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Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem to contribute over $74bn to UAE economy in 4 years

The report, launched at GITEX Global 2024, found that Microsoft, its ecosystem and IT departments in customer companies will add 41,800 new skilled IT jobs into the UAE economy between 2024-28

AWS, e& sign over $1bn deal to drive cloud, AI growth in region

AWS, e& sign over $1bn deal to drive cloud, AI growth in region

This collaboration comes as Middle Eastern businesses increasingly shift to cloud-based operations, with public cloud adoption expected to unlock $733bn in economic value by 2033

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GITEX GLOBAL 2024: Two mega venues, one massive tech event

The world’s largest technology exhibition, GITEX GLOBAL, returns for its 44th edition, bringing together tech innovators, start-ups, and investors from across the globe

New Oracle Database@AWS to ensure seamless cloud integration

New Oracle Database@AWS to ensure seamless cloud integration

The service is expected to be available in preview later this year, with wider availability planned for 2025

Fintech Surge

A sneak peek at the keynote speakers of 24 Fintech 2024

The 24 Fintech Summit promises to be a landmark event for Saudi Arabia as well as the GCC region, offering attendees a comprehensive view of the trends, challenges, and opportunities set to shape the industry in the coming years

Oracle

Oracle launches second public cloud region in Saudi Arabia

Oracle’s footprint expands to eight cloud regions in the Middle East and North Africa region

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Microsoft’s latest outage caused by ‘DDoS attack’

Microsoft revealed that a distributed-denial-of-service cyberattack triggered the Azure cloud application outage in the US

Moody’s upgrades Turkey’s ratings to B1 on tight monetary policy

Turkey announces $30bn incentives package for high tech areas

President Erdogan said that Ankara would unveil an incentive packages for high tech areas totalling $30bn

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Core42, Qualcomm launch Compass 2.0 to advance AI solutions

The platform, which soft-launched in January, has successfully processed approximately 150 billion tokens since its inception

IT MICROSOFT-BDOS

World’s ‘biggest IT fail’ in numbers: Billions lost, millions of devices impacted, thousands of flights hit

The outage affected major companies including Amazon, Delta Airlines, Bank of America, and Visa among others

CrowdStrike CEO: “This is not a security incident or cyberattack”

CrowdStrike’s share price fell over 3 per cent in trade on the NASDAQ amid a ‘blue screen of death outage’

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Microsoft lays blame at CrowdStrike’s door for global outage

Microsoft’s cloud unit said it was currently investigating potential options its customers can take for mitigation

LSEG

LSEG platform suffers widespread downtime, trading hit

During Asian trading hours, LSEG said its news services were experiencing a global technical issue that prevented news from being published on its platform

Microsoft

Microsoft global outage: Major banks, airlines and media impacted

Microsoft attributed the error to a recent update from CrowdStrike

Amazon Web Services' Kevin Miller talks about the company's growth in the region

AWS’ Kevin Miller on AI, sustainability and plans for the region

In an interview with Gulf Business, Kevin Miller, VP – Global Data Centres at Amazon Web Services (AWS), delves into the company’s significant expansions and strategic initiatives in the MENAT region

du teams up with Oracle to launch hyperscale cloud, sovereign AI services for govt, public sector

du to launch hyperscale cloud, sovereign AI services for govt, public sector

The telecom operator has teamed up with Oracle, which remains the only hyperscaler capable of delivering AI and a suite of cloud services across dedicated, public, and hybrid cloud environments globally

Oracle - Morocco

Oracle expands footprint in Morocco with new investments in R&D

An estimated 40 percent of the new positions will be located outside Morocco’s regions of greater Casablanca and Rabat-Salé-Kenitra

Insights: The future of cloud adoption in the Middle East

Insights: The future of cloud adoption in the Middle East

Cloud adoption in the Middle East is significantly transforming the digital landscape – but what does the road ahead look like?

Huawei

Huawei continues rebound with strongest earnings growth since 2019

While the company’s core ICT infrastructure business remained stable, its cloud business grew by more than a fifth, generating revenue of CNY55.3bn

LEAP

Tech investments approach $13bn on Day 2 at LEAP 2024

The Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Centre in Malham witnessed the unveiling of investments aimed at supporting local start-up ecosystems

Cloudflare co-founder Michelle Zatlyn

Cloudflare co-founder Michelle Zatlyn: ‘Middle East internet usage up 20%’

The Cloudflare co-founder says internet growth in the Middle East was 20 per cent in the last quarter of 2023, far higher than the global average of 5 per cent

LEAP 2024

LEAP 2024: AWS, IBM, Dell and other tech firms commit massive $11.9bn in investments

The announcement underscores Saudi Arabia’s position as a growing tech powerhouse in the region

AWS to invest $5.3 bn in Saudi Arabia, open data centres

AWS unveils $5.3bn investment to advance Saudi Arabia’s cloud infrastructure

The new region will consist of three availability zones at launch, adding to the existing 105 zones across 33 geographic regions globally

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2024

Mobile World Congress 2024: What to expect from big tech brands

The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress expects to attract close to 100,000 attendees from across the technology universe

Genetec Security Center

Cloud, collaboration, and analytics take centre stage in 2024, reveals Genetec

As technology adoption grows and remote access from external networks becomes more common, the partnership between IT and physical security will continue to develop, predicts Genetec

Richard Smith is executive vice president of technology for Oracle’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

Powering up GCC’s cloud: Oracle EMEA EVP talks growth, future plans

Richard Smith, Oracle’s Executive Vice President for Technology, EMEA, unpacks how cloud growth is surging in his region

Microsoft Satya Nadella

Microsoft hits $3tn market value, second to Apple

Microsoft is widely seen as a frontrunner in the race for market dominance in the rollout of generative artificial intelligence

Shareek programme to suppport Saudi Arabia's private sector

Saudi Arabia records 40% jump in cloud computing growth

The issuance of cloud computing permits in Saudi Arabia increased 40 per cent year-on-year to reach 1,759 for the last quarter

Huawei

Huawei advances Saudi cloud operation with new licence

The licencing allows Huawei Cloud to deliver cutting-edge Cloud Services to both public and private sectors across the kingdom and the wider region

Archit Gupta, CEO of Cleartax with insights on tools to aid tax compliance KSA and GCC

Getting tax-ready: Navigating compliance in Saudi Arabia, GCC

Embracing tools such as VAT Filing Reconciliation and Assistance and Accounts Payable Automation becomes crucial to ensure efficient, accurate tax operations and compliance