The initiative will enhance government services by increasing efficiency, improving accessibility for citizens and residents, creating greater transparency
This new platform is set to run the world’s largest open-source frontier model, powered by the fastest inference speeds for Llama 405B
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
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
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
The service is expected to be available in preview later this year, with wider availability planned for 2025
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’s footprint expands to eight cloud regions in the Middle East and North Africa region
Microsoft revealed that a distributed-denial-of-service cyberattack triggered the Azure cloud application outage in the US
President Erdogan said that Ankara would unveil an incentive packages for high tech areas totalling $30bn
The platform, which soft-launched in January, has successfully processed approximately 150 billion tokens since its inception
The outage affected major companies including Amazon, Delta Airlines, Bank of America, and Visa among others
CrowdStrike’s share price fell over 3 per cent in trade on the NASDAQ amid a ‘blue screen of death outage’
Microsoft’s cloud unit said it was currently investigating potential options its customers can take for mitigation
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 attributed the error to a recent update from CrowdStrike
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
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
An estimated 40 percent of the new positions will be located outside Morocco’s regions of greater Casablanca and Rabat-Salé-Kenitra
Cloud adoption in the Middle East is significantly transforming the digital landscape – but what does the road ahead look like?
While the company’s core ICT infrastructure business remained stable, its cloud business grew by more than a fifth, generating revenue of CNY55.3bn
The Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Centre in Malham witnessed the unveiling of investments aimed at supporting local start-up ecosystems
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
The announcement underscores Saudi Arabia’s position as a growing tech powerhouse in the region
The new region will consist of three availability zones at launch, adding to the existing 105 zones across 33 geographic regions globally
The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress expects to attract close to 100,000 attendees from across the technology universe
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, Oracle’s Executive Vice President for Technology, EMEA, unpacks how cloud growth is surging in his region
Microsoft is widely seen as a frontrunner in the race for market dominance in the rollout of generative artificial intelligence
The issuance of cloud computing permits in Saudi Arabia increased 40 per cent year-on-year to reach 1,759 for the last quarter