Fortinet has announced the winners of its 2016 partner of the year awards for the Middle East region.
Dell EMC enhances NBK’s storage infrastructure
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has selected Dell EMC’s all-flash storage solutions to further strengthen their agility and highly available foundation to power ‘round the clock’ applications and service delivery.
Huawei and Qatar’s HIA partner for co-innovation
Huawei and Hamad International Airport (HIA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership to enable the airport’s digital transformation at the 17th Dubai Airport Show in Dubai.
eHDF opens new Cyber Defense Centre
eHosting DataFort (eHDF) has recently launched its new Cyber Defense Centre (CDC) in Dubai Internet City.
Carbon Black to demo next-gen endpoint security at GISEC
Carbon Black has announced its participation in the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC 2017) for the third consecutive year, which will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 21st to 23rd May 2017.
Mubadala pledges $15 billion to SoftBank’s Vision Fund
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment has announced plans to invest $15 billion in SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund and start two new venture capital funds to build its technology holdings.
Tejar Dubai launches smart app for Emirati businesses
Tejar Dubai, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has recently launched ‘Enatni’, an app designed to boost the exposure of Emirati-owned businesses.
Samsung, Intel back FTC lawsuit against Qualcomm
Samsung Electronics and Intel have reportedly filed briefs supporting a US regulator’s lawsuit against Qualcomm that argues the chip company used its dominant position in cellphone chips to force customers to accept unfair terms.
Dubai Chamber names 2nd Smartpreneur Competition finalists
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry is set to announce the winners of the second cycle of the Dubai Smartpreneur Competition on May 17th, during the closing ceremony of the ArabNet Digital Summit 2017.
Dubai FDI, Dubai Exports innovation mission heads to Canada
A Dubai Government delegation led by Dubai Investment Development agency, an agency of Dubai Economy, will leave on a five-day mission to Canada, to present the strategic advantages of Dubai as an emerging knowledge economy and gateway to fast growing markets in and around the Middle East, North Africa, CIS and the Indian Subcontinent.
Transformation Talk | Weekly news round-up 11.5.17
Transformation Talk gives you a weekly roundup of the biggest news in the technology industry.
Reseller ME recognises Partner Excellence Awards winners
The eighth annual Reseller Middle East’s Partner Excellence Awards saw the biggest players in the technology industry come together to celebrate achievements from the Middle East’s channel sector.
Dell EMC launches integrated data protection appliance
Dell EMC has announced a new data backup and protection solutions that enable customers to ensure data is secure, backed up and protected against disasters and outages.
Government firms spend 21% of IT budgets on digitalisation
Top-performing organisations in the private and public sectors spend, on average, 33 percent of their IT budgets on digital initiatives while government firms spend 21 percent.