Riverbed is gearing up to take on F5 Networks and Citrix in speeding up application delivery with the purchase of …
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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 4038Dell fills data centre technology stack with Force10
Dell’s acquisition of Force10 Networks will fill a critical networking hole as the company buys its way into building an …
CIOs believe desktop virtualisation remains risky: Ovum
Research firm Ovum has released a new report into the perception CIOs have of desktop virtualisation and an immature market …
Cisco says layoffs, cost-cutting won’t derail SecureX
Despite cutting 6,500 jobs and reducing operating expenses by about $1 billion, Cisco has affirmed that it has no intention …
Dell to acquire switch maker Force10
Dell this week said it will acquire switch maker Force10 Networks for an undisclosed sum. Dell said Force10’s data centre …
Oracle makes Fusion Applications ‘available’
Oracle has quietly made its Fusion Applications generally available, albeit with a caveat, but it seems that any serious fanfare …
SUSE virtual appliances to include mainframes
In its first SUSE-related product offering since it acquired Novell earlier last year, Attachmate has expanded the reach of SUSE …
Cloud computing brings record results for EMC
Increasing customer demand for big data technologies and cloud computing brought record financial results at EMC in the second quarter, …
Android phones help poor farmers in Uganda
Mobile-phone companies and aid agencies have talked for years about deploying feature phones, coupled with basic text information services about …
State Street cuts IT staffers, shifts work to IBM, Wipro
State Street is laying off 530 IT workers and transferring another 320 to IBM or Wipro Technologies, part of a …