HP Inc. and Deloitte have announced an alliance to help accelerate the digital transformation of the global manufacturing industry. The …
Gartner: Emerging markets drive 6.7% Q2 smartphone growth
Global smartphone sales totalled 366.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 6.7 percent increase over the second …
Pure Storage names Charles Giancarlo as CEO
Pure Storage’s board of directors have named Charles Giancarlo as the company’s new chief executive and a member of the …
SoftBank Vision Fund pumps $4.4 billion into WeWork
Japan’s SoftBank and its Saudi Public Investment Fund-backed Vision Fund have agreed to invest a combined $4.4 billion into New …
Omantel completes $846.1 million Zain stake purchase
Omantel has won the bid to acquire 9.84 percent of Zain’s issued share capital, representing a total cash value of …
LinkedIn rolls out native mobile video feature
LinkedIn members can now record, upload, and post native videos directly from the LinkedIn mobile app LinkedIn has announced that …
UAE-based Instant Cash partners for African remittances
UAE-based money transfer firm Instant Cash has partnered with transaction processing, clearing and settlement service TerraPay to deliver cross-border money …
Interactive sports app 10 launches in UAE
UAE-based social sports app 10 has launched globally and on home soil. Headquartered in Dubai with an office in London, …
Oman Police’s eServices most used in the Sultanate
Royal Oman Police’s (ROP’s) eServices have emerged as the most used across government electronic services, according to research from the Sultanate’s …
Dubai Mall launches ‘wayfinding’ app feature
The Dubai Mall has launched a brand-new venue navigation feature to its dedicated app. The wayfinding app has been designed …
Gartner identifies ‘megatrend’ trio to shape next decade
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2017 report has named three distinct megatrends that the firm says will enable businesses …
Why UAE CIOs value data more than employees
Pure Storage’s Evolution: The Data Economy 2017 report shows that two thirds of UAE CIOs now consider data to be a more valuable asset than their employees. Are the country’s IT leaders well-advised to set store in cloud, and what they can realistically expect from their IT roadmaps in the next two years?
Bricks and clicks: ASGC’s newly-appointed CIO Herbert Fuchs
Newly-appointed CIO Herbert Fuchs has been hired to optimise and reinvent the ways that ASGC uses technology to automate time-consuming processes and enhance the health and safety of on-site workers.
Smart Dubai launches Dubai Now app donation option
The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) has launched a new online initiative to mark the Year of Giving 2017, issued by …