The Internet of Things IoT continues to gain a strong footing in the GCC across different sectors ranging from manufacturing and transportation to energy. The vulnerability of IoT to external cyber threats remains high – in fact even higher than traditional IT – a Booz Allen Hamilton report released in 2017, has highlighted. The Booz […]

Etisalat Digital announced its partnership with Cars Taxi to implement smart surveillance solutions and analytics across its fleet of 2,180 taxis in Dubai enabling them to manage and conduct real-time monitoring of all the taxis bringing in efficiency and improving customer experience and safety. This end-to-end automotive surveillance solution is implemented in compliance with RTA’s […]

2017: YEAR IN REVIEW In 2017, VMware had a marquee year. VMware announced partnerships with Amadeus, Amazon Web Services, Dell EMC, Fujitsu, Google, HARMAN, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, Samsung, Vodafone Group. VMware launched new and expanded versions of cloud, mobility, virtualisation, and security solutions, led by AppDefense and NSX. Supporting software-defined technology take-up, VMware signed a […]

2017: YEAR IN REVIEW OMA Emirates has introduced new services as well as implemented several projects which have helped move into new and uncharted avenues. The OMA Emirates Benefit Beyond platform which was previously focused only on being a loyalty card now has several new services added on to the platform and provides customers with […]

2017: YEAR IN REVIEW 2017 has been an exciting year for IFS. With a growing interest in adopting IoT especially in the enterprise sector, IFS continued to work with customers to raise awareness of IFS IoT Business Connector that shortens the time from ideas to tangible benefits for their IoT initiatives by providing an end-to-end […]

2017: YEAR IN REVIEW GE Digital is driving digital transformation at the right juncture as regional governments are increasing focus on digital transformation, especially with the goal of leveraging the skills of the tech-savvy Arab youth. There is a clear understanding that digital is here and now, and not something to be applied in the […]

PREDICTIONS 2018 With all the personal technology currently available, it can be difficult for businesses to decipher which represent an opportunity for end customers and which are too immature to warrant any attention. But when used correctly, these technologies can have big business impact. For example, Mastercard recently revealed card with fingerprint authentication embedded in […]

CHANNEL OUTLOOK 2018 In 2017 HPE Aruba channels grew in most countries but sectors varied. The vendor had strong business in UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Turkey in Hospitality. Education was strong in Turkey and UAE while Telecom was strong in Oman with some signs of return from Saudi Arabia. Public sector was strong in Egypt, […]

PREDICTIONS 2018 Senior executives from Dimension Data including Joe Manuele, Group Executive Customer Experience and Workplace Productivity; Alex Bennet, Group End-user Computing GTM Director, Workspace Productivity; and Dino Marasco, Senior Vice President GTM and Business Development, Collaboration and Customer Experience Business Unit; share their thoughts on what will be the top digital workplaces trends to […]

You are standing in your local coffee shop waiting for your order watching other customers try to keep from spilling their coffee as they open the door. What if you sent a suggestion to the coffee shop and they began installing automatic doors? This is the idea behind the My Starbucks Idea community on which over 200,000 […]