Digital competencies have become vital to achieving business goals, but the lack of digital competencies is the key barrier to …
Chief digital officer role growing, but confusion remains: CA Technologies
According to a study by IT management solutions provider, CA Technologies, 47 percent of senior leaders agree that the role of …
India to overtake US on number of developers by 2017
The US may be the global centre of the IT universe, but India will exceed the US in the number of software developers by 2017, a new report notes.
Cloud and data centre virtualisation uptake hampered by ageing legacy systems, Brocade finds
The biggest barrier to adopting these new technologies, Brocade said in a statement, seemed to be having to sustain – at great cost – ageing legacy systems.
Internet of Everything to generate $613bn profits in 2013
The ‘Internet of Everything’ (IoE) is expected to enable global private-sector businesses to generate at least $613 billion in global …
Middle East in dire need of skilled IT pros, says CompTIA study
Middle Eastern businesses want to invest in IT during 2013, but they’re struggling to find skilled candidates to fill posts, according to new research released by CompTIA, a non-profit association for the IT industry.
Linux code is the ‘benchmark of quality’, study concludes
Fans of free and open-source software (FOSS) may recall a report from Coverity last year that found open-source code typically has fewer defects per …
FVC joins partners to launch Orange Telepresence Centre in Nairobi
Dubai-based distributor FVC on Sunday announced that it had joined with its partner, Sight & Sound, and telco Orange to …
Study: High growth companies are better at analysing data
The Economist Intelligence Unit has found a strong relationship between the growth of corporate earnings and companies’ use of data …
Mobile drives unprecedented growth in the Arab world: GSMA report
The GSMA today published its first in-depth assessment on the impact of the mobile industry on the Arab States, highlighting …