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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

Simulation of UAE’s 2117 Mars to be created in the metaverse

Simulation of UAE’s 2117 Mars mission to be created in the metaverse

Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and Bedu will collaborate on the ideation, creative development, and visualisation of the 2117 metaverse elements

Tikety careem

Careem, Tikety partner to provide easy access to events in UAE

Careem customers can now use its Super App to search for, purchase and manage tickets and bookings for museums, tours and other activities across the UAE

Abu Dhabi Digital Authority lainches cybersecurity campaigncampaign

Abu Dhabi Digital Authority launches campaign to boost cybersecurity awareness 

The awareness will enable ADDA to spread the culture of cybersecurity among Abu Dhabi government employees and the general public

John Lickrish CEO Flash Entertainment

Flash Entertainment officially opens Saudi headquarters in Riyadh

Since its inception in 2008, Flash Entertainment has worked with global brands, including Disney, FIFA, NBA, UFC and WWE, as well as various international AAA music performers

Amiviz

AmiViz to display comprehensive suite of cybersecurity solutions at Gitex Global

Channel partners will have the opportunity to learn how to navigate the brand’s app during the event to request for quotations

Apple store

Apple will hike app store prices from Europe to Asia next month

Apple earlier this summer raised prices across its Mac, iPhone and iPad ranges

Egypt post

Egypt Post signs agreement with SAP to establish an integrated system for cloud solutions

The agreement will allow Egypt Post to study, analyse and develop current business cycles in a practical way

UAE's economy

Here’s how digitisation can support UAE’s non-oil economy

The widespread adoption of technologies such as cloud computing, big data, AI and 5G makes it easier to discover potential data value and improve efficiency

Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance,

Binance secures MVP licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority

The licence is an important milestone that follows a number of registrations for Binance’s local entities in the MENA region and across Europe in Italy, France and Spain

technology

Insights: Advancing the role of tax authorities through technology

Tax authorities are aggressively adopting artificial intelligence to generate and preserve taxpayer data

HSBC executes first blockchain transaction for Middle East’s automotive sector

The Contour platform deploys decentralised technology to integrate digital networks for transfer of data across trade routes

Oracle Saudi

Oracle appoints Reham Almusa as country leader for Saudi Arabia

Almusa joined Oracle in April 2021 as cloud applications director, following which she was given the additional responsibility of leading the brand’s public sector business in the kingdom

HUAWEI Matebook X Pro

Hands-on review: Huawei MateBook X Pro

The upgraded features in the laptop make it an ideal device for business professionals and students

Crypto

Bitcoin, Ether extend crypto selloff as big Fed rate hike looms

An Ether jump since mid-June that was spurred by hype around an upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain is rapidly unwinding

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister and the secretary general of the Digital Cooperation Organization in Riyadh

Digital Cooperation Organization to establish HQ in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Djibouti, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Jordan and Rwanda are member states of the organisation founded to drive collaboration in digital transformation

Real-time payments

Real-time payments set to underpin economic growth in the GCC

ACI Worldwide lists three main drivers that enable and accelerate the move towards real-time payments in the region

Dubai-Smart-Police-Stations

Dubai’s smart police stations serve over 2 million visitors since launch

The unmanned police stations have “smartly” processed 363,189 transactions since they were first introduced in 2017

Nanovo launches in Middle East with first phygital retail concept

6thStreet collaborates with Nanovo, opens region’s first phygital store

Customers can select from more than 40,000 products at the store’s self-service terminals

iPhone

Apple counts on upscale shoppers to turn latest iPhone into hit

The iPhone 14 line was unveiled earlier this month alongside new Apple Watches and AirPods