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Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Carolyn McLean

Construction & Industry
Sustainability, Sullivan & the Cycle of Inaction.

Carolyn McLean

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Get to know: Shabu Sultan

Technology
Shabu Sultan has been a constant fixture at MTC for the past 5 years, playing a key role in its strategy development.

Get to know: Shabu Sultan

Steady operator

Technology
Qtel has made a steady stream of acquisitions across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia over the last few years, but now the focus is on consolidation, CEO Dr Nasser Marafih tells George Bevir.

Steady operator

Monday, 12 October 2009

Depot master

Construction & Industry
Al-Futtaim Engineering MEP division general manager SS Murali looks back on some of the MEP works involved at the Dubai Metro depots.

Depot master

In the family

Transportation
Tom Nauwelarts of Al-Futtaim Logistics believes buying more trucks and bringing operations in-house was a smart move - despite the change in the market.

In the family

Palm Pilot

Energy
Palm Water is mixing green technologies and international plans in a bid to corner a slice of the all-important regional water market.

Palm Pilot

Sunday, 11 October 2009

Come together

Technology
The Oracle Application User Group held its first meeting earlier this year in Dubai and announced ambitious plans at the time. Five months later, ACN speaks to the group’s chairperson to find out how many have come true.

Come together

Planning finance

Technology
Two years into a mammoth strategic plan, Dubai Bank is firing on all cylinders in its quest to improve efficiency. Nathan Statz talks to Faizal Eledath, CIO of Dubai Bank, to find out more.

Planning finance

Kill the competition

Media & Marketing
Bloomberg chairman Peter Grauer speaks to Arabian Business on the rise and rise of the data dynamo.

Kill the competition

Architecting enterprises

Technology
Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a field is still relatively unknown to the region. Tamás Nacsák, chief enterprise architect at HP’s EDS subsidiary and Peter Lakhegyi, regional sales manager for EA specialist AAM Technologies, clarify the field with Imthishan Giado.

Architecting enterprises

Saturday, 10 October 2009

Private power

Energy
Petrochemicals Middle East visits Tasnee in Saudi Arabia's Al Jubail to meet the president of the petrochemical complex, Saleh Al-Nazha.

Private power

Rotary rules

Energy
Dirk Bosman of APS Technology says measurement and logging while drilling is now firmly in the domain of the region's local oilfield service companies.

Rotary rules

Good downhole chemistry

Energy
Janet Giesselman, general manager of Dow Oil & Gas.

Good downhole chemistry

Show me the money

Media & Marketing
Arabian Business talks to Abdulhamid Juma, head of DIFF about coping with competition and promoting Arab film making.

Show me the money

Top Trump

Construction & Industry
After being whisked off from the Cityscape opening press conference by organisers last week, Donald Trump Junior was hurried into a private conference room for an exclusive chat with five senior journalists. Trump tells Construction Week editor Conrad Egbert his thoughts on the region.

Top Trump

Laying down the law

Construction & Industry
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipal Affairs is currently holding workshops set up to train industry professionals in preparation for new building codes, which will soon be released in the emirate. The department’s undersecretary Ahmad Shareef discusses what the programmes entail.

Laying down the law

Friday, 09 October 2009

Rational thinking

Technology
After carrying out a series of restructuring measures in recent months, IT products distributor Almasa is looking to put the tough times behind it and get back on the attack again. In an exclusive interview with Channel Middle East, CEO Mehdi Amjad outlined how the company is gearing up for a new chapter in its existence.

Rational thinking

Behind the label

Transportation
Jazeera Airways CEO Stefan Pichler plans to move the airline away from its low-cost model.

Behind the label

Silent leader

Transportation
Globelink West Star Shipping steps out of the shadows to celebrate its 20th anniversary as a market leader in the Middle East logistics industry.

Silent leader

Thursday, 08 October 2009

Unatrac bids to conquer Middle East market

Technology
After starting Egypt-based Mantrac’s IT distribution business more than a decade ago, business development director Ismail Abdel Aziz is now in charge of building up the company’s three-year-old Middle East operation, Unatrac. We sat down with him to find out more about the Dell distributor’s regional plans.

Unatrac bids to conquer Middle East market

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