Spectrami, the value added distributor for Actifio’s copy data storage solutions in the Middle East, has scooped the Best Performer …
SAP posts growth but lowers outlook in main software business
SAP reported revenue growth in the second quarter driven by growth in cloud subscriptions and revenue from support and its HANA in-memory database.
IBM says profit, revenue fell but raises expectations for year
A rebound for IBM failed to materialise in the second quarter, as profit and sales declined along with a slump in revenue from hardware and services.
Calculating the cost of profit
Can you maintain cost leadership, service levels, solution quality, and deliver projects flexibly and to schedule? You’re worth your weight in gold, no doubt.
Oracle's Saggia gives tips on simplifying IT at CIO 100
High-growth countries are usually exhibited by a low per capita income. The upside, though, is that such countries, usually emerging countries, are able to do more with fewer resources.
CIOs outline chief concerns of cloud computing
Over three-quarters of CIOs (79 percent) are concerned about “hidden costs” associated with cloud computing.
Gartner downgrades 2013 global IT spending forecast on currency shifts
Gartner has lowered its expectations for growth this year in global IT spending, saying it will rise 2 percent to $3.7 trillion. Earlier this year, the analyst firm predicted 2013 growth of 4.1 percent.
Creating memories
Software AG-acquired Terracotta is making big moves in Big Data; its in-memory tools have seen 2.5 million deployments. Chief evangelist Gagan Mehar talks to CNME about the hype surrounding Big Data and the company’s love/hate relationship with SAP’s in-memory technology, HANA.
Alcatel-Lucent’s specialist move symbolic of changed market dynamics: Ovum
Alcatel-Lucent’s strategic shift from telecom network equipment provider (NEP) to IP networking and ultra-broadband access specialist is indicative of the high speed at which market dynamics have changed, according to Ovum.
Gartner: BI software market growth rate slowed in 2012
The BI (business intelligence) software market cooled off a bit in 2012 after “a few historic banner years” of spending …