Overall spending on information and communication technology (ICT) in Saudi Arabia is set to reach $37 billion this year, up 2.4 percent on 2019, according to IDC.
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Excessive technology use to blame for child obesity in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Nine in 10 children across UAE and KSA have access to tablets, smartphones or other handheld electronic devices with screens.1 3979
Paladion brings AI-Driven SOC to Saudi Arabia with new partnership
Paladion Technologies and Sejel Technologies have entered an exclusive and strategic partnership to bring an AI-Driven Security Operations Center to Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia to lead world’s first national hyperloop study
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced an agreement with Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) to conduct a pre-feasibility study on the use of hyperloop technology for the transport of passengers and cargo.
Cybersecurity confidence key to Saudi economic acceleration: Huawei
Huawei has recently joined top government, business, and academic leaders in Saudi Arabia to advocate for unified standards that support cybersecurity risk mitigation.
Oracle launches cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia
Oracle announced its new cloud data centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is now live and available in the Oracle Cloud …
Saudi Arabia’s Neom to build world’s first ‘solar dome’ desalination plant
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to adopt solar technology to power a desalination plant that produces clean, low-cost, environmentally friendly fresh water at the smart mega-city Neom.
Majid Al Futtaim set to revolutionise Carrefour’s online orders
Majid Al Futtaim has announced a strategic partnership with Takeoff, a US-based technology company that offers best-in-class eGrocery automation solutions, to revolutionise Carrefour’s online orders in the UAE and KSA.
Saudi Arabia hosts world’s first AI Art hackathon
The world’s first AI Art hackathon, the AI Artathon, has opened in Riyadh with 300 experts in data science and AI, graphic designers and artists competing to create visual arts using artificial intelligence.
Saudi Arabia accused of hacking Jeff Bezos’s phone
Amazon.com’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’s mobile phone was hacked in 2018 following an exchange with the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman on encrypted messaging service WhatsApp.
Why joined technologies are key to manage data explosion
Kevin Pickford, hyperconverged sales specialist, Lenovo Data Centre Group (DCG) UAE, looks into the data explosion in the Middle East and shares insights into how enterprises can cope.