After running the service in preview mode for over a year, Google is making its IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) Google Compute Engine (GCE) available as a full-fledged commercial service.
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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 3925
Apple acquires $200 million social media analytics firm Topsy
Apple has acquired Topsy, a social media analytics company that focuses on a range of data from Twitter, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report.
ECB: smartphone mobile payments present serious security risk
The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that current smartphone operating systems represent a security risk as consumers adopt mobile payments.
European Parliament cuts Wi-Fi after French researcher hacks email accounts
The European Parliament has cut access to its public Wi-Fi network after detecting a man-in-the-middle attack on a number of email accounts apparently carried out by a white hat researcher out to expose poor security at the institution.
Nokia targets low-end Android competitors with two new Asha smartphones
Nokia has started shipping two new low-end touch-screen phones running its own Asha software platform. It hopes they will allow it to compete more effectively with cheap Android-based products.
New Windows privilege escalation flaw exploited in active attacks
Attackers are exploiting a new and unpatched vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that allows them to execute code with higher privileges than they have access to.
CIOs bypassed on ‘shadow spending’
IT departments are “significantly underestimating” the budgets allocated to technology in others parts of the organisation, as more business leaders bypass the CIO and IT staff to execute their own projects, according to research.
Amazon: drones could cut delivery time
Amazon.com plans to deliver packages to customers using unmanned aerial vehicles in 30 minutes or less.
BT optimistic over Middle East investment
BT has announced a new phase of investments into the economies of the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Asia Pacific.
EMS releases UAE’s ‘very own’ smartphone
EMS has launched its new range of “be” smartphones in five different models.