Amazon, on Friday, has announced plans to purchase US-based upscale grocery chain Whole Foods for a staggering amount of $13.7 billion.
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Bahrain sovereign wealth fund reduces IT costs by 50% with AWS
Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat), the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has recently announced the successful migration of the company’s IT infrastructure to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud and the closure of its onsite and offsite data centres.0 3955
Clicks of the trade: Criteo’s push for omnichannel success
Criteo called upon journalists from across the EMEA region to meet at its HQ in Paris to explore the power …
CBRE: Amazon entry to fuel Middle East e-commerce growth
Global property advisor CBRE’s tenth edition of ‘How Global is the Business of Retail?’ report states that Middle East’s online …
Riverbed enters cloud Wi-Fi market, acquires Xirrus
Riverbed Technology has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Xirrus, a provider of next generation Wi-Fi networks.
What to expect from Amazon Web Services this year
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels took the stage at the company’s AWS Summit on Wednesday to announce a series of new features for Amazon Web Services.
DEWA launches Rammas AI service
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has announced the launch of its Rammas AI service on Amazon’s Alexa smart voice system.
What drives e-commerce growth
With e-commerce sales across GCC countries expected to reach $41.5 billion by 2020 according to reports, Reseller ME examines the factors for the sector’s growth.
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.
Bezos to sell $1B Amazon stock a year to fund space project
Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said he plans to sell $1 billion a year in Amazon.com Inc. stock to fund Blue Origin, the company fueling his project of sending people into space.
Transformation Talk l Weekly news round-up 30.03.17
CNME Editor James Dartnell gives a lowdown of this week’s biggest news in the technology industry on the second edition of Transformation Talk, the weekly news round-up brought to you by Tahawul Tech.