It’s an art to begin a presentation with a bang – and Thorsten Heins, CEO, BlackBerry seemed to have mastered …
SRS signs deal with Microsoft to sell refurbished hardware
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) will soon be able to supply refurbished computers and servers pre-installed with genuine Microsoft software to …
Blackberry CEO: Tablets are doomed
Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins has made a bold prediction: He says that tablets don’t have much of a future. “In …
Ericsson named sole vendor for Thuraya core network upgrade
Ericsson has been selected by mobile satellite operator Thuraya as the sole vendor to complete an upgrade its circuit-switched core …
More malware discovered from drone cyber attacks
Researchers following a cyber espionage campaign apparently bent on stealing drone-related technology secrets have found additional malware related to the …
Cash cow
When the Amman Stock Exchange’s IT team found problems with high availability last year, they came up with an elegant …
The next frontier
At the Cisco Connect conference in Dubai, Cisco offered a glimpse into a fantastical world of next-generation technologies, urging the …
IBM pledges $1bn for Flash-based R&D
Following its buy-out of solid-state storage maker Texas Memory Systems (TMS) last autumn, IBM today said it plans to make a $1 …
Signed, sealed, delivered
Globally known logistics firm DHL is no stranger to making a fast, first-class delivery. So it was never in doubt …
SAP demos Business Suite on HANA at Dubai racetrack
SAP last week held a demonstration of its new HANA-powered Business Suite at Dubai Autodrome, announcing that the new suite …
AWS provides easy entry to SAP HANA
It’s no secret that SAP’s HANA in-memory database has become the centrepiece of the software vendor’s technology strategy. HANA features …
Smartphones, tablets set to spark Asia-Pacific telecoms growth, says Ovum
The telecoms industry is set for huge growth over coming years, thanks to the protracted maturation in the smartphone and …
BMI Bank collaborates with EMC to transform IT infrastructure
It was announced today that Bahraini retail and commercial banking institution, BMI Bank, will use EMC technologies to transform its …
Vestberg kicks off Ericsson’s MWC activity with customary predictions
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg took centre stage as Mobile World Congress got underway this morning by serving the tradition of giving his telecoms …
Help AG partners with HP
Help AG on Money announced that it had entered into a partnership with technology giant HP. The agreement will see …
Ericsson and SAP collaborate on cloud-based M2M solutions
Ericsson and SAP have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based M2M solutions and services to enterprises via …
Microsoft falls victim to ‘Chinese’ cyber attack
Microsoft last week disclosed that it recently fell victim to the same type of cyber attack that targeted Apple and …
By royal appointment
It’s been an exciting year for King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH). Situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the state-of-the-art hospital …
Ransom malware head arrested in Dubai
A Russian man accused of being a key figure behind the notorious and hugely successful Reveton “police ransom” malware, which …
Critics bear down on Obama cyber security order
United States President Barack Obama‘s executive cyber security order, announced during his State of the Union address, may have garnered …