IBM has embarked on an ambitious growth plan in Africa, opening up new offices and making efforts to build skills …
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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 4044
Google adds new options for viewing data in Fusion Tables
Google is trying to popularise the somewhat obscure art of data visualisation by adding more user-friendly options to its Fusion …
Local YouTube advertising to launch in the UAE
YouTube will next week launch the first advertising aspect on YouTube in the region to allow advertisers to engage with …
Apple is third largest PC maker in US, while iPad is ‘product to beat’: report
The latest research published by Gartner shows that Apple is still the third largest PC manufacturer in the US. Meanwhile, …
IBM acquires Varicent Software
Adding to its already considerable line of analysis software and expertise, IBM announced Friday that it has acquired business intelligence …
HSBC launches m-banking app
HSBC has launched a mobile phone app that allows customers to see their account balance and recent transactions. The app …
BlackBerry still trumps Android for security: analysis
RIM’s BlackBerry remains the clear leader in mobile security with market share leader Android lagging badly, a ‘strengths and weakness’ …
Microsoft battles delays in Windows Phone app approvals
Microsoft is battling to reduce the time it takes to approve and publish Windows Phone apps, and to improve the responsiveness …
Infosys sees revenue grow more slowly than hoped
Infosys’ revenue in its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended March 31 fell short of guidance, as global markets …
VMware: Cloud Foundry is like Linux for the cloud
EMC VMware has likened its Cloud Foundry PaaS (platform as a service) to Linux for the cloud, serving as an application portability …