Loyalty rules

The retail segment in the region is growing at an escalating scale. According to a Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry report, retailing in UAE alone is expected to reach AED 200 billion by 2017. Reseller ME explores how retailers can develop a strong loyalty programme to differentiate from stiff competition.

Micro management

Marshall Choy, Oracle’s VP of systems solutions engineering, tells James Dartnell about the firm’s incorporation of security and analytics into its latest microprocessor.

Cisco to shed 5,500 jobs

Cisco Systems plans to lay off approximately 7 percent of its global workforce, in a restructuring that will see it further focus on hot IT areas such as the internet of things, security, collaboration, next-generation data centres, and the cloud.

Access denied

Recognising the potential harm of a host of threats brought on by employee naivety, Bahri & Mazroei Trading Company’s IT manager Madhusuthan opted for a fresh security solution to tackle social media overuse and abuse.

Intel snaps up Nervana

Intel is buying deep-learning start-up Nervana Systems, in a deal that could help it make up for lost ground in the increasingly hot area of artificial intelligence.

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