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Cybersecurity report reveals misaligned incentives, overconfidence create advantages for attacker

Intel Security, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), has released Tilting the Playing Field: How Misaligned Incentives Work Against Cybersecurity, a global report and survey revealing three categories of misaligned incentives: corporate structures versus the free flow of criminal enterprises; strategy versus implementation; and senior executives versus those in implementation roles. […]


HR managers in UAE not ready for contract employment, Oracle survey

Businesses in the UAE are inclined to follow the footsteps of their peers in European markets by increasing their hiring of talent on a gig basis, helping them operate more flexibly and bring in specialist skills. New research from Oracle reveals that 64% of human resource leaders in the UAE believe the gig economy approach […]


Global enterprises moving rapidly into hybrid cloud mode

Cloud First. Two simple words, but the approach is now well and truly ensconced into the architecture of many organizations across the world. The desire to migrate quickly towards cloud computing appears to be on the agenda for most organizations. This year the average time before respondents thought their IT budgets would be 80% cloud-based […]


Data protection considered last in security priority, 2017 Thales Data Threat Report

Thales, a leader in critical information systems, cybersecurity and data security, announced the results of its 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research. 68% of respondents have experienced a breach with 26% experiencing a breach in the last year – both numbers that rose from last year. Paradoxically, overall […]


Canon MENA study indicates 62% organisations do not measure printing costs

Despite 76% of MENA organisations saying printing or copying documents is essential or very important to them, 62% of them do not measure print costs efficiently, with the print cost measurement undertaken by organisations being typically basic and informal. This was revealed as part of Canon’s Office Insights 2016 report which aims to highlight the […]


90% consumer purchases still completed in retail stores, AT Kearney

According to AT Kearney, a global management consulting firm, over 90% of purchases are still done in stores in this era of e-commerce. That means malls in the region are bustling with local and visiting shoppers buying for the holiday season, and to manage this shopper rush, regional retailers are increasingly turning to technologies like […]


Security information provider Neustar releases annual Cyber and DDos report

Neustar, a neutral provider of real-time information services, announced the publication of DDoS and Cyber Security Insights, an in-depth research report that provides statistical analysis of the distributed denial of services attack and mitigation data collected through Neustar SiteProtect. The report examines the growth of DDoS attacks during 2016, providing specific insight into multiple attack […]


Adoption of digital technology no guarantee for innovation, Bain and Red Hat survey

Bain & Company and Red Hat, released the results of joint research aimed at determining how deeply enterprises are committed to digital transformation and the benefits these enterprises are seeing. The report, For Traditional Enterprises, the Path to Digital and the Role of Containers, surveyed nearly 450 US executives, IT leaders and IT personnel across […]


Increasing IT purchase by business driving conflict with IT, VMware study

VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, announced research findings that more than two thirds 68% of Middle East business leaders believe management of technology is shifting away from IT to other departments. This is as lines of business take charge of technology led innovation in EMEA organisations. The research, among 1,200 […]


Tracking customer analytics key for retail survival, Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton, the global consulting and technology firm, has found that investing in customer analytics offers exciting opportunities for the growth and development of the regional retail sector. The comprehensive report, Next Generation Retailers: Power Up Your Analytics, discusses how the global retail sector is changing in the face of an unprecedented shift in […]


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