Open source software vendor, Novell is widely rumoured to be a couple of weeks away from concluding a deal that will split the software maker in two with its Linux business being sold off and the remainder of the company being acquired by a private equity firm.Read More…

Following the approval of final legal and global agreements to merge IDS Scheer with Software AG, Software AG South Africa has signed up local ARIS VAR, Collaborative Process Integration (CPI). The ARIS local exclusive value-added reseller since 2001, CPI’s core business is the sales and technical support of the ARISRead More…

Chip giant Intel has revealed it will acquire security security mainstay McAfee in a epic deal valued at US$7.68 billion in cash. In terms of the deal, in which Intel will buy all of McAfee’s common stock for $48 per share in cash with McAfee operating as a wholly-owned Intel subsidiary and report into Intel’s Software and Services Group.Read More…

Pano Logic, a provider of client desktop virtualisation, has signed a di distribution agreement with IIS, an IT distributor in the Middle East. In terms of the deal, IIS will be the sole distributor of Pano Logic technology to resellers in the Middle East and will provide sales and technical training to partners in the region.Read More…

IT security vendor Symantec has announced it has completed its acquisition of PGP Corporation and GuardianEdge, two privately-held companies in the email and data encryption markets. The acquisition agreements between Symantec and PGP Corporation and GuardianEdge were announced on April 29, 2010. These acquisitions extend Symantec’s ability to help customersRead More…

ADAOX Middle East, the regional business development centre of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, recently signed a retail distribution agreement with KMG Technology in Egypt further strengthening ESET’s presence across the region. KMG Technology, which is a specialised IT security distributor in Egypt, will promote ESET’s security solutions by providing an expertRead More…

Microsoft Gulf today announced that local authorities conducted two raids in Dubai and another in Abu Dhabi. Personal computers loaded with pirated copies of Microsoft software were confiscated and criminal investigations are on-going. H.E. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz Al Shihhi, Director General of the UAE Ministry of Economy, said: “SoftwareRead More…