Organisations across multiple sectors in the UAE and the wider oil-producing Gulf region have felt the squeeze amidst a tough macroeconomic climate of low crude prices, slower economic growth and tight liquidity from banks.
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SAP’s Gergi Abboud: why GCC firms must evolve for new digital era
Gergi Abboud, senior vice president and general manager, SAP Middle East South, tells Arabian Business why businesses must evolve for a new era – and fast
Artificial intelligence
Video: China’s digital plans for the Middle East
Over the past few years, the world has been abuzz with talk of China’s enormously ambitious $1tr Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (also known as the New Silk Road) that seeks to expand its transportation and energy infrastructure around the world to improve connectivity with the rest of the globe – and perhaps extend both its soft and hard power capabilities.
Ahmed Saad
Dubai data firm wins $1.1m funding to expand operations
Crowd Analyzer, the data intelligence provider, receives funding from a group of venture capital firms based in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
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First batch of female data scientists certified in Saudi Arabia
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University partners with tech giant Dell to train and certify Saudi Arabia’s first female data scientists
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Revealed: the cost of Saudi, UAE data breaches
New IBM Security report finds that data breaches cost companies in Saudi Arabia and the UAE $163 per lost or stolen record
big data
Majid Al Futtaim to create a more personalised experience for consumers
Majid Al Futtaim will use the latest data and analytics technology to personalise the shopping experience for its customers, the company has announced.
Amazon Web Services
Focus: Bahrain to become home for ‘big data’
Amazon Web Services has unveiled plans to build at least three data centres in the island kingdom, fuelling the cloud computing industry and economic growth