Information technology innovation and transformation leaders, today, gathered for Tahawul Tech and CNME’s fourth annual CIO 100 Awards and Forum.
Western Digital drives education in the channel
Khwaja Saifuddin, senior sales director, Western Digital India, Middle East and Africa, explains the firm’s priorities around channel education and …
10 biggest data breaches of the 21st century
Data breaches happen daily, in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? We bring you 10 of the biggest or most prominent breaches of the 21st century.
AI will soon know you better than your family
Emotion artificial intelligence (AI) systems are becoming so sophisticated that Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2022, personal devices will know …
Mimecast announces key executive appointments
Mimecast has appointed Janet Levesque as the senior vice president of Systems, Risk and Security, and Marc French as its …
Commvault names new head of global partnerships
Commvault has appointed Owen Taraniuk to head of Worldwide Partnerships and Market Development, effective immediately. In this new position, Taraniuk …
Intel’s solution for Meltdown raises more questions than answers
Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich has recently informed investors that the company plans to release silicon with built-in mitigations to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities later this year.
Google parent Alphabet launches cybersecurity firm
Alphabet has launched a new business unit on Wednesday that will sell cybersecurity software to Fortune 500 companies, the latest …
The Dubai banking CEO with a PhD in AI
The banking industry in the GCC will not promote senior executives who fear or are ignorant of technology, says Commercial …
How self-driving networks can enable partners
Kristian Kerr, EMEA head of channels, Alliances and Commercial, Juniper Networks, discusses how self-driving networks can help channel partners embrace …
How to keep your company’s most valuable assets
If you wait until a valued employee’s exit interview to find out why they’ve decided to move on, you’ve missed out not only on keeping a productive member of your team but on a golden opportunity to identify obstacles and challenges within your organisation.
‘Half’ of UAE work functions ripe for automation
Almost half of the UAE’s workplace activities are susceptible to automation, with similar figures for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, an …
UAE citizens lose AED 3.86 billion from cybercrime
Hackers stole AED 3.86 billion from 3.72 million consumers in the UAE last year, according to the 2017 Norton Cyber …
Global public cloud spending set to skyrocket
Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to reach $160 billion in 2018, representing an increase of 23.2 percent over 2017.
WEF 2018: technologists and futurists take centre stage
The theme for this year’s meeting of business, political and academic elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is ‘Creating a Shared Future …
Why partners should stop grey market trading
The issue of channel players trading in the grey market and disrupting business continues to plague the industry even today. …
Google launches AutoML Vision in bid to ‘democratise AI’
Google has launched a suite of easy-to-use tools that allow developers with limited machine learning expertise to train custom models. …
CES 2018 in pictures: the companies and products that stole the show
With any industry-defining trade show like CES, there’s an inevitable tendency to try and find winners. Here are our top picks.
Saudi tech startups raise over ‘SR 48 million’ in 2017
The technology startups incubated by Badir Program, one of the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology main initiatives, …
Top 5 VAT tips for businesses in the GCC
We asked a range of Middle East-based experts about the top 5 need-to-know aspects of VAT adoption, to get a better understanding of the impact it is expected to have on IT infrastructures and processes across the GCC in years to come.