Hoping to grab some of the US$70 billion yearly worldwide market of electronic commerce software and services, IBM has launched …
VMware buys WaveMaker, aims to ease app development
VMware said yesterday it had acquired WaveMaker, the creator of open-source software that lets non-developers build Java Web applications. WaveMaker …
External storage is back from recession: Gartner
External controller-based disk storage has recovered from the global recession, exceeding the record sales figure from 2008 with revenue in …
Extreme roadmap plots broader view of mobility
Extreme Networks’ new product roadmap has a catchy name — Make Your Network Mobile — but it might be a little …
Pre-nimbus perplexity
Just for once, let’s not talk cloud. Instead, let’s look at the technology initiative that, a few years back, was …
A brave new world
The industry seems to have learned its lessons from 3G, which was beset with problems when it came out ten …
Salesforce.com deepens tie-in to Facebook
Salesforce.com is deepening the integration between its CRM (customer relationship management) and customer service software with the explosively popular social-networking …
IBM products aim to speed up, automate virtualisation
IBM is aiming to make it easier for enterprises to manage their virtualised environments, with new features in the Tivoli …
Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking
Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company’s product line toward …
A word of advice
In the last month, separate CIO events were conducted in Dubai by two of the largest IT analyst groups in …
UAE’s CIOs talk consolidation and virtualisation at CPI roundtable
By Sathya Mithra Ashok Hardware that is not yet ready for virtual platforms, licensing issues with software and the persistent …
Cisco names first COO as company reinvents itself
Cisco Systems has named Gary Moore as its first COO, formally giving CEO John Chambers a sidekick to help transition …
On a security conference
The 20th RSA security conference concluded last Friday at San Francisco Moscone Centre. Especially for someone like me, that had …
RSA introduces new model to battle persistent threats
By Valeria Camerino EMC security division RSA released a security brief that outlines a drastic change in how organisations can …
Living on a prayer
By Valeria Camerino On the notes of a security-inspired version of Bon Jovi’s “Living on a prayer”, the 20th edition …
Symantec looks to protect users from mutating malware
Symantec has announced the 12th edition of its flagship enterprise desktop anti-malware product, Symantec Endpoint Protection, that looks to go …
Dell introduces server with 96 CPU cores
Dell yesterday introduced a server that can accommodate up to 96 CPU cores — a big boost in the computational …
Gartner outlines nine data warehousing trends
CIOs need to familiarise themselves with nine key trends in data warehousing and how they will impact the cost-benefit balance …
Microsoft appoints new server and tools business head
Microsoft has appointed its online services veteran, Satya Nadella, to head its US$15 billion server and tools business, the company …
Avnet expands distribution agreement with Enterasys
Avnet now has rights to distribute Enterasys Networks’ full portfolio of wired and wireless network infrastructure products and security solutions …