Orange targets 20% growth for Africa

Orange Business Services is targeting above 20% growth for the African region in 2013 – and, having met this ambitious target in 2012, looks on track to achieving its goal. Jean-Luc Lasnier, GM and vice-president of Orange Business Services for Middle East &...

Public cloud proves lucrative for Oracle

Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – With revenues of more than $1-billion coming from its public cloud services, Oracle says it is the second biggest player in this market – and that it’s aiming to maintain this position with a number of new offerings. Asked at a post-keynote...

Cloud opens new markets for Oracle

Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – Cloud computing has opened a multitude of new markets for Oracle – particularly among smaller companies that would never before have considered the IT giant, due to the perceived costs involved.  Thomas Kurian, executive VP, product...

Cool vendors are changing business

The converging and mutually reinforcing social, cultural and technological factors in the nexus of forces (cloud, mobility, social and information) are driving a radical power shift away from the culture of the enterprise and toward that of the consumer.  “Cool...

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...