Cash in a flash

When Kuwait Credit Bank introduced a new loan scheme for women in 2011, it received unprecedented and unmanageable demand in its branches. CIO Tariq Al-Usaimi was compelled to create an artificial intelligence solution that slashed the loan approval time to an astonishing 90 seconds.

Onto pastures new

As voice and SMS streams decline, telecom operators are increasingly looking for revenue through OTT and data services. What revenue sources will emerge in the near future, and which ones will be phased out altogether?

Huawei showcases end-to-end solutions

Huawei previews its integrated portfolio of end-to-end and focused vertical industry solutions can be used to create a competitive business advantage in the fields of public safety, oil and gas, transportation, government, hospitality, education and healthcare and banking.

Business DNA eyes future technologies

UAE-based IT service provider Business DNA is participating at GITEX under the theme “looking back from future,” showcasing solutions around retail, healthcare, hospitality and public sector.

Infor enhances user experience

GITEX is without a doubt the largest IT event in the Middle East and is a great chance for Infor to showcase its latest products, says Monzer Tohme, Regional Manager, Middle East, Infor.

Losing IT

Highly publicised events have demonstrated that it is now more difficult than ever to protect an organisation’s internal data. Advances in technology and productivity tools have made collaboration in the workplace easier, while also creating new vectors for data to leave the organisation.

Dimension Data, EMC form Catalyst Alliance

Dimension Data and EMC has recently announced the Catalyst Alliance, a strategic market development initiative designed to speed the adoption of hybrid cloud as a platform for transformation for the mid-size enterprise.

MEA cyber security market to reach $13 billion by 2019

A recent report from Cybersecurity Ventures has forecasted that the cyber security market of the Middle East and African region (MEA) is expected to grow to $13.43 billion by 2019 – covering an expected compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.7 per cent in the next five years.

Cyber security market in MEA region to reach $13 billion by 2019

A recent report from Cybersecurity Ventures has forecasted that the cyber security market of the Middle East and African region (MEA) is expected to grow to $13.43 billion by 2019 – covering an expected compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.7 per cent in the next five years.

Open for business

IT is heading towards being something more akin to a utility service, transformed by OpenStack’s open standardised cloud architecture, which will improve interoperability and render vendor lock-in a thing of the past.

Under the radar

Content Delivery Network specialist Akamai has arrived in the UAE. CNME visited the firm’s Dubai Marina office upon its opening, and sat down with company CEO Dr. Tom Leighton, who says the firm’s services are used on a vast scale but are relatively unknown.

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