights game changing strategic agenda
SAP partners from across the Gulf region reiterated their commitment to delivering and implementing cutting-edge software solutions at a recent …
Ellison: Next version of Oracle database set for December or January release
The next version of Oracle’s database will be released in either December or January, CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday during …
Salesforce.com's Desk.com service adding Arabic support
Salesforce.com’s Desk.com service is adding multilingual support to the cloud-based help-desk software, the company said. Beginning on June 6, Desk.com …
Microsoft adds photo sharing to SkyDrive
Mirosoft has made several tweaks to its online cloud storage service, SkyDrive, one of which now allows users to access …
Judge clears Google of Java copyright infringement
A district court judge has ruled that the Java APIs in Android are not eligible for protection under U.S. copyright …
Age of the data scientist
“Data science and big data – they are so much more interesting than the subject of storage. You have to …
HP appoints new head of software
Following through on promises to shuffle the ranks of upper management, Hewlett-Packard has hired George Kadifa to head up the …
IT services and system integration are losing strategic importance, study reveals
The effects of increasing digitisation are leading to dramatic shifts in business models globally and in the ICT industry’s provider …
Aim for transformation
Pat Gelsinger, the driven President and COO of global IT solutions provider EMC, talks about the next steps for the …
Eliminating inefficiencies
Today’s data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tools can improve planning and reduce operational costs, writes Soeren Brogaard Jensen, VP-Enterprise Software, …
Former IBM director joins Blue Coat as senior VP of R&D
Blue Coat Systems has announced that IBM veteran Venkat Raghavan has joined as senior VP of research and development. The …
Intertec to bring industry majors together to host virtualisation event for end users
Intertec Systems in collaboration with its partners HP, Trend Micro and VMware is organising an event on ‘Planning Your virtualisation’ …
Intertec, HP, Trend Micro, VMware to collaborate on Dubai event
Intertec Systems – in collaboration with its partners HP, Trend Micro and VMware – will host an event called ‘Planning …
Oracle NetBeans 7.2 supports the latest PHP, C++
The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of …
VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova
VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralise and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, …
Johnson Controls unveils Panoptix solution for green buildings
Johnson Controls, which provides solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings, has launched a new innovation, the Panoptix solution, which …