Growing your startup – what would a good COO advise?

For a business to grow, it needs to have a data-driven culture

Media and entertainment: Envisioning cloud-based production ecosystems

As the media and entertainment industry looks towards the road to production in the cloud, new opportunities to drive innovation and change are emerging

Shirin Jarrar

How social entrepreneurship is uniquely capable of empowering women

Women in social entrepreneurship lead change towards societal issues and change women’s lives through approaches and activities that ensure their welfare

Hospitality

How to future-proof your hospitality business in a post-pandemic era

Hospitality businesses don’t have to reinvent the wheel, but they can convert their venues into profit centres

Everyone has the right to invest in financial markets

The online trading revolution has long started in other parts of the world

GCC low-cost producers are better positioned to weather the energy transition

Players in the region will have more time to adjust to the impact of the energy transition

Emirati employee

Why entrepreneurship education is vital for the region

Experiential learning journeys, collaborations at a university level and even the private sector, all have a role in educating the next generation of entrepreneurs

How the pandemic has reinvented trade

The demand for more seamless and end-to-end logistics services has risen dramatically to deal with market volatility

Key factors that are driving growth within the polymer industry

Packaging is expected to remain the largest category in the polymer market for the foreseeable future

MENA’s proptech landscape: Primed for growth?

The evolving landscape will soon change the way adopting an innovative digital business model in the real estate market is viewed

artificial intelligence

To master AI as a revenue catalyst requires first understanding its costs

As smart technologies take more prominent position among the economic activity of nations, enterprises must look for efficiencies in their implementation

Why cybersecurity is a matter of national security

It is time to stop relying on antiquated technologies designed to protect against threats from 20 years ago, and time to invest in cutting-edge prevention, detection and resilience solutions

Here’s how businesses can grow through a strategic payments set-up

From being viewed as a necessary evil and cost centre, payments have become a key enabler of an integrated and seamless shopping experience

How should GCC economies manage public finances

Governments can use sovereign asset liability management as a financial tool to manage public sector balance sheet risks

Cognitive AI to boost sustainability for the oil and gas sector

AI and data analytics are already finding increasing adoption in the oil and gas sector, across a wide range of scenarios for upstream and downstream use cases

Ravi Saraogi is the co-founder and president – APAC at Uniphore

Here’s how AI can catalyse monetisation of modern-day contact centre

AI isn’t just about chatbots, but about analysing the data businesses have, including voice

Six areas to cover in your startup’s first 100 days

The first few months for any startup are critical

Hawazen Esber is CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Communities

How to create more sustainable communities within the UAE

The UAE is home to 869 green-rated buildings, the 14th highest national concentration globally

Why subscription loyalty can be gold dust

Subscription loyalty programmes can be great for travel firms, especially in post-pandemic recovery

Michel Nader, Dell Technologies

Bracing for cyber cover in today’s data era

For businesses to be ahead of the curve, they need to make investing in security measures a top priority and proactively address data privacy rather than wait to address it after an attack occurs

Understanding the privacy vs security customer dilemma

The distinctions between privacy and confidentiality may be subtle to the average consumer, yet each imposes significant obligations on firms

Expo 2020 Dubai

How the Expo is boosting the UAE’s SME landscape

Here’s how SMEs can leverage the global spotlight and influx of capital that Expo 2020 Dubai will attract in abundance

Why technology will never be able to replace the power of human interactions

Connections, networking and communications – human interaction is more vital than ever in our ultra-digitalised world

Three rules for successful business transformations in the Middle East

Companies that reap the most rewards also set up a transformation management office that is different from a typical programme management office

Will the future of work be defined by employee experience?

The acquisition and retention of great talent requires great foresight

Emirati employee

A brief history of entrepreneurship

From ancient merchants to the modern startup, here are the lessons to be learnt for a present-day entrepreneur

Here’s why working from home is an investment into the future

Organisations need to act with speed to ensure that they accommodate their employees’ needs by investing in this new way of working

UAE’s information assurance regulation: foundation of a trust-based digital economy

AI-based behavioral NDR tools can be a significant leap towards compliance for UAE enterprises as they align with the government’s vision

How will Expo 2020 Dubai impact the local real estate market and shape future trends?

Developers need to understand the changing demands of potential investors and organisations

Application-first cybersecurity: what it is and why it matters

The complexity brought about by the new cloud-based environments means customer data can be stored across many different locations or legal jurisdictions