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Windows 7 market share hits 4%
A report by statistics firm Net Applications shows that that Microsoft Windows 7's share of the overall PC market continues to rise steadily, having passed 4% by November 9. Microsoft Vista, by comparison, had reached 4% in June 2007, six months after its general release to consumers in January 2007. The software giant is hoping that widespread adoption of Windows 7, by both consumers and the enterprise, will help reverse a declining revenue trend.
McAfee introduces new email and web security appliance
McAfee, Inc. has unveiled its McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 which aim to help protect users against the latest web-borne threats, manage web and email traffic, and reduce system administration requirements. Designed for small and midsized businesses, the integrated appliance features Artemis and TrustedSource Technology Integration, Appliance Clustering with Load Balancing, New Content Policy Wizards, and Integrated URL Filtering.
Acer notebooks top Mideast market in Q2
Acer Computer nabbed the lion's share of the notebook market in the Middle East and Africa region in the second quarter of 2009, according to research from analyst house Gartner. The IT vendor captured a 30.1% market share across the region for the period, the research showed.
Abu Dhabi to build computer chips
Abu Dhabi's government-owned investment vehicle, Mubadala has announced plans to manufacture computer chips in the country, Reuters has reported. The firm, which owns a stake in Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), has committed $10bn to the project through Globalfoundries, a contract chip maker which is co-owned by AMD and Abu Dhabi investor Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC). 'In four years, you'll see the first foundry in Abu Dhabi,' Mubadala chief operating officer, Waleed Al Muhairi said.
Batelco announces phase out of dial-up internet service
Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) has said that its dial-up service will be phased out by January 24, 2010, and called on customers still using the service to migrate to its broadband service. 'The number of dial-up customers represents less than 5% of our customers and the number decreases on a monthly basis,' Batelco's general manager Ahmed Al Janahi said.
Motorola ships 10,000 WiMax base site
Motorola Home and Networks Mobility business has announced that it has shipped its 10,000th 802.16e WiMAX Access Point base site. The group said that this shipment represented over 40% compound annual growth rate since Motorola's first WiMAX access points were shipped in 2007.
Sage Software inks ITE Distribution as partner
Sage Software has announced a partnership deal with Dubai-based IT distribution company ITE Distribution to distrbute Sage Software's 'Peachtree' accounting software range and 'ACT!' contact and customer management solution across the Middle East. ITE will handle all distribution activities for both products - from launches, stocking of supplies, in-store merchandise, product display, to appointment and development of resellers.
Lexmark launches touch-screen printers
Lexmark International has introduced to the market its first single-function monochrome A4 laser printer with a touch-screen functionality. Lexmark's T656dne monochrome laser printer is catered for large workgroups, providing access to preloaded and customizable applications. Lexmark T656dne is equipped with an internal 80+GB hard disk to support tailored software applications and provide ample storage capacity.
EMEA PC shipments down 9.3%
Krishna Murthy, Managing Director, Acer Computer for Middle East and Africa, has said that total personal computer shipments for the Europe, Middle East and Africa in the third quarter this year had dropped by 9.3%, Emirates Business has reported. Desktop sales had dropped 25%, while notebook sales grew by more than 10% and a major part came from netbooks, he said. The decline in sales had resulted in nearly 20% to 30% drop in revenues for PC makers in the Middle East and Africa region, he noted.
ADIC gets ok to buy Chartered Semi
Shareholders of Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing have approved an offer by Abu Dhabi to buy the world's third-biggest maker of customized chips for S$2.5bn ($1.8bn), the chairman of the Singaporean company said today. Advanced Technology Investment Co., an investment company owned by Abu Dhabi, will pay S$2.68 ($1.86) a share in cash for Chartered Semiconductor, ATIC said in September. Abu Dhabi plans to combine the maker of chips used in Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console with Globalfoundries, a venture ATIC created with Advanced Micro Devices last year, to create a challenger to United Microelectronics, the world's second-biggest maker of customized chips, according to Bloomberg.
Globalfoundries chief resigns
The head of Abu Dhabi-controlled microchip maker Globalfoundries has resigned following media reports linking him to an insider-trading scandal, the National has reported. Hector Ruiz previously led the chip maker AMD, which spun off its manufacturing assets to create Globalfoundries this year. Ruiz's resignation is effective from January 4 but he will take leave of absence immediately, the company said in a statement.
New initiative to boost Arabic content on Web
Bahrain has announced a new initiative to increase the amount of Arabic online content, Gulf Daily News has reported. Bahrain's eGovernment Authority and the United Nations Development Programme are joining hands to create the Centre for eContent Development, which will be headquartered in Bahrain and 'increase significantly' Arabic content in websites from the present one percent.
D-Link unveils add-in for Windows home server
Network solutions provider D-Link Middle East has released the D-ViewCam Add-in for Microsoft Windows Home Server, a software application that, when paired with a home server, lets users quickly and easily manage and access D-Link's home security cameras from any computer with a web browser, the company said in a statement. Windows Home Server offers automatic backup, system restore, and enhanced data protection, remote access, centralized storage and sharing of files, the ability to increase storage capacity and more. With the D-ViewCam Add-in installed on Windows Home Server, video and motion monitoring are recorded from D-Link security cameras directly to the server. Users can configure the recording schedules and access recorded or streaming video from the home server using a web browser.
McAfee and HP offer 18-month security cover
McAfee has signed a deal with HP to provide an 18-month subscription to McAfee Total Protection Service on HP desktop and notebook PCs in the Middle East. Aimed at small businesses and available from HP Preferred Partners, cover includes anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall and basic email virus protection service, centrally managed by McAfee. "Smaller businesses today are under constant attack from an ever-growing list of security threats, including new forms of malware, spam and data loss," said David Quantrell, EMEA President, McAfee. "With a cloud-based security service, the day-to-day management of their security infrastructure is taken off their hands.'
Etisalat launches pocket 3.5G modem
Etisalat has launched the HSPA-WiFi Modem, a mobile broadband service that lets customers simultaneously connect up to five Wi-Fi-enabled products using one SIM card. Operating over the telcos 3.5G network, the Dhs749 Pocket HSPA-Wi-Fi modem supports a maximum downlink speed of up to 7.2 Mbps, and a maximum uplink speed of up to 5.76 Mbps. The service is available via subscription to one of Etisalat's current data packages.
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