The Subway sandwich chain has adopted a new business intelligence platform, from UK IT systems supplier PXtech, for its franchisees …
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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 3790
Twenty years ago today
Actually, it was 20 years ago on the 6th August that the world’s first Web site was published. Not surprisingly, …
SAP will issue patch for NetWeaver vulnerability
A reportedly serious security bug affecting the J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition) engine in SAP’s NetWeaver middleware will be …
Former Microsoft exec named new U.S. CIO
Longtime Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel is set to become the nation’s second federal CIO, replacing outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kundra. …
Dell sells preconfigured Hadoop system
Recognising Apache Hadoop’s growing presence in the field of data analysis, Dell will start selling servers preloaded with the open-source …
Microsoft debuts software for homebrew gadget builds
Hardware hackers building their own gadgets may want to take a look at a new offering from Microsoft that promises …
Lloyds Banking Group lines up huge HBOS system migration
Lloyds Banking Group is testing systems ahead of a major migration of Halifax and Bank of Scotland (HBOS) accounts onto …
Flash storage moves closer to CPUs
In a bid to maximise the speed advantage of solid-state storage, more vendors are promoting approaches that move it closer …
Worldwide mobile connections and data services revenue to increase in 2011: Gartner
Worldwide mobile connections will reach 5.6 billion in 2011, up 11% from 5 billion connections in 2010, according to Gartner. …
HTC buys mobile backup service developer
HTC aims to boost its mobile backup and sync services with the acquisition of Seattle company Dashwire, the company said. …