The country’s Prime Minister Theresa May recently announced that government will be doubling visas available for global talent in areas like digital technology and science to 2,000 to help retain an edge after Brexit.
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Micro Focus shares drop after missing revenue targets
Micro Focus shares tumbled 17 percent at the beginning of the week, rebounding only fractionally over the next few days.1 2737
Uber loses UK court appeal against drivers’ rights
Uber has reportedly lost its appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be classed as workers with minimum-wage rights rather than self-employed.
UAE wholesale data centre provider Khazna set for expansion
Laing O’Rourke, a UK-based contractor, has reportedly been appointed by UAE-based Khazna to design, build and fit-out data centre pods 4, 5 and 6 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for doubling its data centre capacity.
Smart Dubai contact centre receives global recognition
Smart Dubai has announced that it has achieved another global milestone with Smart Dubai Government Establishment contact centre being awarded the ISO 18295 Certification, Parts I and II, as well as the CCA Global Certification for Contact Centre Management.
Gigamon signs up with Exclusive Networks for EMEA
Exclusive Networks Middle East, the value-added services and technologies distributor, has announced Gigamon as the latest vendor to be added …
British security officials link NHS cyber-attack to N. Korea
British security officials believe that hackers in North Korea were behind the cyber-attack that crippled parts of the NHS and other organisations around the world last month, according to a BBC report.
Bloomberg: Apple helped UK investigate terror attacks
“We have been cooperating with the U.K. government not only in law enforcement kind of matters but on some of the attacks,” Cook said.
Smart Dubai reveals ‘Global Blockchain Challenge’ winners
The Smart Dubai Office has announced results of the first Blockchain Challenge, which awarded a grand total of $45,000 to the most promising solutions using blockchain technology.
Linguistic analysis shows WannaCry’s possible links to China
A recent report stated that an analysis by research firm Flashpoint suggests Chinese-speaking criminals may have been behind the WannaCry ransomware.
Cisco: Three-quarters of IoT projects are failing
Despite the forward momentum, a new study conducted by Cisco shows that 60 percent of IoT initiatives stall at the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage and, even worse, a third of all completed projects were not considered a success.