Dubai Municipality has launched a new aerial survey service using drone technology to provide real estate companies, consultants, and contractors with detailed data of rectified orthophotos and topographic maps.
GCC drones market to hit $1.5bn by 2022: report
Regionally, much of the predicted market for drones will be driven by the oil and gas ($633m), and utilities ($484m) industries.
Emirates NBD debuts FaceBanking service
Emirates NBD has launched FaceBanking, a new service that will offer the bank’s customers instant video and live chat with advisors on its revamped Online Banking platform as well on the Mobile Banking App.
UAE favoured US tech stocks in H1 2017: Saxo Bank
Saxo Bank’s most traded stocks list has revealed that UAE investors largely opted to buy stocks in American technology companies …
Lack of employee training causes security programme failures
SANS 2017 Security Awareness has revealed the lack of time dedicated to employee training and the lack of communication skills as the key reasons organisations’ cybersecurity awareness programmes fail to meet their objectives.
Vision Fund spree begins with $473m farming, AI bets
SoftBank has announced almost half a billion dollars’ worth of tech investments in a diverse group of companies ranging from …
Juniper Networks names Google veteran Bikash Koley as CTO
Juniper Networks has recently announced that Bikash Koley will be named chief technology officer, reporting to chief executive officer Rami Rahim.
Gartner: Worldwide PC shipments declined 4.3% in Q2 2017
Gartner’s preliminary results revealed that worldwide PC shipments totaled 61.1 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 4.3 …
Google redesigns mobile app, launches personalised ‘Feed’
Google has announced it is revamping its mobile app to include a personalised feed of links about hobbies, travel, sports and other topics – a move that puts the search company into more direct competition with social networks such as Facebook.
Salesforce delivers Einstein AI to onsite, mobile employees
Salesforce has introduced Einstein AI and Analytics for Field Service Lightning, empowering companies to deliver a smarter onsite customer experience.
STME urges UAE businesses to protect IT systems
STME, an IT solutions provider and systems integrator operating in the Middle East, has issued a strong warning to the …
Infor launches industry-specific AI platform, Coleman
Operating below an application’s surface, Coleman mines data and uses powerful machine learning to improve processes such as inventory management, transportation routing, and predictive maintenance.
Cisco appoints new MD for MEA global service provider sales
Cisco has appointed Ali Amer as the managing director for global service provider sales in the Middle East and Africa. …
Report: AWS considers building software for DCs with VMware
Post their partnership announcement in October 2016, Amazon Web Services is now examining the possibilities of building software for corporate …
TRA Bahrain issues telecoms infrastructure legislation
“This is a major step forward for Bahrain as no such legislation existed previously in the Kingdom, or even the region,” said TRA’s director of cybersecurity, Dr Khalid bin Duaij Al Khalifa.
Extreme cyber-attack could cost world economy $53B: Lloyd’s
According to a scenario described in new research by Lloyd’s, an insurance market specialist and Cyence, a cyber risk analytics modelling firm, a major global cyber-attack has the potential to trigger up to $53 billion of economic losses.
Dell predicts new era of human-machine partnerships
In 2030, every organisation will be a technology organisation and as such businesses need to start thinking today about how to future-proof their infrastructure and workforce, according to a report published by Dell Technologies.
SAP launches Leonardo IoT solutions
SAP has announced new Internet of Things solutions for its digital innovation system Leonardo. The recently announced Leonardo system has been enhanced …
Brand Builders: Rising stars of the regional IT marketing
Intelligent marketing strategies have the ability to put a brand on the map and increase its sales and reputation considerably. …
Microsoft unveils AI app to aid visually impaired iOS users
As well as recognising people it’s seen before and guessing strangers’ age and emotion, the app can identify household products by scanning barcodes.