stc plays a crucial role in enabling digital transformation in the country, one of the main objectives of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
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Cloud drives Saudi ICT market to top $33 billion
Cloud investment is gathering momentum, with organisations in Saudi Arabia increasing software spend by 5.5 percent, boosting the Kingdom’s ICT market to $33 billion (SAR 127 billion), according to a recent report by IDC. 0 4136
stc Saudi Arabia digitises over 7 million contracts
stc has revealed that the number of paper contracts that the company dispensed with due to digitisation amounted to 7 million annual contracts.
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.
Takween taps SAP to boost KSA’s manufacturing sector to US $450B by 2030
Takween Advanced Industries Company, a leading global supplier of plastic conversion technologies, has digitally transformed on SAP cloud data centre …
How Saudi insurance firm Najm is leveraging technology to fight fraud
Deputy editor Giorgia Guantario sat down with Dr Mohammad Alsuliman, CEO of Najm for Insurance Services to understand how the …
Mobile technologies added $191 billion to MENA economy: report
Mobile technologies and services have added $191 billion to the region’s economy in 2018 – equivalent to about 4.5 percent of regional GDP, according to the latest reports by GSMA Intelligence.
Saudi Arabia businesses to prioritise CX transformation next year: study
Customer experience will be a business priority for 96 percent of Saudi Arabia businesses in 2020, according to a new YouGov survey.
“Humans remain the weakest link in security” – Muntasir Bdair, Security Matterz
Humans remain the weakest link in the complex chain that is the cybersecurity industry according to Muntasir Bdair, COO at …
Virgin Hyperloop One to spur Saudi Arabia’s tech and transport sectors
Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saudi Arabia’s renowned King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Saudi Arabia VC investments to reach $500M annually by 2025
The Saudi Technology Ventures report highlighted that venture capital (VC) investments in Saudi Arabia are growing rapidly, and yearly invested capital has the potential to expand tenfold to $500 million in 2025.