VASCO Data Security International, today launches a competitive replacement campaign called “Break The Chains” directed towards businesses in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa that decide to migrate to a VASCO authentication solution.
MPs declare that the UK is losing the war on cyber crime
A Home Affairs Select Committee has stated that the UK is losing the war on online criminal activity and that the government is too complacent in targeting cyber criminals.
Text analytics can help businesses soothe upset callers
Using text analytics technology to analyse call-centre transcripts and customer surveys, emails and tweets can improve customer service.
Android tablet gives rare glimpse at North Korean tech
An Android tablet brought back from North Korea by a tourist has provided a glimpse at some of the restrictions placed on IT users in the famously secretive country.
KPMG: China and the US to drive tech breakthroughs in next 4 years
China and the US are the top two countries with the greatest potential to drive technology breakthroughs and likely to have a global impact in the next four years, said KPMG that released results of a survey recently.
Tight NSA spy vote gives hope to programme critics
Civil rights advocates view Wednesday’s narrow defeat of a bill to curtail funds for the National Security Agency’s domestic spy programme as a sign of the growing opposition within Congress.
SAP's Snabe to step down in 2014, McDermott to become sole CEO
SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe will leave his post in May 2014 to become a member of the enterprise software vendor’s supervisory board, leaving Bill McDermott as sole CEO.
Microsoft to update Windows Phone 8, minor changes
Microsoft has detailed the next software update to its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system.
Oracle's Saggia gives tips on simplifying IT at CIO 100
High-growth countries are usually exhibited by a low per capita income. The upside, though, is that such countries, usually emerging countries, are able to do more with fewer resources.
India to overtake US on number of developers by 2017
The US may be the global centre of the IT universe, but India will exceed the US in the number of software developers by 2017, a new report notes.
Yahoo says release of secret FISA court order will prove it resisted directives
Yahoo wants the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to order the public release of a secret order in a 2008 surveillance dispute.
Black to basics
The BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) offering has given customers the option to manage BlackBerry devices whether it is a government or a company network, and the company is now providing that feature so that customers can manage non-BlackBerry devices.
Ethics and enthusiasm
I was back on my travels last month — Florida, to be exact. I was one of the 20,000 people …
The spaghetti incident
In 2009, DP World in the UAE decided to set up its own IT department separate from the shared services …
SAP to acquire e-commerce player hybris to target ‘consumer economy’
Enterprise software giant SAP has announced plans to acquire e-commerce player hybris in an attempt to further expand its reach …
Review: HTC One
HTC has come out fighting with its new One. Completely redesigned, it features an aluminium case, 4G connectivity and an updated version of the Sense platform.
IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot
Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to …
Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington
Washington’s biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don’t know enough about …
Computerlinks becomes Middle East distributor for Trend Micro
Computerlinks today announced that it has become a distributor for Trend Micro in the Middle East to address increasing customer …
Your best friend’s perfect girlfriend
Thousands upon thousands of attendees rolled into the Sunshine State yesterday for the opening day of the Sapphire Now conference …