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Bahrain sovereign wealth fund reduces IT costs by 50% with AWS
Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat), the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has recently announced the successful migration of the company’s IT infrastructure to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud and the closure of its onsite and offsite data centres.0 3732
Apple and Amazon ‘in talks’ to set up Saudi presence
Apple and Amazon are having separate discussions over the prospect of opening a presence in Saudi Arabia, two sources have …
E-commerce site Noon to go live in Saudi today
Regional e-commerce platform Noon will launch in Saudi Arabia today, its chief executive told the news portal Zawya. The site, …
Microsoft sets up internal AI university to combat skill shortage
As part of the programme, Microsoft employees will be given detailed insights into different concepts that are important to the development of AI.
Souq adds over a million Amazon products to online store
Souq has announced the launch of the Amazon Global Store, offering its customers in the UAE the ability to shop for over one million Amazon products.
Alibaba to invest in Indian online grocer Bigbasket
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has plans to invest around $200 million in India’s online supermarket Bigbasket, leading a $280 …
Facebook opens new London HQ
Facebook has opened its new London office on Monday and said it would add 800 more jobs in the capital next …
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 …
AWS revamps AWS Partner Network, introduces new competencies
Amazon Web Services, (AWS), an Amazon.com company has unveiled several new features for its marketplace and AWS Partner Network programme …
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 …