Royal Exchange General Insurance Company Limited (REGIC), Nigeria’s oldest and largest insurance provider, has embarked on extensive digitalisation of its internal business operations using the Kissflow Low-Code Platform. As a result, 75% of the company’s enterprise operations now run on Kissflow’s Platform, yielding a significant degree of automation and substantialRead More…

Nearly half (45%) of organisations in the UAE suffered a cyberattack or incident that prevented access to data last year, according to the 2023 Dell Technologies Global Data Protection Index survey of 1,000 IT decision-makers (ITDMs) and 500 IT security decision-makers. Respondents report that IT disruption is commonplace, with theRead More…

Fortinet has announced the industry’s only comprehensive secure networking solution integrated with Wi-Fi 7. Fortinet’s first Wi-Fi 7 access point, FortiAP 441K, delivers increased speed and capacity, and the new FortiSwitch T1024 is purpose-built with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) access and 90W Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology to support Wi-Fi 7 bandwidth requirements.Read More…

Westcon-Comstor, a global technology provider and specialist distributor, has announced it has acquired Rebura, an award-winning AWS (Amazon Web Services) advanced service partner and solution provider, to further strengthen its cloud capabilities and channel-focused services offering. The deal will enable Westcon-Comstor partners to provide a comprehensive suite of AWS solutionsRead More…

Veeam Software has recently released insights from the company’s fifth annual Veeam Data Protection Trends Report. While companies say they will spend more trying to fend off cyber-attacks, the survey found IT leaders are feeling even less protected and more concerned about their ability to recover and restore mission-critical data.Read More…

Organisers of LEAP 2024, the seismic technology event conceived to accelerate the adoption of technology and aid the ongoing transformation and diversification of Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning economy, are predicting a record-breaking turnout of more than 172,000 visitors when the multi-award-winning event’s third edition gets underway on March 4 at theRead More…

In its latest annual analysis of crypto-related crime, blockchain data platform, Chainalysis, found that the value received by illicit cryptocurrency addresses through 2023, totalled US$24.2 billion, a significant drop compared to the all-time high of US$39.6 billion in 2022. Of this, US$14.9 billion, representing the largest portion (61.5%) of theRead More…

Seagate Technology Holdings has announced a milestone that marks a new era in the storage industry. The company launched the Mozaic 3+™ hard drive platform—which incorporates Seagate’s trailblazing implementation of Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology. The launch heralds unparalleled areal densities of 3TB+ per platter—and a roadmap that will achieve 4TB+Read More…

Zepth is welcoming His Excellency Dr Ahmed Abdul Rahman AlBanna to its advisory board. Former UAE Ambassador to India, Dr AlBanna is renowned for his diplomatic achievements and for his continued contributions to the country’s business ecosystem in an advisory capacity. Dr AlBanna has left an indelible mark on theRead More…

etisalat by e& has successfully completed multiple cloud RAN (Radio Access Network) trials providing network innovation and agility to operators and enterprises to improve performance in the 5G ecosystem with ultra-reliable and low-latency communications. With the evolution of 5G networks towards cloud-native architecture, one of the enablers of this evolutionRead More…

Epson is set to elevate the branding and creative initiatives of organisations across the region during the inaugural FESPA Middle East 2024 from January 29-31. During the event, Epson will conduct live demonstrations of commercial and industrial fabric printers designed to revolutionise printing experiences across a diverse range of industry sectors,Read More…

Across industries, as technology becomes more central to business operations, the role of a CIO is increasingly broad. From digital transformation to the carbon footprints of data centres, CIOs are responsible for an ever-growing set of workstreams. This is backed up by Lenovo’s  Global Study of CIOs, which found thatRead More…