Feb 11, 2014
IT spending by utilities in the four major Middle East and African (MEA) countries – Turkey, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE – increased 9,2% year-on-year in 2013 to total just under $1-billion, according to the latest round of data released by IDC...
Feb 10, 2014
New images from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover show Earth shining brighter than any star in the Martian night sky. The rover’s view of its original home planet even includes our moon, just below Earth. The distance between Earth and Mars when Curiosity took...
Feb 7, 2014
Just one in 10 leaders in the financial services sector believe they can rapidly take advantage of new opportunities or adapt to unexpected changes in the future. That’s in contrast to the average of one in five European business leaders from all industries....
Feb 6, 2014
The days of innovative, technology-focused start-ups being the only market disrupters and growing faster than their larger, more established competitors may be coming to an end. This is according to a new report by Accenture, which finds that large enterprises are...
Feb 5, 2014
Not surprisingly, Microsoft has confirmed that its former executive vice-president for cloud and enterprise, Satya Nadella, will succeed Steve Ballmer as the company’s CEO. Microsoft also announced that Bill Gates, previously chairman of the board of directors, will...
Feb 4, 2014
The increasing networking of manufacturing equipment is opening up factories to the benefits of flexible production and wireless mobile communications. However, the rising use of connected devices is also exposing production sites to security breaches and...
