This evening’s annual Codie awards for business software features a three-way tie in cloud computing, with Google, Keynote Systems, and Scribe …
A Look behind the Cloud – uncovering hidden costs
Analysts forecast that over the next three to five years the market for cloud-based contact centre solutions will grow at …
SAP certifies Business All-in-One for Amazon Web Services
SAP has certified its Business All-in-One ERP (enterprise resource planning) application for cloud-based deployments on Amazon Web Services, the companies …
Virtually secure
Difficulties have arisen this year in the area of intrusion prevention systems (IPS). Vendors have struggled to recast their appliances …
HP tackles BYOD with new solutions
HP today set out to tackle the BYOD (bring your own device) problem, with the announcement of a new set …
HP partners with F5 to enable app deployment 'in minutes'
HP today announced a partnership with Application Delivery Networking (ADN) company F5 to introduce technology that allows enterprises to deliver …
Dell debuts new line of Precision workstations
Dell’s newly redesigned portfolio of Dell Precision tower workstations announced delivers superb performance, accessibility and best-in-class chassis design to help …
Cisco to acquire real-time network analytics firm Truviso
Cisco has announced plans to acquire network analytics company Truviso for an undisclosed amount, in an effort to help users …
Exclusive BT research shows opportunity for organisations to “rethink the risk”
BT recently announced innovations to its BT Assure security portfolio which are designed to help organisations better address a wide …
BT responds to BYOD, data concerns with BT Assure updates
BT today announced new features to its BT Assure security portfolio aimed at protecting enterprises from threats arising from the …
Mark Hurd: Oracle’s only objective is to help customers
Oracle president Mark Hurd has pledged to “make it easier” for customers to do business with the company. The pledge …
Nokia sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic over patent infringement
Nokia has filed claims in the U.S. and Germany saying that products from HTC, Research In Motion (RIM) and ViewSonic …
The future of security
Last month, I’d the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion at our Security Strategist event. The panel comprised chief security …
Facebook's open-source data centre project gains strength
Facebook’s year-old project to develop open-source hardware designs with the aim to build efficient data centres gained momentum yesterday, with …
Blue Coat signs Westcon Middle East as distributor for MENA Region
Westcon Middle East, a value-add distributor of convergence, security, networking and mobility products and services, announced that it has been …
Yahoo claims Facebook bought patents to countersue it
Facebook purchased in the last five months eight of 10 patents it has cited in a counterclaim to a patent …
Sony set to roll out VAIO E14 Series across the region
Sony, the consumer electronics brand, today announced that the new VAIO E14 Series, a 14-inch notebook with stylish new ‘wrap …
How to virtualise mission-critical applications
Enterprises are virtualising more and more of their workloads. The benefits are well-known: consolidation and infrastructure efficiency; faster provisioning of …
Does the iPad cannibalise Apple’s laptops?
The question – whether the company’s tablet cannibalises sales of its own portable computing line – is ultimately impossible to …
Google Drive problem is a public cloud problem, says privacy expert
The explosion of outrage from privacy advocates over Google Drive’s terms of service appears to have subsided somewhat, after a …