The Vyatta open-source network operating system has been certified for IPv6, which is likely to become a key capability as …
Joint offerings from SAP and Sybase
Following the merger of SAP and Sybase earlier this year, both companies have shared their first joint milestones in the …
HP tops Dell
Hewlett-Packard has offered to buy 3PAR, a vendor of virtualised storage systems, for $1.6 billion in cash, topping a bid …
Infrastructure services users worry less about security
A recent Yankee Group survey about enterprise use of IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) offerings found that once companies start using such services, …
Oracle takes over JavaOne conference
Next month’s revamped JavaOne conference, the first under Oracle’s jurisdiction, will feature a keynote presentation from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, …
Intel to buy McAfee
Both boards of directors have unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close after McAfee shareholder approval, regulatory clearances …
Intel to acquire McAfee
In terms of the deal, in which Intel will buy all of McAfee’s common stock for $48 per share in …
NetApp revenue grows 36% in Q1
Data storage vendor NetApp reported today on its revenue for the first quarter of 2011, stating total product sales grew …
On the centre stage
NWME: X86 virtualisation was once a revolutionary technology. But now, hypervisor is fast becoming a commodity. What is your differentiation? …
Unified forces
If there is one technology that has become indispensable in the CIO’s arsenal during these tough economic times, it is …
The pipe gets bigger
For the uninitiated, the IEEE 802.3ba standard, ratified in June this year, is the first specification to simultaneously specify two …
Skills and training
Chandan Mehta, product manager at Fujitsu Technology Systems in the region The Middle East has traditionally and for many years, …
Off centre
HP Critical Facility Services customer project manager Kevin Miller For businesses that choose to outsource their data centre requirements, there …
Virtual world
Mohammed Thameem Rizvon,Group IT manager, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Have you implemented virtualisation solutions in your enterprise? If so, what …
Molding the Future
In the world of enterprise software, there are but a handful of “rock star” analysts who cover the industry well, …
Talking Shop
By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, …
Overpowering Pirates
Enterprises across the Middle East risk damaging their businesses through the use of pirated software, with an estimated two-thirds of …
Mission: obtained
There are few organisations like the Qatar Foundation. Sa’di M Awienat, director of IT at Qatar Foundation Formed in 1995, …
WordPress 3.0
Among the many types of CMS software (content management systems or blogging tools), WordPress has become extremely popular, providing easy-to-use …
2010 tech career outlook
The good news is that not everyone’s predictions are as dire as Hackett’s, and there are several pockets of demand …