The pressure is mounting on regional enterprises to ensure their disaster recovery plan is ready to protect their networks and critical infrastructure from the worst.
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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
Air France: Linux servers enhanced by HP cloud solution
Air France says it has automated and increased the reliability of its 1,500 Linux servers by deploying a private cloud solution.
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.
Spammers buy Chrome extensions and turn them into adware
Changes in Google Chrome extension ownership can expose thousands of users to aggressive advertising and possibly other threats, two extension developers have recently discovered.
The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' dethroned
“123456” is finally getting some time in the spotlight as the world’s worst password, after spending years in the shadow of “password.”
HP brings Windows 7 'back by popular demand'
With Windows 8 bearing a good share of the blame for the declining PC market, HP is falling back on Windows 7 for its latest marketing push.
Smartphones at MWC: What will Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC and Nokia launch?
We’re still recovering from the monster that is CES but that means Mobile World Congress (MWC) is fast approaching so here’s what smartphones to expect at the 2014 show held in Barcelona.
MTN Zambia launches LTE network
As telecom companies in Africa continue to scramble to adopt next-generation mobile services to boost the revenue, MTN Zambia has commercially launched Long-Term Evolution network in the country.
Microsoft will furnish malware assassin to XP users until mid-2015
Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it will continue to offer its malware scrubbing program to Windows XP users for more than a year after it stops patching the operating system.
Cisco expands Videoscape TV platform into the cloud
Cisco has expanded its Videoscape TV services delivery platform to include a host of new cloud video capabilities, including a Videoscape ‘as-a-service’ offering and open cloud software technologies based on OpenStack.