Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has completed the implementation of smart banking kiosks at a newly opened digital banking centre in …
MBRF and Beehive sign SME startup lending MoU
The Mohammed bin Rashid Fund (MBRF) the financial arm of government agency Dubai SME, and peer-to-peer lending platform Beehive have …
Dubai Chamber signs Souq.com MoU
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Souq.com in a move designed …
Arabic website builder Soluqi launches
Technology startup Soluqi has launched its online website builder, which allows entrepreneurs to create custom branded websites in Arabic or …
MEA SI market hit ‘$10 billion’ in 2016
The system integrators (SI) services market in the Middle East and Africa was valued at $10.34 billion at the end …
MEA PC market falls 8.8 percent in Q1
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market experienced a decline of 8.8 percent year-on-year in Q1 …
Gartner: Dell EMC only top server vendor to grow in Q1
In the first quarter of 2017, worldwide server revenue declined 4.5 percent year over year, while shipments fell 4.2 percent …
Whatever you want: Online listings newcomer A2Z Arabia
Online listings newcomer A2Z Arabia aims to help customers find jobs, homes, cars and good times. The platform’s co-founder and …
Manual v machine: When will robots appear in the workplace?
When Dubai Police announced that ‘robocops’ would patrol the emirate’s streets by May, many could have been forgiven for thinking …
Qatar has region’s highest Internet speeds: Akamai
Qatar has the highest average internet connection speeds in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, according to new research …
Sharper edge: Microsoft’s Azure compute head Corey Sanders
James Dartnell sat down with Microsoft’s director of Azure Compute, Corey Sanders, at the firm’s Build 2017 conference in Seattle, …
Russia denies hacking Qatar’s state news agency
Russian officials have rejected allegations that Russian hackers breached Qatar’s state news agency and planted a fake news story that …
F5 CEO Locoh-Donou: We will shift focus to software
Based on what you’ve observed in your first two months in the job, what are you going to change? No …
How Microsoft is betting its future on AI and edge computing
James Dartnell reports from Microsoft Build 2017 at Seattle’s Washington State Convention Centre, where the firm launched a whole host …