Lenovo is set to buy Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion in a deal that excludes the vast majority of Motorola’s patent portfolio.
HID Global shares secure identity trends for 2014
The predictions encompass a diverse range of solutions and technologies, including anticipated advances in physical and logical access control, secure issuance, identity assurance, visitor management, electronic ID (eID) and secure asset tracking.
Oracle broadens legal fight against third-party Solaris support providers
Oracle is continuing its legal battle against third-party software support providers it alleges are performing such services in a manner that violates its intellectual property.
Canalys: Android, wearable tech to get boost from Google-Samsung patent deal
The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, analysts said Monday.
iPhones transform business landscape
Anthony Perridge, EMEA Channel Director at Sourcefire, now a part of Cisco discusses the revolution of iPhones and the trends around it.
CrowdStrike: Global cybercrime dominated by 50 core groups
Cybercrime in 2013 was dominated by a core of around 50 active groups, including Russian and Chinese ‘threat actors’ whose activities are only now coming to light, a report from monitoring firm CrowdStrike has found.
Software Defined Networks – the future of networking?
SDN is a technology that promises to be the next big thing not only for IT organisations and networking vendors, but also for service providers, says Muhammad Rehan Sami, Senior Solution Architect, Business, Etisalat
5 hybrid IT roles your business needs to succeed in 2014
We look at five modern IT roles that are key to gaining competitive business advantage
Wall Street Journal: Amazon considering live TV streaming service
Amazon has approached several major media conglomerates to discuss adding live cable TV channels to its Prime Instant Video service, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Cisco: Malicious traffic present on 100 percent of sampled networks
Every large multinational firm investigated by Cisco for its latest Security Report showed signs of malicious traffic on their networks, the networking company has revealed.
Obama's proposed NSA changes leave question marks
U.S. President Barack Obama called for changes to National Security Agency surveillance, with new privacy advocates assigned to a surveillance court and a transition away from a controversial telephone records collection programme in the U.S.
C-Level executives unsure how to maximise value of Big Data
In August, FT Remark, a research service from the Financial Times Group, surveyed 144 CFOs and CIOs at global organisations on KPMG Capital’s behalf.
SAP: Predictive analytics software no longer in the hands of data scientists
Nearly 90 percent of organisations agree that employing predictive analytic software has given them a competitive advantage, according to a new survey commissioned by SAP.
Palo Alto upgrades enterprise security platform
Palo Alto Networks has announced enhancements to its enterprise security platform WildFire.
For cybersecurity professionals, is the concept of 'control' a pipe dream?
Anthony Perridge, EMEA Channel Director, Sourcefire asks: Is it realistic to expect you can gain control over threats and outbreaks?
Morgan Stanley: CIOs in Europe and US project healthy IT budget increases for 2014
CIOs at midmarket and large companies in Europe and the U.S. will spend 4.5 percent more on IT products and services this year than in 2013 as they focus their budget priorities on cloud computing, ERP and analytics software.
3 powerful laptops built for serious business
In business, the faster you can deliver on a promise, the better. The three powerful, high-end laptops discussed here deliver data in microseconds.
Digital dreams
The healthcare industry is notorious for the amount of paper it consumes. From lengthy patient records to scribbled prescription notes, hospitals and healthcare organisations are always grappling with the problem of what to do with its masses of paper.
Different flavours of Ethernet
Enterprises, cloud providers and carriers all rely on Ethernet. What’s next for this 40-year-old ubiquitous technology?
Expo 2020 outlook
On 26 November, 2013, Dubai was awarded the opportunity to host the World Expo 2020. And with this, the city has been given a chance to make huge developments.