HP, SAP sign cloud services deal

HP Enterprise Services has penned a global agreement with SAP through which it will deliver managed mobility services to help clients convert customer interactions into revenue opportunities, and improve employee productivity with mobile applications.  Enterprises...

GSMA opens Nairobi office

The GSMA has opened a permanent office in Nairobi’s Innovation Hub (iHub) for the technology community, which will enable the GSMA to work more closely with its members and other industry stakeholders to extend the reach and socio-economic benefits of mobile...

Software AG offers PaaS in the cloud

Software AG has launched its first cloud-based platform as a service (PaaS) suite. Organisations are being pressed to develop and deploy agile, scalable and secure solutions within days, rather than months. To address the changing needs of the business environment, a...
Flexible solar panels printed

Flexible solar panels printed

In what could be a breakthrough in sustainable energy production, scientists have used a solar cell printer to produce large flexible solar cells made out of plastic. The printer has allowed Australian researchers from the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium...

Cloud computing key for Oracle

Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – As one of its three key strategies, cloud computing will be a major focus for Oracle over the next few years, with more and more of its annual $5-billion R&D spend being allocated to it. Mark Hurd, president of Oracle, told delegates at...

Emerging markets to wait for data centres

Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – While Oracle has established a number of data centres around the world to facilitate its cloud offerings – this week it announced a new data centre for London to assist the UK government with its G-Cloud procurement project –...