The race to build Middle East data centres is swiftly gathering pace. As public and private sector organisations across the …
How driverless cars will bring a new cybersecurity challenge
It has long been a favourite scene in films and television dramas: a driver desperately stamping on the pedals in …
Ivanti announces Middle East expansion
Ivanti, the company that unifies IT to better manage and secure the digital workplace, has announced that it has further expanded into the Middle East, with its office in Dubai.
Pure Storage launches AI-powered platform
Pure Storage has announced the industry’s first comprehensive AI-Ready Infrastructure, AIRI, powered by NVIDIA.
How to create data-centric security strategies
Thomas Fischer, global security advocate, Digital Guardian, on how organisations can create data-centric security strategies in 2018. As businesses continue …
The dark recruiter
Ian Bancroft, vice president and general manager, EMEA, Secureworks, gives an overview of how threat actors operate. It’s no secret …
IoT security spending to spike above $1.5 billion
Corporate spending to protect internet of things devices will be driven to a large extent by regulatory requirements, Gartner says.
“Uber self-driven crash could have been avoided”: Experts
The pedestrian killed on Sunday by a self-driving Uber SUV had crossed at least one open lane of road before …
Op-Ed: Will artificial intelligence take over our jobs?
Humanity experienced several technological revolutions, which mainly led to an increase in productivity, efficiency and overall improvements in our lives. Usually, when certain jobs were eliminated, the new ones, which never existed before, were born out of newer innovations and technologies. As an example, digital marketing specialists didn’t exist before computers were invented.
It may be 2019 before Android catches up with Apple’s Face ID tech
Most Android phones will have to wait until 2019 to duplicate the 3D sensing feature behind Apple’s Face ID security, handicapping Samsung and others on a technology that is set to be worth billions in revenue over the next few years.
Op-Ed: Why blockchain will be the key to customer happiness
Ahmed Helmy explains why blockchain will enable organisations to enhance their ability to anticipate requirements and proactively respond to customer demands.
UAE takes pole position in MENA digital banking: report
The UAE is now leading the pack regionally with an impressive 16.4 % in digital penetration. Through substantial spending and attracting private investments, the UAE has been strategically positioned on the path to becoming one of the most digitally advanced countries in the world, claims the report.
Customer service may look very different in 2020
Twenty-five percent of customer service and support operations will integrate virtual customer assistant (VCA) or chatbot technology across engagement channels by 2020, up from less than two percent in 2017, according to Gartner.
Hungarian car firm touts “vision-first” approach to autonomous driving
It will take about a decade for fully autonomous or almost fully autonomous technology to filter down into family cars, a fast-growing company working on the technology has predicted.
Nearly half of global CIOs plan to roll out AI projects soon: study
Gartner’s 2018 CIO Agenda Survey shows that four percent of CIOs have implemented AI, while a further 46 percent have developed plans to do so.
Why partners need to bet on SMBs
Contributing a large chunk to the Middle East economy, small and medium sized businesses (SMB) comprise the majority of regional …
4 key lessons for early AI adopters to remember
As with most emerging or unfamiliar technologies, early adopters are facing many obstacles to the progress of AI in their organisations. Gartner analysts have identified the following four lessons that have emerged from these early AI projects.
Saudi Cybersecurity Federation, SANS Institute sign MoU
The Saudi Cybersecurity and Programming Federation and SANS Institute have come together to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU), in …
“AI cannot match intelligence of …cat or dog”: robotics professor
A leading international robotics professor has claimed that sophisticated artificial intelligence systems are currently a distant reality and that statistics …
When to use blockchain for security purposes
Blockchain has the potential to improve encryption and authentication, and that could be good news for IoT security and DDoS protection.