Worldwide IT spending will grow by 4.6 percent this year, as enterprises look to upgrade storage, servers and networking equipment, according to market research company IDC.
Cisco: Mobile data traffic to explode 11-fold by 2018
Networking experts are running out of superlatives to describe the coming tidal wave/explosion/cataclysm of mobile data traffic.
Daunting challenges await Nadella as he takes over from Ballmer
Satya Nadella will face a host of problems upon assuming his mantle as Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella to succeed Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has finally concluded its protracted search and chosen its new CEO: Satya Nadella, who as executive vice president of the company’s Cloud and Enterprise group has successfully steered the shift of the company’s back-end server software and tools to the cloud.
Lenovo CEO: January restructuring opportune
Lenovo chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing has said that January was the perfect time to restructure the company.
The 'mobile first' approach
IDC recently predicted that CIOs will be forced to take a ‘mobility first’ approach to building networks, whereby mobility solutions and BYOD policies are integrated into infrastructures. How accurate is this prediction, and is the Middle East really ready to put mobile first?
iPhones change the business landscape
It is difficult to remember the revolution the iPhone caused, says Anthony Perridge, EMEA Channel Director, Sourcefire
VMware to acquire AirWatch
The deal has been made for approximately $1.175B in cash and approximately $365M of installment payments and assumed unvested equity.
Apple's iPod business collapses as revenue becomes a rounding error
Apple’s iPod business collapsed last quarter, with revenue plummeting 55% and the number of music players dropping by more than half compared to the same period in 2012, the company said yesterday.
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.
Sony launches 2-in-1 dual connector USB Drive
Sony’s new USM-SA1 USB drive has been developed keeping in mind smartphone and tablet users. It has dual micro USB and USB ports with more options to backup, share and store photos, videos and music.
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.
Profits stall at Samsung's mobile division
Profits were flat in the fourth quarter in Samsung Electronics’ smartphone and tablet business, despite an uptick in sales, in part because the company spent more on marketing over the holiday shopping period.
Lenovo agrees to buy IBM's server business for $2.3 billion
Lenovo Group has agreed to buy IBM’s x86 server hardware business and related maintenance services for US$2.3 billion, it announced Thursday.
California court rules Samsung infringed Apple patent ahead of trial
A court in California has ruled that Samsung Electronics infringed in its devices an Apple patent on word recommendations during text input, ahead of a March trial.
Gartner: Wearables, connected homes to spur surge in data sharing by 2017
By 2017, the typical mobile user will share their personalised data stream with 100 applications and services every day, with wearable devices and Internet-connected appliances fueling the use trend, according to Gartner.
VMware acquires AirWatch in $1.54 billion deal
VMware has reached a deal to acquire mobile management specialist AirWatch for US$1.54 billion, with $1.175 billion being paid in cash and $365 million arriving in installment payments and assumed unvested equity.
How is LTE-Advanced different from regular LTE?
Just as many consumers are getting their first taste of speedy 4G LTE connections, carriers around the globe have begun pouring resources into building LTE-Advanced networks, which promise even faster and more reliable mobile access.
Rockwell Automation releases FactoryTalk VantagePoint app for Windows 8.1
Rockwell Automation has announced the release of a new FactoryTalk VantagePoint Mobile App made to work natively for Windows 8.1.
Microsoft steps up Chinese Bing efforts with Windows Azure
Bing has barely any market share in China, but Microsoft hopes to change that in the next year or two by investing more resources into the local version of the search engine.