The White House is proposing a big increase in cybersecurity research and development in next year’s budget to improve, in …
Doing a Ratner
It may be known only in the UK, but people in business anywhere in the world can recognise ‘that Ratner …
Qatar Exchange chooses Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux
Red Hat today announced that the Qatar Exchange, the principal stock market of Qatar and one of the leading stock …
HP takes first run at tablet market
Hewlett-Packard rolled out its debut entrant into the red-hot tablet market, the HP TouchPad, as well as two new smartphones …
Android sales leap to second place: Gartner
Android in 2010 became the second best selling smartphone operating system after Symbian from Nokia, Gartner reported yesterday. Android sales …
Riverbed upgrades WAN optimisation platform
Riverbed has added a level service dashboard designed to give business executives a high-level view of how well applications are …
Avnet hosts ISS Academy in KSA
Vidyasagar Patro, Senior Technical Consultant, Avnet Technology Solutions MEA, says HP ISS is vital to maintain high I/O performance which …
Google bets $20K that Chrome can’t be hacked
Google will pay $20,000 to the first researcher who successfully exploits its Chrome browser at this year’s Pwn2Own hacking contest. …
SABIC deploys OpenText for 37,000 users
OpenText has entered into a global agreement with SABIC, one of the world’s top six petrochemical companies, in which SABIC …
EMC has new KSA GM
Based in Riyadh, Talaat will be responsible for driving the overall strategic development of EMC business in the KSA and …
EMC appoints GM for KSA
EMC has appointed Mohamed Talaat as GM of the company’s Saudi operations. Based in Riyadh, Talaat will be responsible for …
Mobile app store revenue will surpass $15b in 2011: Gartner
Worldwide mobile application store downloads are forecast to reach 17.7 billion downloads in 2011, a 117% increase from an estimated …
HP to launch enterprise cloud service
Rounding out its portfolio of cloud-related offerings, Hewlett-Packard will launch a cloud compute service next month aimed at enterprises. The …
FDC to grow its software portfolio
The move to expand its software portfolio comes as the company is planning to increase its reach in the consumer …
Android tablets gain traction with developers
Although Apple’s iPad remains number one in the hearts of tablet application developers, Google Android tablets are increasingly piquing programmers’ …
HP lays Neoview to rest
Hewlett-Packard has officially consigned its Neoview to history, less than four years after introducing it to the market as the …
In the virtual realm
The high-end furniture retailer THE One first opened its store in Abu Dhabi way back in 1996. Ever since the …
NetApp to acquire Akorri Networks
Storage company NetApp has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Akorri Networks, which specializes in optimizing server, storage …
In pursuit of excellence
You are an industry veteran, who is best known for spearheading the Arabisation efforts in the region. Can you share …
Juniper targets cloud, mobile Internet in 2011
In cloud computing, Juniper this year will unleash products to support its Project Stratus plan to deliver a flat, unified …