Mohamed Ghamdi

Farnek launches in-house smart fleet management solution
Custom-built by Farnek’s technology team, the innovative, sustainable and cost-effective initiative underscores the FM company’s smart and green credentials, by optimising its fleet performance and serving its customers more efficiently Leading UAE-based smart and green facilities management (FM) company Farnek has launched an in-house smart fleet management solution that will not only optimise the performance of its […]

Laptops and tablets have seen an increase in demand, requiring smartphones to perfectly integrate in between
Here is how this industrial change happened with Huawei Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 02 February 2021: With the last year emphasizing the need for working from home and e-learning scenarios, the demand for tablets and laptops has seen a huge surge. Every household now requires at least one laptop per person, be it for work or studies, […]

Ford and Google to Accelerate Auto Innovation, Reinvent Connected Vehicle Experience
Ford and Google come together in first-of-its-kind partnership to create unique services and capabilities for Ford and Lincoln customers, and to accelerate Ford’s transformation plan Ford has also named Google Cloud its preferred cloud provider to leverage Google’s world-class expertise in data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) As part of this new, six-year […]

All-new Volkswagen T-Roc: powerful and charismatic arriving soon to Saudi Arabia
Volkswagen is adding dynamism to the segment of compact SUVs with the all-new T-Roc; it exudes character and confidence The Volkswagen T-Roc joins Volkswagen’s SUV line up comprising of Touareg, Teramont and Tiguan, as the most compact SUV Showcasing a 4 cylinder 1.4L turbo engine with 150 HP, the highest offering in its class T-Roc […]

Interview with Pieter Nota, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Customer, Brands, Sales, about realigning sales and marketing to create industry’s best customer experience
Interview with Pieter Nota on digitalisation, the new sales and marketing strategy and the industry’s best customer experience Mr. Nota, 2020 can’t have been an easy year for your sales and marketing team. How big of a challenge was the coronavirus pandemic?I would certainly agree with that. Last year was marked by huge uncertainty, big […]

Samsung’s Newest 108Mp Mobile Image Sensor with Advanced Features Captures More Details and Produces Sharper Results
Samsung ISOCELL HM3 comes in 0.8µm and with nine-pixel binning, providing optimum brightness and enhanced auto-focusing Smart ISO Pro and Super PD Plus fine-tune the sensor’s performance for premium mobile imaging experiences Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Jan. 31, 2021 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today introduced its latest 108-megapixel (Mp) […]

Finastra names Hack to the Future winners #HackToTheFuture #HackingForGood
Hundreds of ideas, POCs and apps submitted around themes of tackling systemic inequality, overcoming COVID-19 challenges and embracing technology-enabled change Dubai, UAE – January 31, 2021 – Finastra has named the winners of its annual hackathon: Hack to the Future. The virtual event saw hundreds of ideas, proof of concepts (POCs), and apps submitted worldwide, around the themes […]

realme launches sales of the first 57-day standby phone under 500SR realme C12 in the Kingdom market via “Noon.com” on January 30th
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 30 Jan 2021: The world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand, realme announced the launch of sales of its C12 phone in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the Noon website as of the night of January 30, 2021, and the device is the first 57-day standby phone at a price less than 500SR. As […]

Study: Saudis are global champions by growing need for monitoring somebody else’s phone in 2020
Apps that allow detecting spyware on your phone were downloaded at least 29.2 thousand times last year, and it’s 104% more compared to the year before The new study by cybersecurity company NordVPN shows that Saudi Arabia citizens downloaded 104% more applications that are used to monitor device activity last year. At least 29.2 thousand phones or tablets were […]

VIRGIN HYPERLOOP UNVEILS PASSENGER EXPERIENCE VISION
Groundbreaking design shows end-to-end passenger experience for the 21st century Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – JANUARY 28th, 2021 – Just months after their first passenger testing, Virgin Hyperlooptoday unveiled its vision for the future hyperloop experience. The newly-released concept video takes the viewer step-by-step through a hyperloop journey, from arriving at the portal to boarding the pod. DP World, the Dubai-based leading […]

Huawei Announces Saudi Apps Winners of its 2020 Huawei Developer Competition in the Middle East and Africa Region
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 28 January 2021: Huawei has announced the winning apps for its 2020 Huawei Developer Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a yearly contest that has been held from September to December 2020 across twelve countries in the Middle East and Africa. Following Huawei’s vision on supporting developers through diverse initiatives, the […]

Uber fuels the safety, technology, and innovation agenda at the inaugural ‘Ignite’ MENA event
The virtual event brought together thought leaders, regulators, and innovators to collectively address current urban challenges January 27th, 2021 – Uber has launched the ‘Ignite’ series – a platform intended to fuel conversation and inspire solutions to the urban challenges facing the MENA region. Ignite’s inaugural ‘Tech for Transport Safety’ panel took place on January 26th and focused on the […]

Behavioral analytics, data hoarding and government crackdowns on encryption: experts share privacy predictions for 2021
2020 demonstrated how overwhelmingly important a connected infrastructure and digital services have become for society’s daily functioning. This realization has led to a shift in attitudes to privacy and how citizens, organizations, and governments perceive it. In response, Kaspersky’s privacy experts share their vision of the changes that lie ahead in the privacy field in […]

BMW Group concludes year marked by corona pandemic with strong fourth quarter and leads premium segment worldwide for 17th consecutive year.
BMW Group sells 2,324,809 units in 2020 (-8.4%) BMW Q4 sales up 4.3% from the previous year (600,799 vehicles) Sales of electrified vehicles increase by a third (+31.8%) As promised: BMW Group meets EU CO2 fleet targets in 2020 Pieter Nota: “Responded to the effects of the corona pandemic with agility in sales management and […]

Kaspersky and Waterfall ensure solution compatibility to improve OT network protection
Kaspersky has joined forces with Waterfall Security Solutions to better secure industrial networks. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks in tandem with Waterfall for Intrusion Detection Systems enable non-intrusive industrial network inventory, threat detection and hardware-enforced protection from network attacks. Industrial enterprises need to meet emerging cybersecurity challenges that come with operational technology (OT) network digitalization. […]
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Veritas Adds Scale-out Functionality to Deliver Industry’s Most Extensive Customer Choice on a Unified Platform
NetBackup™ 9: Any cloud, any data source, any workload and—beginning today—any architecture Dubai, UAE. – January 27, 2021 – Veritas Technologies, a global leader in data protection, availability, and insights, today announced the launch of Veritas NetBackup™ 9. NetBackup 9 delivers significant new features to provide customers with additional deployment choices across the edge, core, and cloud […]

Acer Releases Pair of New 11-inch Chromebooks for Education
DUBAI, UAE (January 26, 2020) Acer has announced a pair of new 11-inch Chromebooks for the education market with well-rounded features intended to make it as easy as possible for a school to go digital: military durability standards let parents trust that the devices are reliable, Zero-touch enrollment makes it easy for IT to roll them out, and students […]

Kaspersky shares IT security recommendations for businesses in 2021
Remote work will catalyze a shift from the corporate perimeter concept to micro-office security certification. Outsourcing of IT and cybersecurity functions will be crucial to solve expertise shortages and save budgets. To coordinate managed service providers along with using multiple cloud services, cloud security and management skills will become a ‘must have’. These and other […]

Ericsson launches 5G RAN Slicing to spur 5G business growth
New software solution enables communications service providers to deliver innovative 5G use cases to consumers and enterprises with guaranteed performance Built on Ericsson radio expertise and a scalable and flexible architecture, the new solution supports customized business models and growth requirements of advanced use cases Ericsson 5G RAN Slicing strengthens end-to-end network slicing capabilities needed to deliver […]

The future of the passenger experience: Research findings and key considerations
By Kristine Pitts, Director of ExperienceLab Middle East & Rena Baba, UX Consultant, ExperienceLab Middle East. 2020 turned the transport sector on its head. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities across the world have enforced restrictions on public transport in order to limit transmission of the virus and ensure public safety. As a […]

Ethics and integrity are the core foundation of our business
By: Nora Wahby, Vice President and Head of Ericsson West Africa and Morocco Be it working on the latest tech, designing solutions for our customers, or contributing to the next big innovation – we are all committed to what we do at Ericsson. This commitment is what makes us accountable and responsible for conducting our […]

Canon places top five in U.S. patent rankings for 35 years running and first among Japanese companies for 16 years running
January 25, 2021— Canon Inc. ranked third for the number of U.S. patents awarded in 2020, becoming the only company in the world to have ranked in the top five for 35 years running, according to the latest ranking of preliminary patent results issued by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. What’s more, Canon once again ranked […]
