Encouraging channel partners to embrace today’s cloud-based world, Jeroen Schlosser, managing director, Equinix MENA shares the firm’s predictions for 2019, …
Dubai to host Abundance 360 Summit
Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of the UAE Cabinet Affairs and The Future and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees …
BIOS Middle East to deliver cloud-based blockchain services
UAE-based Managed Cloud Provider BIOS Middle East has signed a MoU with VeChain, a global public blockchain platform focusing on enterprise adoption and BIOS Middle East.
Data is the wealth of future governments: UAE AI minister
Data is the real wealth of future governments and its main tool to develop the next generation of government services, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Omar Sultan Al Olama said.
UAE’s ADNOC turns to blockchain to streamline supply chain processes
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced its successful collaboration with IBM, piloting a Blockchain-based automated system to integrate oil and gas production across the full value chain.
Saudi Arabia’s ICD eyes blockchain tech for Islamic banks
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) plans to introduce a blockchain-based product to help Islamic banks manage their liquidity needs.
Why inadequate developers are Blockchain’s Achilles heel
This time last year, the word Blockchain was sparking a frenzy amongst senior IT leaders in the GCC. In this …
Huawei launches its blockchain service worldwide
Huawei Cloud has officially launched its Blockchain Service (BCS) for global use, after launching it for commercial use in China …
Abu Dhabi-based bank conducts world’s first blockchain sukuk transaction
Al Hilal Bank is the first Islamic bank in the world to leverage Blockchain technology for the resale and settlement of an Islamic Sukuk.
“We have the AI edge”: Huawei
With Huawei edging closer to the $100 billion revenue mark, vice president and managing director of the Middle East enterprise business group, Alaa Elshimy, tells CNME why the firm has the edge over its AI competitors, why it is not investing in Blockchain – for now – and why the United Nations could decide what machines should and shouldn’t do.