BNET, the national company responsible for providing broadband network services in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has recently obtained membership in the Telecommunications Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T). The membership makes it sole entity representing the Kingdom in the telecommunications Standardization Sector of the ITU. The ITU isRead More…

With various lawmakers across the globe proposing regulations and guidance on large language model (LLM) tools, such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, Gartner has identified four critical areas for general counsel (GC) and legal leaders to address. “Legal leaders can examine where the various proposals overlap to help senior leaders and the boardRead More…

QNB Group, in collaboration with IBM and its ecosystem partner, Mannai InfoTech, an ICT Division under Mannai Trading Company WLL have delivered an innovative, pioneering and engaging Digital Banking experience to its customers. IBM Consulting’s Business Transformation expertise, the IBM Garage methodology and innovative technology solutions played a key roleRead More…

Cisco has announced its intent to acquire Accedian, an industry leading network performance monitoring partner that enables seamless operation of service provider transport and 5G networks. “Accedian was born in the heart of the world’s largest and most complex networks,” said Dion Joannou, CEO of Accedian. “When we were acquiredRead More…

OutSystems has announced new AI features – including the general availability of its new connector for Azure OpenAI, built jointly with Microsoft – and its roadmap for a new suite of generative AI capabilities, codenamed “Project Morpheus.” The new offerings are the latest output of OutSystems dedicated AI research center and drawRead More…

Snowflake and NVIDIA are partnering to provide businesses of all sizes with an accelerated path to create customized generative AI applications using their own proprietary data, all securely within the Snowflake Data Cloud. With the NVIDIA NeMo platform for developing large language models (LLMs) and NVIDIA GPU-accelerated computing, Snowflake will enable enterprisesRead More…

AI-powered analytics firm ThoughtSpot has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mode Analytics, the modern Business Intelligence (BI) platform that brings data teams and business teams together to drive impact, in a cash and equity deal valued at $200M. Upon close of the acquisition, Mode will become a wholly-ownedRead More…

Eighty-one percent of large enterprise (LE) CIOs plan to increase their IT headcount in 2023, according to a recent survey by Gartner. Only 14% expect their IT staff to decrease and 5% expect their headcount to remain the same. “Attracting and retaining technology talent remain critical areas of concern forRead More…