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CNME June 2026
Building the world’s first AI-native economy through intelligence, industry and innovation.
Space42
Space42 advances UAE’s sovereign space and AI ambitions through geospatial intelligence
Orange Business
Orange Business powers resilient infrastructure for AI-driven enterprises.
Cloudera
The data readiness imperative shaping Saudi Arabia’s future
What’s Inside
Security Operations Centres to face greater challenges in the coming year
0 30158SOCs to face greater challenges from cybercriminals targeting governments and media.
From experimentation to enterprise: Securing UAE’s AI deployment lifecycle
0 27The UAE is among the world’s fastest adopters of AI, driven by strong government policies, heavy investment in digital infrastructure, …
BEC attacks surge 22% in June as average wire transfer demands hit $71,295: Fortra
0 49Fortra’s latest BEC Global Insights Report reveals attackers are chasing bigger payouts through proven social engineering tactics, with gift cards …
AI management will matter more than AI development, says UiPath top official
0 35The conversation in boardrooms across the UAE and Saudi Arabia has begun to shift from developing more AI capabilities to …
Tenable joins OpenAI Daybreak cyber partner program
0 51Tenable® Holdings, Inc., the exposure management company, recently announced it is working with OpenAI as part of the OpenAI Daybreak …
e& announces $5.95 billion sale of Vodafone investment
0 45Abu Dhabi – Following a comprehensive strategic review of its international investment portfolio, Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (“e&”) announced …
MRI Software puts data readiness at heart of Gulf PropTech, says ME regional director
0 32MRI Software’s Schalk Vorster shares insights on how AI, data readiness, and unified platforms are redefining the property management discipline …
Dubai Future District Fund backs MetaProp to anchor early-stage proptech innovation
0 39Dubai — Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF) has committed capital to MetaProp Fund IV L.P., one of the world’s most active and specialised venture capital …
Verizon teams up with BMW on 5G connectivity
0 39The partnership enables digital infotainment, remote services, app functionality, and telematics across the vehicles.
Meta breaks ground on its first data centre in Canada
0 42Meta is pledged to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure to advance its AI superintelligence vision.
Enterprises must separate AI hype from measurable business value
0 70Why separating architectural hype from true operational utility and governance is the defining leadership challenge of the era. Every technological …
Meta debuts its Muse Image AI model
0 73The company plans to expand Muse Image to more countries and additional surfaces, including Facebook, Messenger and further areas of Instagram and WhatsApp.
ZKTeco Middle East honored as Government Security Solutions Provider of the Year at the GovTech Innovation Forum & Awards 2026
0 81ZKTeco Middle East has been awarded the prestigious Government Security Solutions Provider of the Year title at the GovTech Innovation Forum & Awards 2026, hosted by TahawulTech.
75% of those who use AI for travel planning in KSA have data security concerns, Kaspersky survey shows
0 88Do not link your main accounts with confidential data to the chatbot or any other AI powered service.
Top five governance controls every UAE enterprise needs before deploying AI agents
0 98Artificial intelligence is moving beyond chatbots and productivity assistants. Across the UAE, organisations are beginning to deploy AI agents capable …
Salam builds innovation ecosystem powering Saudi Arabia’s digital future
0 161Ahmed Al Anqari, Chief Executive Officer of Salam, discusses how the company’s expanding Research & Innovation Centres are nurturing AI, …
DeepSeek examines in-house chip development
0 137Developing in-house AI silicon could still prove a challenge as China’s access to critical minerals, advanced manufacturing facilities and high-bandwidth memory components remains constrained by U.S. restrictions.
Micron Technology forms an agreement with Ford
0 182Micron Technology noted the Strategic Customer Agreement (SCA) with Ford comes as it increases output of key products tailored to the long product lifecycles of the automotive segment.
ASUS, Intel partner with Oman’s Ministry of Education to power education with AI Lab
0 162AI Lab features AI-ready products from ASUS designed to support a wide range of educational and research applications. Dubai – ASUS, …
Anthropic enters into a substantial U.S. data centre deal
0 141The campus is to be developed in phases, with initial capacity expected to be online in the second half of 2027 and full capability by early 2028.
Montagu to acquire majority stake in BMC Helix in carve-out deal from BMC Software
0 142Dubai — Montagu, a leading mid-market private equity firm, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in BMC Helix in …
Apple and Broadcom expand longstanding partnership
0 185The companies previously struck a multibillion-dollar agreement in 2023 covering Broadcom’s development and manufacture of 5G radio frequency components.
e& and Lenovo collaborate on vehicle tech
0 152The companies positioned the deal as supporting wider digital transformation initiatives.
The UAE’s digital government leaders, one unforgettable evening
0 358Organised by CPI Media Group, the forum spotlighted how AI, cybersecurity, cloud, data infrastructure and blockchain are transforming public services and strengthening national resilience.
People, not technology, decide fate of AI projects, says NCST official
0 219Shereen Faisal, Project Manager and AI Data Scientist at Nasser Centre for Science and Technology, tells Tahawultech.com why transparency, governance, …
Sandisk bets on all-flash future for UAE’s digital economy, says Ghassan Azzi
0 196Ghassan Azzi, Sales Director, Middle & Africa at Sandisk, on the company’s enterprise storage push, the thinking behind the new …
Innovation City, IOPn get exclusive access to UAE’s first sovereign AI data centre
0 173Siada is live. NVIDIA B200 GPUs sold out worldwide and waitlisted into 2027, are running inside Innovation City Ras Al …