Worldwide cloud infrastructure services expenditure increased 28% year on year to reach US$63.1 billion in Q3 2022, up US$13.8 billion on the same period a year ago. With the negative impact of inflation and rising energy prices, companies are responding to market uncertainty by reducing spending, which may hit demandRead More…
Cisco has announced new capabilities across its security portfolio so teams can be more productive and protected wherever they are working from. Unveiled at Cisco’s annual Partner Summit conference, the news demonstrates continued progress towards the strategic vision of the Cisco Security Cloud that will protect the integrity of anRead More…
VITEC has inaugurated a new office in Dubai in-line with its rapid expansion in the Middle East. The company’s investment into its new regional headquarters demonstrates VITEC’s commitment to long-term growth in the Middle East with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Egypt. Since the technology leaderRead More…
Emirati Livaat-Verse has announced the launching of the First Arab Verse Summit this coming 23rd of January. The summit is a real metaverse global event and the first of its kind as a fully virtual event in the world. The summit shall connect Arab & Global Metaverse business leaders andRead More…
Trend Micro has predicted that ransomware groups will increasingly target Linux servers and embedded systems over the coming years. The latest Trend Micro 2022 Midyear Roundup Report recorded a double-digit year-on-year (YoY) increase in attacks on these systems in H1 2022. Detection of attacks from ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) surged in theRead More…
Western Union and NymCard have announced that they have signed a partnership that will enable FinTechs and financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE) to offer international money transfer services through the Western Union global money transfer platform. NymCard is a regulated modern payment-issuing and processing platform connectingRead More…
Qualys has announced it acquired the assets of Blue Hexagon. This brings AI/machine learning (AI/ML) to the Qualys Cloud Platform to help convert petabytes of highly integrated data into meaningful insights for customers. This acquisition will enable Qualys to leverage its powerful Cloud Platform and its more than 10 trillionRead More…
Imdaad, the Middle East’s leading integrated facilities management company, has partnered with Finesse to automate key processes within the organisation using the ‘Automation Anywhere’ Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tool. Few key processes have been completely automated using the tool, resulting in significant improvements in process quality, greater efficiencies, and costRead More…
Inflationary Pressures and macroeconomic conditions Creating a Push and Pull Effect for Cloud Spending Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.7% to total $591.8 billion in 2023, up from $490.3 billion in 2022, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. This is higher than theRead More…
Ransomware remains a top cyber risk for organizations globally while business email compromise incidents are on the rise and will increase further in the ‘deep fake’ era. At the same time, the war in Ukraine and wider geopolitical tensions are a major concern as hostilities could spill over into cyberRead More…
The establishment of Vertiv’s Kenyan Customer Experience Center is part of the company’s growing footprint in Africa to modernize infrastructure and drive digital transformation. Vertiv has announced the opening of its new office and state-of-the-art Customer Experience Center in Nairobi. With an increasing demand for high efficiency critical infrastructure inRead More…
Veritas Technologies has advanced its Autonomous Data Management strategy with the launch of Veritas Alta, a cloud data management platform that helps enterprises transition mission-critical workloads to the cloud. Veritas Alta harnesses the benefits of the cloud to reduce costs, strengthen ransomware resiliency, and ensure data is protected, available, andRead More…
