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Friday, 27 November 2009 10:15 UAE time

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Saturday, 10 October 2009

Leaner but greener

Construction & Industry
Building green is still high on the agenda for those looking to save the big bucks in the UAE.

Leaner but greener

Cities in the sand

Construction & Industry
City of Arabia is self-described as the ‘heart of Dubailand'. CW takes a closer look at how work is progessing on site.

Cities in the sand

Stand strong

Construction & Industry
Construction Week discovers the benefits of emerging concrete technologies and how significantly they are set to improve the quality of buildings in the Middle East.

Stand strong

Cashing in with Kuwait

Construction & Industry
With substantial oil revenues and massive ambition, Kuwait City may take centre stage in years to come.

Cashing in with Kuwait

Friday, 09 October 2009

End game

Media & Marketing
As ART moves to head off the last illegal access point to its signals ahead of next summer's World Cup, Digital Broadcast examines the company's claims to have defeated pay TV piracy and investigates what the development could mean for the industry as a whole.

End game

Fast food

Travel & Hospitality
Entering their final lap in the run up to the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,how are Yas Island's F&B operators preparing their teams for the onslaught of hungry race-goers?

Fast food

Iran engages on nuclear issue, concedes little

Politics & Economics
Iran seemed flexible at talks with world powers to mute calls for more sanctions, but signalled no retreat from its nuke goals.

Iran engages on nuclear issue, concedes little

Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Bright future

Technology
Rising mobile penetration and a forward-thinking regulator are just two of the reasons why Middle East operators are keen to expand into Morocco. CommsMEA looks at the issues affecting the country's telecom sector.

Bright future

State of play

Media & Marketing
Increasing regional competition, anachronistic legislation and a sponsorship market in a state of flux threaten to derail Dubai's position as the number one live events market in the Middle East. Aaron Greenwood investigates.

State of play

Joining the service?

Technology
The downturn might be increasing the uptake of hosted services. But do money saving motives outweigh fears over hosted security? Which headache is worse; the worry of offloading security work, or the bother of carrying it out in-house? Julian Pletts finds out if security as a service is really a viable option.

Joining the service?

Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Dream Machine 2009

Technology
The WINDOWS team constructs Dream Machine 09 using a CPU that can handle eight simultaneous threads, boasts 6GB of memory and uses two SSDs running in RAID 0. If you're curious about what other components feature in Dream Machine 09 and fancy taking the machine home, read on...

Dream Machine 2009

Big guns set sights on channel at GITEX 2009

Technology
There will be host of announcements during this year's GITEX Technology Week.

Big guns set sights on channel at GITEX 2009

Managing memberships

Travel & Hospitality
Investing in the right customer relations management system will help health clubs keep close to consumers and ahead of competition says Louise Birchall.

Managing memberships

Monday, 05 October 2009

Forward looking

Transportation
How Gulf Air's new CEO aims to unite the workforce to ensure the future survival of the airline.

Forward looking

Ride on

Media & Marketing
Last month's gala multi-venue launch of the Dubai Metro marked a significant milestone as the GCC's first major event to incorporate a stereoscopic 3D film presentation. Could it signify the beginning of a new era for live events production? Aaron Greenwood checks in with the principals to find out.

Ride on

Sunday, 04 October 2009

Hitting the accelerator

Technology
Blue Coat: Accessing applications over WANs should be a faster business.

Hitting the accelerator

Saturday, 03 October 2009

Chasing the dragon

Construction & Industry
Are the deepening trade ties between China & Gulf states just a marriage of convenience?

Chasing the dragon

The most important Cityscape yet

Construction & Industry
Could this year’s event mark a watershed for the local and global development industry?

The most important Cityscape yet

Building a new Riyadh

Construction & Industry
Unaffected by the global economic downturn, Saudi Arabia is furiously constructing its King Abdullah Financial District, a project destined to become a new city centre for Riyadh. Now with a mere 30 months left to finish the bulk of the work, the pace is fast and the challenge immense.

Building a new Riyadh

The building superpower

Construction & Industry
Saudi Arabia has braved one of the worst financial crises the world has seen and is forging ahead with some of the biggest projects in the GCC. But where is this giant heading and is it really all that strong?

The building superpower

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