ISSUE # 396
CNME October 2025 – Core42
Mohammed Retmi, Core42, on how sovereign infrastructure is powering the UAE’s AI future.
IFS
Hannes Liebe, Regional President, APJMEA at IFS, outlines their differentiated approach to Industrial AI.
Lexar
Fissal Oubida, General Manager - Middle East, Africa and India, at Lexar, highlights how their new suite of Armor memory and storage solutions are designed to handle intensive AI-driven workloads.
Citrix
Pierpaolo Taliento and Thomas Rizkallah from Cloud Software Group, and Francois Van Deventer from Citrix, highlighted how unified workspaces were completely transforming the modern enterprise experience.
What’s Inside
Security Operations Centres to face greater challenges in the coming year
0 30196SOCs to face greater challenges from cybercriminals targeting governments and media.
Limited control, rising dependencies leave UAE enterprises exposed in AI age: IBM
0 27Enterprises embed AI deeper into core business operations, but most surveyed organisations remain locked into AI systems they cannot easily …
CBD prices $550 million additional Tier 1 perpetual non-call 6-year capital securities
0 34Dubai — Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) has priced a $550 million Additional Tier 1 (AT1) perpetual non-call 6-year capital …
Yas Holding Technology wins ‘Digital Transformation Enabler for Public Sector’ at GovTech Innovation Forum & Awards 2026
0 42Yas Holding Technology has been honoured with the prestigious Digital Transformation Enabler for Public Sector award at the recently held GovTech Innovation Forum & …
Inception42, NXT Holding to advance AI collaboration across UAE and beyond
0 52Abu Dhabi — Inception42 – the region’s leading innovator of AI-powered products & solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding …
Kaspersky powers B2B customer engagement with WebEngage
0 56More than 500,000 users engaged as Kaspersky builds a scalable, data-driven customer engagement framework for its B2B operations Dubai — Global …
Samsung Galaxy AI Call Screening in Arabic gives more accessibility to regional users
0 62Galaxy AI’s Call Screening feature expands language support, giving GCC residents greater control over their calls Dubai — Samsung Gulf …
Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: A new shape unfolds
0 67Stay tuned and make sure to register at samsung.com/unpacked for exclusive benefits, upcoming teasers, trailers, and updates ahead of Galaxy Unpacked July 2026.
From experimentation to enterprise: Securing UAE’s AI deployment lifecycle
0 87The 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 105Fortra’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 89The 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 118Tenable® 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 101Abu 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 82MRI 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 94Dubai — 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 92The partnership enables digital infotainment, remote services, app functionality, and telematics across the vehicles.
Micron outlines U.S. investment roadmap
0 112It expects the projects to create more than 90,000 jobs.
Meta breaks ground on its first data centre in Canada
0 90Meta 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 116Why 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 120The 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 127ZKTeco 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 158Do 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 154Artificial 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 229Ahmed 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 181Developing 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 228Micron 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 204AI 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 184The 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.