SAP CEO shuns Forrester’s criticisms that HANA cloud is a ‘half-baked business model’
SAP’s co-CEO, Jim Hagemann Snabe, has responded to analyst Forrester’s criticisms following the launch of HANA enterprise cloud, claiming that it is a logical business model because customers want to …
Windows 8 won’t hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says
Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company’s history, will not achieve enough adoption in …
Software developer wages fall 2% as workforce expands
The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software-related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers’ pay cheques declined by nearly 2 percent. There are …
Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales
Dell reported another quarter of declining profits and revenue Thursday as CEO Michael Dell continues his fight to take the company private. Dell’s profit for the quarter, ended May 3, …
Lawmakers press Google on Glass privacy
Members of a U.S. congressional group on privacy wrote Thursday to Google CEO Larry Page requesting information on how the futuristic Google Glass handles privacy issues. The letter, signed by …
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Centre stage for security
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Maximum value
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The spaghetti problem
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SAP’s first quarter: The key questions
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Marketing is driving big data adoption: IDC
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Healing the cracks
Learning the ropes
At its Universe event in Copenhagen, Teradata unveiled a new approach to big data which allows organisations to embrace the technology in an easier and more affordable way. But they …
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Linux code is the ‘benchmark of quality’, study concludes
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Amazon Web Services will continue to disrupt enterprises, IT vendors
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Keep your laptop battery healthy: Use it sparingly
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One antivirus program is better than two
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Why Mailbox for iOS is a better email app for business
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Younity 1.5 could render cloud storage obsolete
What to do when you can’t boot from an external source
When you turn on a PC, you usually want and expect it to check the hard drive or SSD and, from there, load Windows or another operating system. But occasionally …
The growing role of network performance management
Global enterprises and growing businesses are harnessing IT to add branch offices, remote sites and enabling mobile users. Simultaneously, they are decreasing IT administrative footprints, boosting productivity, working with greater efficiency, and improving the bottom line in other ways. Read moreVideo: Sony Xperia Tablet Z
Sony‘s Xperia Tablet Z will go on sale globally in the second quarter, priced from $499 in the U.S. The 10-inch tablet will be just 6.9 millimetres thick, with an …
VIDEO: TechTips – Mobile printing
Just because you’re on a smartphone doesn’t mean you can’t print. In a few easy steps and you’ll be printing from your mobile device in no time.
VIDEO: RIM demos key features in BlackBerry 10
Research In Motion will launch the BlackBerry 10 operating system on January 30, 2013. Ahead of that launch Jeff Gadway, a RIM senior manager, stopped by IDG to demonstrate some …
VIDEO: EMC – Big Data Transforms Business
EMC – What’s the deal with Big Data? The new opportunities created from Big Data and how technologies make it possible to capture the value of structured and unstructured data!
VIDEO: Candidates emerge to succeed Intel CEO Otellini
Intel CEO Paul Ottelini announced that he’ll retire in May after 40 years with the company. He spent eight of those years as CEO. The board of directors will take …
Infinite power
Cloud is the technology that knows no boundaries, but contrary to this, the entire cloud community, including CNME’s Joe Lipscombe, descended upon the JW Marriot in Dubai last month for …
Clean bill of health
In the pursuit of top-quality healthcare, Zulekha Hospital enrolled Elitser Technologies to help implement ITIL best practices and gain certification for the world’s most trusted approach to IT service management. …
Four more years
Even the best storage products must eventually be retired – a fact that many belt-tightening CIOs are at pains to acknowledge. However, arguments abound that a well-defined product lifecycle, with …
BlackBerry Live: How BES 10.1 scores over BES 10.
The Enterprise Update session of BlackBerry Live gave the participants a chance to know in detail how the BlackBerry Enterprise System (BES) 10.1 scores over BES 10. So what exactly …
Hands on with BlackBerry 10
With the much-hyped launch of BlackBerry 10 fast approaching, Computer News Middle East was treated to a sneak preview of RIM’s upcoming operating system. On hand to take us through …

















