Following similar controversies in Zambia and Zimbabwe, Kenya has been hit by procurement scandal that has cast a shadow on the country’s roll-out of its school laptop project, valued at more than US$200 million.
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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 3922
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.
Apple edges back toward the data centre
Recently, Apple seems to be falling back into some of its old habits and it now looks like the company may be starting to inch its way back to the data centre.
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.
Software Defined Networks – the future of networking?
SDN is a technology that promises to be the next big thing not only for IT organisations and networking vendors, but also for service providers, says Muhammad Rehan Sami, Senior Solution Architect, Business, Etisalat
Infor to launch Arabic version of EnRoute at Middle East Navigator 2014 conference
Application software provider Infor, and MENA emergency services partners Automation Consultants will launch the Arabic version of Infor EnRoute at Middle East Navigator 2014 Conference.
Google faces $125 million in damages for Android patent
SimpleAir is seeking $125M in damages from Google after a jury found that push notification services in Android infringe on a SimpleAir patent, the company said Tuesday.
5 hybrid IT roles your business needs to succeed in 2014
We look at five modern IT roles that are key to gaining competitive business advantage
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.
Google uses YouTube performance to rate ISPs
A new Google service uses YouTube to shed some light on the bandwidth delivered by ISPs.