Oracle announced its new cloud data centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is now live and available in the Oracle Cloud …
Saudi Arabia’s Neom to build world’s first ‘solar dome’ desalination plant
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to adopt solar technology to power a desalination plant that produces clean, low-cost, environmentally friendly fresh water at the smart mega-city Neom.
Majid Al Futtaim set to revolutionise Carrefour’s online orders
Majid Al Futtaim has announced a strategic partnership with Takeoff, a US-based technology company that offers best-in-class eGrocery automation solutions, to revolutionise Carrefour’s online orders in the UAE and KSA.
Saudi Arabia hosts world’s first AI Art hackathon
The world’s first AI Art hackathon, the AI Artathon, has opened in Riyadh with 300 experts in data science and AI, graphic designers and artists competing to create visual arts using artificial intelligence.
Saudi Arabia accused of hacking Jeff Bezos’s phone
Amazon.com’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’s mobile phone was hacked in 2018 following an exchange with the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman on encrypted messaging service WhatsApp.
Saudi Arabia’s Mobily teams up with Ericsson to accelerate digital services
Saudi Arabia’s Mobily has signed an agreement with Ericsson to leverage the latter’s products and solutions to support its drive to empower the kingdom’s government and private sectors towards digital transformation.
Emirates NBD boosts AED 1 billion digital transformation
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, has completed the third phase of its international core banking system …
Fawaz Alhokair moves to AWS to accelerate digital transformation
Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair & Co., one of the largest franchise retailers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, MENA, Central Asia …
Takween taps SAP to boost KSA’s manufacturing sector to US $450B by 2030
Takween Advanced Industries Company, a leading global supplier of plastic conversion technologies, has digitally transformed on SAP cloud data centre …
Saudi telecom company taps IFS to improve customer experience
Global enterprise applications company IFS announced that Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selected IFS Service Management to increase process efficiency, …
McDonald’s leverages Snapchat Lens for MENA recruitment campaign
McDonald’s has become the first company in the MENA region to use a Snapchat Lens for a recruitment campaign. Launching …
How Saudi insurance firm Najm is leveraging technology to fight fraud
Deputy editor Giorgia Guantario sat down with Dr Mohammad Alsuliman, CEO of Najm for Insurance Services to understand how the …
Zain rolls out first-ever 5G roaming service in MENA
Zain Group has successfully launched the region’s first 5G roaming service between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, with download speeds reaching as high as 500 Mbps for both outbound and inbound roaming.
Nutanix reinforces commitment in Saudi Arabia with expansion initiatives
Nutanix has that it is further investing in Saudi Arabia by opening a new office and hiring new technical and …