IBM has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190.00 per share in cash, representing a total equity value of approximately $34 billion.
Chinese smart home solutions firm exposes 2 billion user logs
A Chinese smart home solutions provider has been leaking billions of logs from devices managed via the company’s cloud platform, exposing a range of sensitive information about their users, according to recent report by ESET.
Sony taps Orange Business to drive business efficiency
Orange Business Services has been chosen by Sony Group to consolidate and transform the communications infrastructure of Sony’s two largest operating companies.
du becomes first VMware verified cloud provider in MENA
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) has become the first cloud provider to be VMware Cloud verified in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Ericsson’s first fully automated smart factory to open next year
Ericsson has announced plans to build its first fully-automated smart factory in the US.
Four out of 10 consumers would give up social media to guarantee lifetime data privacy
Almost half (47 percent) of consumers in META would give up their social media accounts to guarantee their data remains private for the rest of their life, according to a recent study by Kaspersky Lab.
Riverbed introduces support for Amazon VPC traffic mirroring
Riverbed today announced support for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) traffic mirroring from Amazon Web Services (AWS). With SteelCentral …
Bahrain, UK team up to pilot global AI guidelines
Bahrain has announced it will pilot new guidelines for the procurement of artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector.
Etisalat Digital, Microsoft to enable intelligent cloud in the UAE
Etisalat Digital is collaborating with Microsoft to enable the digital transformation government entities, large enterprises, and SMEs in the UAE.
UAE residents trust AI to manage cybersecurity: study
UAE residents online (33 percent) prefer artificial intelligence (AI) to look after their cybersecurity, according to a recent study conducted with YouGov and Palo Alto Networks.
Middle East firms fail to adopt behavioural analytics: Forcepoint
Research from global cybersecurity leader Forcepoint found organisations are not using behavioural analytics to identify and prevent cyber-attacks even though they believe this is a crucial step to effectively stop breaches.
AI technologies are the future of work, says EMEA employees
Employees embracing workplace automation report greater job satisfaction and increased productivity, according to a recent survey of EMEA firms conducted by ServiceNow.
Huawei reprieve draws criticism from US lawmakers
The decision by US President Donald Trump to ease draconian sanctions on Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei, has drawn sharp criticism …
SANS Institute to bolster strategic security planning skills in Saudi Arabia
SANS Institute has announced SANS Riyadh 2019, a training event for cybersecurity professionals in Saudi Arabia, which will focus on developing skills in critical security and strategic security planning.