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Future Blockchain Summit

Here’s a glimpse at the Future Blockchain Summit 2022’s top disruptors

The fifth edition of the summit will take place from October 10-13, 2022 at the Dubai World Trade Centre

Vectra AI

Vectra AI to showcase power of attack-signal intelligence at Gitex Global

The company has set aside space for three demo screens that will show different security operations centre capabilities

13th Gen Intel Core processor

Intel launches 13th Gen Core processors

The 13th Gen Intel Core desktop ‘K’ processors and the Intel Z790 chipset will be available starting October 20, 2022

Alteia

French enterprise AI platform Alteia closes its latest funding round led by Wa’ed Ventures

The company will increase its presence in Saudi Arabia by opening an office in Dhahran to develop industrial vision-based solutions

Syed Basar Shueb, CEO Off IHC

Abu Dhabi-based IHC acquires majority stake in Emircom for Dhs250m to expand digital portfolio

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Emircom has a wide customer base that includes government organisations, educational institutes, finance houses and healthcare organisations

Swimlane

Cybersecurity firm Swimlane expands into META, appoints Ashraf Sheet to head regional operations

The company’s expansion comes following a recently announced $70m growth funding round led by Activate Capital

XA Group

UAE’s XA Group rolls out blockchain-based solution to end impasse over claims recovery

Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company, Emirates Insurance Company, Yas Takaful and Oriental Insurance Company are among the first to adopt the solution in the UAE

IG Group appoints Sharaz Hussain to senior executive officer role

IG Group appoints Sharaz Hussain to senior executive officer role

Prior to that, he held senior finance executive positions at several institutions including ICAP, MF Global, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan

Sayed Hashish

Cisco appoints Sayed Hashish as VP of customer experience for the Middle East and Africa

Hashish will help shape Cisco’s strategic CX direction, with a strong focus on leveraging technology to support digitisation, innovation and social inclusion

Gitex Global 2022

Dubai: Gitex Global 2022 to kick off next month

The 42nd edition of the event will take place from October 10-14 at DWTC,  hosting over 4,500 companies and over 100,000 attendees from 170 countries

agility

Kuwait’s Agility Ventures invests in India’s e-commerce platform Shiprocket

The investment was part of Agility’s strategy to expand across digital logistics and e-commerce in high-growth markets

amana_CEO_Muhammad Rasoul

Neo broker amana launches trading app, offers access to regional and global markets

The platform offers stocks, commodities, ETFs, currencies and crypto among other assets through the app

Buy-now-pay-later

Buy-now-pay-later firms switch from Gen Z shoppers to businesses

Startups such as Billie, Mondu, Tranch and Tillit are offering buy-now-pay-later solutions to companies in an attempt to secure a slice of the $700bn industry

digitalisation

How cloud computing will serve as the foundation for business innovation

Cloud-first strategy is becoming increasingly popular among businesses following the Covid-19 pandemic

Carrefour Egypt partners with Merge to provide sign language interpretation

Carrefour Egypt stores will offer sign language interpretation

Carrefour has partnered with Merge, an IT company to launch simultaneous sign language interpretation in its stores

FedEx insights on e-commerce

What’s driving the e-commerce industry: consumer behaviour or digital innovations?

More than ever, consumers now want fast, on-time and flexible delivery solutions, with the option of easy returns

distributed denial-of-service

Insights: The changing distributed denial-of-service threat landscape

The scale and sophistication of the DDoS attacks launched by the new botnet, drawing power from compromised internet of things devices, is unprecedented

AI driven software solutions

Saudi tech startup Elevatus raises $10.5m in Series A funding round

The funding round was co-led by venture capital firm Global Ventures and Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm of Aramco

Chip

Insights: A new normal is dividing the global chip industry

Chipmakers that focus mainly on older technology for mainstream use are seeing a more dramatic slowdown

Smart Salem to provide swift medical screening for UAE residence visas

Smart Salem centre to provide swift medical test for UAE residency visa

The state-of-the-art facility will allow customers to obtain medical fitness results within 30 minutes

MoIAT, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards

UAE’s MoIAT, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards partner to boost standardisation

The aim of the MoU is to enhance technical collaboration and knowledge exchanges in standardisation to facilitate bilateral trade

Veeam

Veeam to present modern data protection solutions at Gitex Global

The company will deliver live demonstrations of its platform for cloud, virtual, physical, software-as-a-service and Kubernetes environments

stocks

Tech stocks brace for more bleeding as Fed ratchets up rates

Technology and other growth stocks have been battered this year amid slowing economic growth and soaring interest rates

CybelAngel

Digital risk protection platform CybelAngel expands to UAE and Saudi Arabia

The company’s regional director of Middle East and Turkey, Adnan Taha, will oversee its operations in the Middle East

Lookout

Lookout to exhibit data-centric cloud security portfolio at Gitex Global

The company will showcase how its security service edge technologies enable organisations to gain insight required to secure data

Tintra

Tintra secures fintech services licence to operate in Qatar

Tintra is using artificial intelligence and Web3 technologies to build a global, borderless banking infrastructure

Trellix

Trellix to showcase ‘Living Security’ XDR architecture at Gitex Global

The company will also exhibit demos on its endpoint, data security and professional services consulting

Oracle Abu Dhabi

Oracle boosts investment in Abu Dhabi with new innovation hub

The hub will act as a catalyst to inspire and empower creative ideas that will enable the digital future

Sheikh Hamdan launches robotics and automation programme for Dubai

As part of the programme, 200,000 robots will be provided over the next 10 years to increase productivity across various sectors

Epson

Epson to showcase sustainable, energy-efficient solutions at Gitex Global

The company’s solutions for the healthcare, retail, construction and education industries will take centre stage during the event