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.
Microsoft unveils new educational products and services
Microsoft has announced a set of educational products and services, inspired by teachers and students, including a new Windows experience — Windows 10 S.
Nokia, Zain KSA deploy MEC platform for Umrah, Hajj pilgrims
Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia have deployed Nokia’s Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) platform for the delivery of smart applications to subscribers heading to Mecca for their Umrah and Hajj pilgrimage.
Faceboook releases text-focused machine learning system
Developers have a new tool to help mobile apps understand text, thanks to a Facebook open source project update on Tuesday.
Red Hat beefs up its containerisation platform
Red Hat is beefing up its OpenShift containerisation-as-a-service offering with a new developer tool for packaging apps into containers.