ISSUE # 382
CNME May 2024
MARK MOFFAT, CEO AT IFS, TELLS CNME HOW THE COMPANY IS ON A MISSION TO DOMINATE THE FUNCTIONAL DOMAIN OF …
Avaya
Ahmad Dorra, CX Solutions Lead - Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Avaya, outlines how they are leveraging Gen AI to enhance their CX offering.
Boomi
Ahmed El Hamouly, Head of META at Boomi, highlights how its agnostic cloud-native platform is built to scale, which enables users to achieve the business outcomes they want.
SANS Institute
Kevin Ripa, Senior Instructor at SANS Institute, says it's time for IT security teams to stop blaming endusers for their cybersecurity woes.
What’s Inside

Security Operations Centres to face greater challenges in the coming year
0 25434SOCs to face greater challenges from cybercriminals targeting governments and media.
Emergent raises $30m to democratise software creation, expands into MENA
0 62Dubai — Emergent, one of the fastest growing AI startups globally, announced $30 million in total funding, including a new …
Making sovereignty intelligent in age of AI
0 54CISOs across industries are grappling with the same question. How do we embrace the speed and scale of artificial intelligence …
Citrix reimagine KSA drives future of secure digital workspaces, aligns with Vision 2030
0 70Pierpaolo Taliento, GM for Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa at MiCloudSW FZ-LLC, shares how Citrix is aligning with Saudi …
Mindware to highlight AI-Powered Innovations at GITEX 2025
0 102Mindware looks forward to welcoming visitors at stand H2-A30, Dubai World Trade Centre, from October 13–17, 2025, to showcase its vision for the future of intelligent technology.
OPSWAT to debut OP/X Mini Lab and more at GITEX Global 2025
0 166OPSWAT to Unveil Interactive Cybersecurity Mini Lab and Elite Red Team Capabilities at GITEX GLOBAL 2025.
Veeam appoints Kinda Baydoun as lead for EMEA partner organisation
0 98New Leadership Poised to Strengthen Partner Network and Drive Growth as Data Resilience Becomes Essential for Company Survival.
ROG Xbox Ally Series pre-orders begin in the UAE
0 108Premium upgrade with ALLY X: Next-gen specs, bigger battery, and built-in NPU for upcoming AI-powered features.
AI safety command centre: Your entire site—one dashboard away, says viAct official
0 208A journey from scattered logs to a single source of truth. Let’s paint a common industrial site scenario – A …
WhatsApp debuts real-time translation feature
0 181WhatsApp launches new real-time translation capabilities.
Nvidia to launch AI Robotics lab in the UAE
0 197Nvidia backs UAE AI initiatives with a new robotics lab.
Who is in the running for the US TikTok takeover?
0 165Oracle and Silver Lake look to lead the US TikTok takeover.
Planview expands into Middle East, celebrates launch on October 7
0 188Dubai — Planview, a global leader in Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) and Digital Product Development (DPD), today announced its official …
“AI Workforce report makes it clear that AI skills open exciting new doors.” – Francine Katsoudas, Cisco
0 202The AI Workforce Consortium has released its second study, entitled – ICT in Motion: The Next Wave of AI Integration, …
Siemens supplies digital technology for factory-built housing
0 209Siemens raises the roof on the viability of factory-built housing.
Zahid Group and Infor to launch an Innovation Centre of Excellence
0 208New Centre to Accelerate Zahid Group's Digital Transformation and Advance Saudi Arabia’s Technological Capabilities in line with Vision 2030.
Over 200 visionary speakers and over 200 exhibitors expected to gather in Doha in November
0 311GSMA signs five MoU agreements with Qatari and global brands to drive MWC Doha success and local impact.
DCO Member States pledge digital cooperation in joint statement at UNGA 80
0 226New York — The Member States of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) convened for their first High-level Dialogue for Digital …
Presight and Shorooq launch a $100M global fund to accelerate AI innovation
0 259Abu Dhabi — Presight, a leading global AI and big data analytics company, and Shorooq, a leading Abu Dhabi-headquartered investment firm …
Back-to-school season: The importance of using responsible artificial intelligence
0 192With the start of a new school year, the role of AI in education is taking on greater significance than …
Splunk .conf25 recap: Data Fabric, Agentic AI in the SOC, Observability and Federated Search for Snowflake
0 303CNME Editor Mark Forker was on the ground at Cisco Splunk .conf25 in Boston, and the company unloaded a barrage …
Future of Finance 2025 sets stage for transformative dialogue in Dubai
0 288Dubai — The much-anticipated Future of Finance 2025 conference in Dubai last week brought together global and regional leaders to …
UK airport suffers cyber-attack disruption
0 264Day of delays at Heathrow after cyber-attack brings disruption.
ISACA & Tahawultech Infosec Cybersecurity Congress highlights digital trust, AI security
0 219Abu Dhabi — The ISACA Abu Dhabi Infosec & Cybersecurity Congress 2025, hosted in partnership with Tahawultech.com, convened industry leaders, …