ISSUE # 335
CNME February 2020
How Avaya is bridging the gap between enterprise cloud and applications freedom
The staples of life
CNME attends AVEVA World Conference in Abu Dhabi, where the industrial software company shared customer success stories and enhancements to its portfolio.
Women in tech: HSBC Middle East’s Ghinwa Baradhi
In this monthly feature, CNME talks to some of the best and brightest women in ICT to find out more about how they’ve reached success in this industry.
Smart security
Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director, Middle East at Western Digital on how its new suite of security solutions that are infused with AI are making cities smarter.
What’s Inside

UAE residents likely to buy self-driving cars in five years: study
0 4632Almost half of UAE residents (49 percent) said they are likely to own a self-driving car in the next five years, according to a recent survey.
World’s largest crypto ecosystem set to launch in Dubai
0 3120DMCC has announced its strategic partnership with CV VC and CV Labs to launch Crypto Valley, the world's largest ecosystem for cryptographic, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in Dubai, UAE.
Emaar partners with Xiaomi to deliver smart home technology
0 27023Emaar Properties PJSC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Xiaomi, a global technology leader with the world’s largest Internet …
Microsoft vows to become carbon negative by 2030
0 1715Microsoft recently announced an ambitious goal and a new plan to reduce and ultimately remove its carbon footprint. By 2030, …
Hope Probe to carry UAE Nation Brand to Mars
0 1728The Hope Probe will carry with it the UAE Nation Brand’s logo when the spacecraft built by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre takes off for Mars later this year, according to WAM.
Global IT spending to reach $3.9 trillion: Gartner
0 3532Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.9 trillion in 2020, an increase of 3.4 percent from 2019, according to …