Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority has launched “HADI”, an AI-based conversational bot that can answer users’ questions and process transactions with respect to DSOA’s services.

NetApp to spotlight hybrid cloud data services
NetApp is seeing impressive rates of growth in the region, with turnover up 30 percent in the first quarter of this year amid high demand for the company’s hybrid cloud data services.

Emirates NBD to roll out voice banking solutions with Amazon Alexa
Emirates NBD customers in the UAE will soon be able to ask for any banking updates, listen to daily market briefings as well as track spending on their Amazon Alexa devices.

Dubai’s Emirates NBD introduces new voice banking services with Alexa
Emirates NBD customers in the UAE will soon be able to ask for any banking updates, listen to daily market briefings as well as track spending on their Amazon Alexa devices.

Riverbed introduces support for Amazon VPC traffic mirroring
Riverbed today announced support for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) traffic mirroring from Amazon Web Services (AWS). With SteelCentral …

Pure Storage launches new cloud data services
All-flash storage firm Pure Storage has announced Pure Storage Cloud Data Services, a suite of new cloud offerings that run …

Google, Facebook, Amazon offer assistance to victims of Kerala floods
India’s southern state Kerala is in the midst of one of the worst floods in 100 years. According to media …

Amazon to double credit line as cloud revenue jumps 49%
Amazon.com is more than doubling its line of credit to $7 billion as it takes steps to fuel revenue growth, including …

Trump criticises Amazon for exploiting US postal system
US president Donald Trump accused Amazon.com on Thursday of not paying sufficient tax, exploiting the US postal system and putting …

“Our autonomous Database dwarfs Amazon”: Larry Ellison
Oracle has launched what it claims to be the world’s first self-managing, self-securing, self-repairing database cloud service, with executive chairman …

“Amazon not a threat to UAE retail,” Dubai Chamber chairman
The chairman of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said that the imminent rise of Amazon in the Middle …

Amazon shares on the rise, nearing record high
Online giant Amazon’s shares rose on Friday, driving its stock market value over $700 billion and threatening to eclipse Microsoft …

Google stops YouTube access on Amazon’s streaming devices
Alphabet Inc.’s Google withdrew support for its YouTube video service from Amazon.com’s streaming-media devices, because the online retailer had not made …

Amazon steps up pace in AI race
Amazon.com this week announced a flurry of new machine learning features for its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, raising …

AWS announces Amazon Sumerian
During the AWS re:Invent Midnight Madness kick-off event, Amazon Web Services, (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced Amazon Sumerian, a new service that …

Amazon cloud assets to be sold to Chinese partner Beijing Sinnet
Amazon cloud assets will be sold to the firm’s Chinese partner Beijing Sinnet, according to recent reports. Amazon has issued …

Souq adds ‘affordable’ AmazonBasics range to its website
In a Facebook post on August 24th by Ronaldo Mouchawar, the founder and CEO of Souq, he announced that AmazonBasics would be available immediately for sale on the Souq website.

AWS debuts data security tool Amazon Macie
Amazon Macie recognises sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII) or intellectual property, and provides customers with dashboards and alerts that give visibility into how this data is being accessed or moved.

Amazon begins search for office, logistics space in Dubai
Amazon is understood to have started a search for its first office in Dubai, following its recent acquisition of Souq.com.

Amazon Connect brings contact centres to the cloud
Amazon has released Connect, a contact centre as a service offering hosted in the Amazon Web Services cloud.


