Passengers had to look up their flight information on white boards after Britain’s second busiest airport, Gatwick, encountered an IT …
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Cisco executive outlines Top 5 tips for mitigating the threat of device sharing
Martin Lee, EMEA Lead for Cisco Talos, outlines his 5 top tips to mitigate the ongoing threat of device sharing, … 0 1434
Saudi Arabia announces initiative to help pilgrims stay connected
The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Communications and Information Technology Commission have joined together to announce an …
SPS Automation exhibitors: Middle East factories could be “world’s best”
Global automation suppliers say that with regional government investment in new technologies and Industry 4.0 playing a key role in …
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 …
EastNets appoints new technology chief
EastNets has announced the appointment of Luay Gadallah as the company’s new chief technology officer.
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United Nations arm backs Bahrain’s GITEX presence
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH), according to the Bahrain News Agency.
UAE’s One Million Arab Coders programme now offers blockchain training
ConsenSys has launched a 12-week Ethereum blockchain developer programme in support of One Million Arab Coders, an initiative by the Dubai Future Foundation, designed to equip young Arabs with coding skills and education.
Saudi Arabia’s state carrier faces system failure
Saudi Arabia’s state airline Saudia says its flights have been affected by a system failure as the Kingdom hosts the annual Hajj pilgrimage, AFP reported.
Financial sector top target for phishing attacks: report
In the second quarter of 2018, Kaspersky Lab’s anti-phishing technologies prevented over 107 million attempts to visit phishing pages, of which 35.7 percent were related to financial services and targeting customers through fake banking or payment pages.
Disaster Recovery 2.0: protecting businesses from catastrophic risks
Whether it is caused by cataclysmic weather, technological malfunctions or human actions, an IT outage can be devastating.