Mohamed Ghamdi

UAE organizations rapidly investing in hybrid cloud environments will drive the country’s cloud business revenue to increase by AED 20 billion to 2022, industry experts announced today. Showing the strong cloud opportunity, the UAE’s public cloud spend set to quadruple to AED 1.5 billion by 2022, generating AED 20 billion in net new revenues and […]

One of the world’s leading independent organizations in brand valuation and strategy consulting, Brand Finance announced the results of its 2019 evaluation. According to the results, Turkish Airlines was declared as the “Most Valuable Brand” of Turkey in all sectors. The national flag carrier, who repeatedly assumed this title before, reinforces its leading position in […]

Equitativa (Dubai) Limited (“Equitativa”), the largest REIT manager in the GCC and manager of Emirates REIT (CEIC) Limited (“Emirates REIT” or the “REIT”), the world’s largest Shari’a compliant Real Estate Investment Trust, today reported Emirates REIT unaudited financial results for the period ending 31 March 2019. KEY HIGHLIGHTS Portfolio value increased to USD 941 million […]

Basmah Nawaf Alshnaifi, a ten-year-old girl from Saudi with a passion for football, has been given the opportunity of a lifetime, to become the first female Saudi mascot at the UEFA Champions League. The priceless experience was made possible for her thanks to Mastercard. Dedicated to supporting women empowerment in all fields, Mastercard provided an […]

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that Malaysia would continue to welcome Huawei Technologies, even as others shy away from working with the Chinese tech juggernaut. Huawei has achieved a “tremendous advance over American technology,” Mahathir told the annual Future of Asia conference in Tokyo, hosted by Nikkei. While the U.S. has long had […]

The 2019 Shenzhen Smart City Forum with International Friendship Cities opened on Tuesday with the theme “ushering in a bright future for smart cities”. The forum brings together Shenzhen officials, Huawei executives and smart city experts, UN-Habitat experts and scholars, delegates from cities around the world with smart city experience, as well as high-tech enterprises […]

After a series of new business acquisitions, performing ahead of the market and marking a successful year in 2018, the most exciting live marketing agency in Dubai has set its sights on Saudi Arabia with ambitious expansion into the Kingdom. “This is the year of Saudi”, said entourage marketing and events chief Mohammed Tayem. “In […]

Faced with diminishing returns from ransomware and cryptojacking, cyber criminals are doubling down on alternative methods, such as formjacking, to make money according to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 24. Symantec’s ISTR provides an overview of the threat landscape, including insights into global threat activity, cyber-criminal trends, and motivations for attackers. The report […]

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced the launch of QuMiC (Quick Migration to Cloud), a comprehensive platform designed to transform the way organizations migrate to Oracle Cloud. Using QuMiC, Wipro and Oracle aim to simplify and accelerate the journey to […]

Global Beam Telecom, a leading satellite communications provider headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today announced that it has signed a distributor agreement with ORBCOMM (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, to deliver ORBCOMM’s broad portfolio of IoT products and services to customers in a variety of […]

Samsung’s One Remote Control that comes with the QLED TV is a universal remote that is actually equipped with a myriad of endless possibilities. Not only is it able to control the many devices connected to the QLED TV, but this smart remote is also even capable of delivering what users seek with a voice […]

In a meeting with leading international media held yesterday at Huawei’s headquarter in Shenzhen China, Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu answered media questions, addressed security concerns over Huawei and discussed Huawei’s open engagements with external stakeholdersMr. Xu said: “Cyber security, first and foremost, should be a technical issue; it should not become a political issue. […]

Ferrari N.V. (NYSE/MTA: RACE) (“Ferrari” or the “Company”) announced its consolidated preliminary results for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended December 31, 2018. ShipmentsShipments totaled 9,251 units in 2018, up 853 units or +10.2% vs. the prior year. This achievement was driven by a 19.6% increase in our 12 cylinder models (V12), while the […]

The company is rushing to fix a glitch that may let other iPhone users hear and see you – before you answer the call By Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET Apple is promising to issue a software update later this week to fix a strange and serious bug in Apple’s video and audio call […]

Scania, the world’s leading provider of transport solutions, has announced its new and complete truck range in Saudi Arabia, together with GCC Olayan, the exclusive distributor of Scania in the Kingdom since 1981. Scania’s new truck generation is extending its offering. With its unique modular system, it can now supply more performance steps, connectivity, and […]

Kaspersky Lab technologies have automatically detected a new exploited vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows OS kernel, the third consecutive zero-day exploit to be discovered in three months. The latest exploited vulnerability (CVE-2018-8611) was found in malware targeting a small number of victims in the Middle East and Asia. Because the vulnerability exists in the kernel […]

In 2018, organizations in the Middle East invested heavily in multiple solutions to build and strengthen their cyber defenses. This trend will continue in 2019 as well, as organizations steadily increase their cybersecurity investments. According to Gartner, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) spending on enterprise information security technology and services is expected to […]

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh yesterday guests of the National Festival of Heritage and Culture ‘Janadria 33’ who are intellectuals and writers. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques delivered the following speech during the reception,“Dear guests, Dear brothers, […]

Cases of cryptocurrency mining and cryptojacking will continue to grow in 2019, as attackers target smart devices and home assistants to build cryptomining farms, according to ESET’s latest trends report. Along with cryptomining, Cybersecurity Trends 2019: “Privacy and intrusion in the global village” details the predictions of top experts from the global cybersecurity firm, revealing […]

Z Services, an innovative cloud-based cybersecurity solutions provider in the MENA region, has announced a strategic partnership with OneLogin, industry leaders in Unified Access Management, to bring advanced single sign-on, MFA and unified access identity management capabilities solving this critical issue for customers in a solution that addresses applications in the cloud and on-premise.This will add […]

Sharjah Finance Department signed yesterday on Monday, an agreement with Sharjah Islamic Bank to cooperate in banking services to be provided to clients of both sides, in the context of Making the payment service easer to the clients and enabling them to pay service charges and Government transactions easy and safe way. The signing ceremony […]

The wide-open desert is the perfect playground for off-roaders but there are a few things to bear in mind when venturing into the dunes as part of a group for the first time. Pacing and spacing is the subject of the fourth episode of Ford’s Desert Driving Tips series – and mastering both will make […]