Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has partnered with innogy International to deliver a startup investment and incubator vehicle for …
Gartner: automation to transform workplace outsourcing
Intelligent automation will transform workplace outsourcing according to Gartner, with the research firm saying that sourcing and vendor management leaders must …
FireMon signs distribution partnership with StarLink
StarLink, a regional value-added distributor (VAD), has signed a distribution partnership with FireMon, a global player in network security policy …
AWS introduces Alexa for Business
At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, (AWS), an Amazon.com company has announced Alexa for Business, a new AWS service that …
Dubai Customs’ Smart Refund initiative backs Expo 2020, AI efforts
The Smart Refund initiative has also reduced costs by 80 percent, leading to AED 23.5m in savings, and 99 percent client satisfaction.
AWS pushes into trillion-dollar cybersecurity market
The cybersecurity market is expanding rapidly — to the tune of $1 trillion in global spending expected over the next five years. That means a …
Amazon steps up pace in AI race
Amazon.com this week announced a flurry of new machine learning features for its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, raising …
GE’s Bill Ruh: ‘Digital transformation cannot be subjective’
Tahawul Tech caught up with Bill Ruh, GE’s first ever appointed chief digital officer, to find out what it takes to head up the digital strategy of a 125-year old multinational conglomerate.
Google’s AI can spot shoulder surfers looking at your phone
Google has reportedly developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered technology that alerts users in real time when someone looks at their phone over the shoulder.
Dubai Startup Hub hosts 10 innovation workshops
Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has hosted a series of 10 workshops …
Eugene Kaspersky: We would never spy for Russia
Founder and CEO of Moscow-based anti-virus software company Kaspersky Lab Eugene Kaspersky said that he would quit and move the business out of Russia if intelligence agencies ever asked his company to spy for it.
Consultation launched to define ‘courts of the future’
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts and Dubai Future Foundation have invited global experts in law, technology, IT and …
Krypto Labs launches $500k drone contest
Krypto Labs has launched a worldwide search for the best unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) innovators through a drone technology startup competition. Aimed …
AW Rostamani’s Shift Technologies, Google seal cloud partnership
UAE-based company Shift Technologies will now be able to provide customers with access to Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and data analytics services.
Tech will create more jobs than it will destroy in energy sector: survey
The survey was released on the eve of the Oman Energy Forum, which seeks to explore how the future of work will be impacted by digital disruption.
Will robots really spell ‘sweet dreams’ for humanity?
Following Atlas’ acrobatics act, Musk said “This is nothing. In a few years, that bot will move so fast you’ll need a strobe light to see it. Sweet dreams.”
McAfee to buy Skyhigh Networks
McAfee will be acquiring Skyhigh Networks, a cloud data storage security player, for an undisclosed amount, as per an announcement made …
Human-machine partnerships: what to expect in 2018
Mohammed Amin, SVP, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Dell EMC highlights the upcoming trends in human-machine partnerships for 2018.
Imdaad enlists Microsoft for smarter facilities
Microsoft has announced that Dubai-based integrated facilities Management firm Imdaad has adopted its cloud and productivity solutions. The move has …
KHDA chief: AI teachers will arrive within a decade
The head of Dubai’s education board, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), has said that artificial intelligence-powered teachers will …