Facebook said late Tuesday that it is shelling out $2 billion to scoop up a virtual reality gaming company Oculus VR Inc.
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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 3876
Twitter fights Turkey ban with freedom of speech lawsuit
Six days have passed since Turkey’s government blocked its citizens’ access to Twitter, and the network is now taking the country to court.
ICANN signs contract with .africa operators
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has signed a contract with ZA Central Registry (ZACR), paving the way for Africa to begin launch preparations.
West African countries look to adopt & coordinate cyberlaws
More work is needed by West African countries to adopt and coordinate laws related to cybersecurity, according to officials who met at recent events hosted by UNCTAD, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development.
Amazon counters Google with its own cloud price cuts
The price war among major cloud providers continues, with Amazon Web Services announcing Wednesday that it is lowering the prices of a number of its cloud services, one day after Google slashed prices.
Infor goes all-in with Amazon Web Services for cloud ERP
Infor is showing increasing interest in Amazon Web Services for its cloud ERP software strategy, with plans to begin offering a series of product suites on the company’s IaaS (infrastructure as a service).
ISACA Chapter Excellence hosts inaugural awards
The Annual ISACA UAE Chapter Excellence Awards had its inaugural ceremony on 15th March.
Arista Networks expands cloud platform with new 100 Gigabit options
Arista Networks today announced two new 100 GbE modules that through open and programmable overlays can achieve VM mobility.
Toshiba Kirabook: Rich and thin, but still falls short
Toshiba’s engineers committed a few critical design mistakes that severely undermined their Ultrabook’s claim to luxury status. Thankfully Toshiba has made amends–mostly. The second-gen Kirabook is better, more powerful, and less expensive. But it remains a few features short of being a masterpiece.
The death of Internet privacy
In the age of constant connection, internet users are sharing more and more sensitive information online. As hackers become more organised and the amount of data stored in the cloud increases, the potential for leaks of sensitive data becomes magnified.