ISSUE # 323
Reseller ME October 2024
AHMAD FIDA WELDALI, REGIONAL SALES DIRECTOR AT LINKSHADOW, DISCUSSES HOW LINKSHADOW CYBERSECURITY SOLUTIONS ARE EMPOWERING THE CHANNEL TO NAVIGATE THE …
Cloud Box Technologies
Ranjith Kaipadda , Managing Director at Cloud Box Technologies, discusses how a constant focus on innovation has made the company a trusted digital transformation partner for businesses in the region.
Pure Storage
Samer Semaan, Director of Distribution & Alliances, Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Pure Storage, on the need for a robust, high-performance, efficient and cyber-resilient AI infrastructure to keep pace with IT infrastructure trends.
Lexar
Fissal Oubida, General Manager and Global Marketing Director – Middle East, Africa, and India at Lexar, discusses the growth of the company in the region, its participation at GITEX 2024 and strategic plans for the future.
What’s Inside
Security Operations Centres to face greater challenges in the coming year
0 24688SOCs to face greater challenges from cybercriminals targeting governments and media.
Cybercriminals abuse AI website creation app for phishing
0 37Threat actors are increasingly using an AI website generation platform to create fraudulent websites for credential phishing and malware delivery.
Microsoft head concerned by the condition of AI psychosis
0 34"AI psychosis": a non-clinical term describing incidents where people increasingly rely on AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Grok and then become convinced that something imaginary has become real.
Whish Money and Mastercard Move to bring smooth cross-border payments to Lebanon
0 38Users in Lebanon can send money abroad to over 50 countries, while Lebanese living overseas can send money home. Whish …
Power in your pocket: HMD launches earbuds that charge your phone
0 84HMD redefines mobility with Amped Buds — the world’s first wireless earbuds to double as a smartphone power bank. Human …
GSMA MWC25 Doha unveils expanded agenda featuring smart city expo and digital leaders programme
0 59GSMA MWC25 Doha unveils expanded agenda featuring smart city expo and digital leaders programme.
ASUS offers up to AED 1,000 off for Back-to-School 2025
0 47Smarter Learning, Bigger Savings: ASUS Offers Up to AED 1,000 Off for Back-to-School 2025.
Building resilient cloud security frameworks for Middle East enterprises
0 59CyberArk’s Laurence Elbana shares tips on how to overcome six critical cloud security audit challenges.
Apple aims to boost iPhone production in India
0 58Apple increases Indian manufacturing push ahead of the iPhone 17 launch.
Nvidia starts work on upgraded chip offering for China
0 66Nvidia is working on China AI chip to upgrade the current H20 chip.
Kaspersky uncovers new trojan targeting financial institutions via Skype
0 65Kaspersky detected a new remote access trojan targeting financial institutions through Skype messenger.
“Agentic AI is on every organisation’s roadmap, but most companies are stuck in prototype purgatory.” – Shaun Clowes, Confluent
0 94Confluent, Inc. has announced Streaming Agents, a new capability in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® that makes it easy to …
NVIDIA’s stock stumble on Wall Street shows that investors need to broaden AI investments
0 94Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, has said that the sudden decline in NVIDIA’s stock shows that Wall Street has an …
Omnix strengthens digitisation in manufacturing solutions
0 128The move comes at a time when increasing global challenges such as supply chains, rising energy and operational costs, skilled labour shortages are accelerating the shift for manufacturers to transition from traditional operations to agile, data-driven environments.
SoftBank announces $2bn investment in troubled US chipmaker Intel
0 115Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has announced that they have agreed to purchase $2bn in Intel stock, in a bid to alleviate …
South Korea looks to address legal uncertainties posed by GenAI
0 181A South Korean watchdog reveals a prospective set of genAI guidelines.
AST SpaceMobile outlines 2026 satellite deployment plans
0 155AST SpaceMobile sets out a deployment plan for 2026.
Cisco President outlines the biggest AI adoption mistake
0 129Cisco executive outlines the ‘stupidest thing’ companies adopting AI can do.
Google invests in nuclear power for its data centres
0 137Google looks to invest in nuclear energy to power data centre growth.
Kaspersky & BI.ZONE reveal new cybercrime activity in GCC and Latin America
0 136Kaspersky and BI.ZONE report new PipeMagic activity in the GCC and Latin America.
AI player Anthropic teams up with U.S. Government branches
0 140Anthropic emulates OpenAI's $1 U.S. government AI offer.
Can U.S. power grids keep up with the data centre boom?
0 142The data centre boom is straining the U.S. electricity grid.
Trump Administration considers a stake in Intel
0 155Trump administration holds talks over potential Intel stake.
Apple’s latest watch improves blood oxygen monitoring
0 184Apple's watches reintroduce blood oxygen tracking in the U.S.
Kaspersky survey shows 43% of travelers use AI to plan their trips
0 168According to Kaspersky’s survey nearly half (43%) of respondents in the UAE trust AI to plan trips, however 96% of …
New Proofpoint report reveals a rise in URL-based threats
0 288New Proofpoint Report Reveals Sharp Rise in URL-Based Threats, 400% Spike in ClickFix Malware Campaigns and 4.2M QR Code Attacks.
Lenovo reinforces its commitment to the KSA with appointment of new executive leadership team
0 262Lenovo has announced the appointment of its executive leadership team for Saudi Arabia, marking a key milestone in the company’s …
“Businesses are guilty of investing in AI for the sake of it, they need to determine clear outcomes.” – Luis Rodrigues, Lab49
0 174CNME Editor Mark Forker secured an exclusive interview with Luis Rodrigues, Chief Product Officer and Regional Head of Lab49, in …
