Oracle announced on Monday that it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Acme Packet, a network equipment vendor that …
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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 4082
Dell close to buyout deal
Dell is close to finalising a deal to take the company private, with all the speculation shining a renewed spotlight …
SAP raises Standard Support fees
SAP on Monday announced that it is planning to impose a higher price on its Standard Support software maintenance services. …
Java for OS X restored
Apple on Friday released its own update for Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s …
US politicians to change hacking law
U.S. lawmakers recently pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the …
Free Bing apps hit Office 365
Microsoft has released five free apps for the new Office 365 Home Premium suite. The vendor said that the new …
Nokia begins Windows 7.8 roll-out
Nokia last week began rolling out a Windows Phone 7.8 updated for its Lumia smartphones. The mobile phone manufacturer is gradually releasing Windows …
UK government ‘unhelpful’ to big IT
The United Kingdom government’s new attitude to large public sector software and IT services (SITS) suppliers may prove “counter-productive”, according …
Google creates €60m French media fund
Google has created a €60 million (US$81 million) fund designed to settle disputes with French publishers over lost revenues, providing …
HP uses SDN to scale up TippingPoint
HP announced last week that it plans to use its recently unveiled SDN controller to distribute its TippingPoint intrusion prevention …