Salesforce.com is deepening the integration between its CRM (customer relationship management) and customer service software with the explosively popular social-networking …
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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 4044
Avaya expands presence in KSA
Avaya is strengthening its presence in Saudi Arabia with the opening of a new office in Jeddah. The move comes …
UAE’s public works ministry selects NEC’s communication solution
UAE’s Ministry of Public Works (MOPW) has selected NEC Unified Solutions, to deliver communications solutions in the new state-of-the-art hospital …
Outsourcing to focus on cloud computing – survey
Cloud computing is the next big thing in outsourcing, according to the outsourcing professionals themselves. About two-thirds of companies worldwide …
Digital diagnosis
While tele-medicine or remote medicine offers great potential advantages in the region, healthcare institutions are yet to experiment with it …
Oracle making Java, Solaris certifications pricier
Later this year, Oracle will begin requiring people interested in gaining Java and Solaris certifications to attend “hands-on” training courses, …
IBM products aim to speed up, automate virtualisation
IBM is aiming to make it easier for enterprises to manage their virtualised environments, with new features in the Tivoli …
Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking
Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company’s product line toward …
IBM sees opportunity for environmental business
The need to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and the reliability of utilities has created a multi-billion dollar market …
A word of advice
In the last month, separate CIO events were conducted in Dubai by two of the largest IT analyst groups in …