PayPal and parent eBay have filed a suit against Google and two former executives alleging that they have misappropriated their …
SunGard launches Ambit Customer Management
SunGard has launched the Ambit Customer Management suite to help banks create more profitable relationships while enhancing the client experience. …
HP expands client virtualisation portfolio
HP today announced additions to its desktop-to-data centre client virtualisation portfolio that offer users improved flexibility, security and productivity. Announced …
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Bureaucracy is the curse of government. This is a worldwide truism but many of us hoped that the widespread adoption …
Fast out of the starting gate
Meydan City, Dubai, uses IP convergence to create ultimate 21st century horse racing experience. Meydan City is Dubai’s new iconic …
Battling content theft
The bad news is there is no sure way to stop content theft. The good news is that you can …
Sophos introduces enhanced encryption solutions
IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced the availability of a number of new and enhanced enterprise product …
Mammoet deploys Riverbed in data centres
Mammoet, a provider of heavy lifting and transport solutions, has successfully deployed 65 Riverbed Steelhead appliances across its three data …
Industry agrees on vulnerability reporting format
Three years after its founding, the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) is starting to bear …
IBM to invest $100m in big-data analysis research
Sensing a greater need in big-data analysis tools, IBM will invest US$100 million to research advanced large-scale analytics, the company …
GlobalFoundries to construct Abu Dhabi plant next year
Chip manufacturing firm GlobalFoundries will begin construction of a new manufacturing plant in Abu Dhabi next year, the majority stakeholder …
Gartner outlines contractual terms to reduce cloud risks
IT procurement or sourcing managers challenged with finding sourcing options that reduce costs at tolerable risks should examine nine contractual …
CIOs ready to embrace cloud: IBM
A new IBM study of more than 3,000 global CIOs shows that 60% of organisations are ready to embrace cloud …
SAP revamps performance management suite
SAP is preparing to release a major revamp of its software for EPM (enterprise performance management), a subset of BI …
McAfee secures the cloud
McAfee has announced the McAfee Cloud Security Platform to help organisations safely and efficiently take advantage of Cloud computing. The …
Google launches Chrome OS
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Windows and other traditional PC operating systems are “torturing users” at Google’s Chrome OS launch …
Making IT count
Post global recession, the banking and finance sector in the region is investing in technology solutions to manage data flows, …
HP counters Cisco with new switches, architecture
At Interop this week, HP unveiled products supporting a new architecture that attempts to unify enterprise data center, campus and branch networks …
EMC announces Project Lightning
EMC today outlined an aggressive strategy designed to accelerate the adoption and innovative use of flash storage technology in information …
EMC delivers Hadoop for the enterprise
EMC Corporation today announced a comprehensive strategy for distributing, integrating and supporting the Apache Hadoop open-source software used for data-intensive …