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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 4083
Samsung buys SSD caching vendor Nvelo
Samsung Electronics has acquired Nvelo, a Silicon Valley vendor of products for caching data on flash-based SSDs (solid-state disks). Nvelo …
Official document reveals the rules of Oracle’s cloud
An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle’s cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line …
IT hiring on the rise, CIOs say
Nearly twice as many CIOs are planning to expand their IT departments in the coming quarter than were three months ago, according …
IDC Government Insights unveils 2013 predictions
IDC Government Insights research arm has published a top 10 predictions list for 2013. The predictions are: 1. Consumerisation of …
Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud
Somewhat undercutting a budding ecosystem of vendors that provide similar services, Amazon Web Services today announced increased features for customers to track …
Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil joins Google
The 64-year-old, whose work includes computer and machine intelligence, neuroscience and virtual reality, revealed the move on his blog on Friday. Kurzweil …
Microsoft mulls Internet Explorer information disclosure leak
Microsoft refuted claims on Thursday that an information disclosure leak in its Internet Explorer browser poses a privacy risk, arguing …
Oracle buys DataRaker for ‘big data’ analysis
Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analysing data from …
MTN, Ericsson LTE network in South Africa to spur competition
As telecom companies in Africa scramble to adopt next-generation mobile services to boost revenue, MTN South Africa has launched a …