The third annual HR Tech MENA Summit has opened at Al Habtoor City’s the Westin Dubai. Organised by Dubai-based …
Dell EMC enhances NBK’s storage infrastructure
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has selected Dell EMC’s all-flash storage solutions to further strengthen their agility and highly available foundation to power ‘round the clock’ applications and service delivery.
Smart Dubai launches ‘one-stop shop’ Dubai Now platform
The Smart Dubai Office has launched its Dubai Now electronic platform, which is meant to act as a “one-stop shop” …
MENA users spend 57.6m more hours on Facebook during Ramadan
Facebook has shared insights and data from its IQ research that examines Ramadan consumer technology usage across the Middle East …
Commercial Bank ‘Qatar’s first’ to adopt Blockchain
Qatar’s Commercial Bank is set to roll out new digital features, having opened its latest state-of-the-art branch at Mall of …
Microsoft announces broad Windows 10 Fall updates
James Dartnell reports from day two of the Microsoft Build 2017 conference at the Washington State Convention Centre in Seattle. …
Microsoft takes huge AI strides
James Dartnell reports from Microsoft Build 2017 in Seattle’s Washington State Convention Centre. Microsoft today took huge steps in “amplifying …
Veritas unveils new SD-storage for OpenStack
Veritas has announced the launch of Veritas HyperScale for OpenStack, a new software-defined storage solution during the OpenStack Summit.
Cisco to acquire SD-WAN firm Viptela for $160 million
Cisco has announced plans to acquire Viptela, a privately held software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company.
Dubai Civil Defence, Huawei team up on IT infrastructure
Dubai Civil Defence and Huawei have announced an MoU to collaborate on a number of ICT initiatives designed to enhance …
City Network, Equinix deploy public cloud service in MENA
Equinix has announced that City Network, a provider of IT infrastructure services built on OpenStack, has deployed in Equinix’s Dubai International Business Exchange (IBX).
SAP announces Saudi public cloud data centre
SAP has announced a plan to build a public cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the Ministry …
Smart portal keeps UAE roads safe
A smart search engine for pre-owned vehicles launched by the Emirates Authority for Standardisation & Metrology (ESMA) has led to …
IBM buys Verizon’s cloud and managed hosting services unit
Verizon had shut down its public cloud service in early 2016, and is now unloading its virtual private cloud and managed hosting offerings to IBM.