SSICT News
SWIFT announces Business Forum Egypt in Cairo on March 20 under patronage of Central Bank of Egypt
SWIFT will host the first Business Forum Egypt in Cairo on 20 March 2017 under the patronage of the Central Bank of Egypt. The event brings together senior representatives from Cairo’s banking and financial industry to discuss the most significant issues facing the region. His Excellency Tarek Amer, Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, […]
Retail Visitors Up in 2016, Records Sàvant Data System (SDS)
Unperturbed by the fall in oil prices and global economic uncertainties, the number of retail visitors has gone up significantly in the UAE according to a market study conducted by Sàvant Data System, a leading solutions and services company providing business intelligence (BI) to the retail sector in GCC. Per the report, the UAE accounted […]
Renault-Nissan Alliance and Transdev to jointly develop driverless vehicle fleet system for future public and on-demand transportation
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Transdev have agreed to jointly explore development of mobility services with fleets of electric driverless vehicles for public and on-demand transportation. The companies will collaborate to develop a comprehensive, modular transportation system to enable clients to book rides, and mobility operators to monitor and operate self-driving car fleets. “As the mobility […]
Sony Mobile #Xperia960 event to showcase the latest in global smartphone technology
Sony Mobile Communications MEA announced that it will host the #Xperia960 event in Dubai to highlight the latest award-winning smartphone technology for media in the MENA region. The largest event of its kind, it will demonstrate the world’s 1st Super slow motion video capture in a smartphone at 960 fps (frames per second) that is […]
F-150 Dependability Award Underscores Built Ford Tough
American truck owners who value Built Ford Tough pickups take in some more great news: Ford F-150 is J.D. Power’s 2017 Vehicle Dependability Study award recipient for a large light-duty pickup. “All customers demand quality vehicles, and truck customers depend on toughness and reliability most of all,” said Bennie Fowler, Ford group vice president for […]
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UN Global Pulse and Western Digital Announce ‘Data for Climate Action’ Challenge Now Open for Entries
Global Pulse, the United Nations innovation initiative on big data, and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a global leader in data storage technologies and solutions, announced a partnership today to launch the “Data for Climate Action” challenge. Data for Climate Action is an unprecedented open innovation challenge to harness data science and big data from […]
Hurricane Electric Continues Commitment to Middle East and Africa with Major Network Buildouts
Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today a significant buildout of its global IPv4 and IPv6 network throughout several regions in the Middle East and Africa. In response to increased global traffic, Hurricane Electric is redundantly building its network into Equinix Dubai and the Djibouti Data Center. Both sites will have connections […]
Three Critical Accelerators to Closing the Gender Pay Gap for Class of 2020, Accenture Research Finds
Women graduating from university in developing markets in 2020 could be the first generation to close the gender pay gap in their lifetimes, according to new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The report, Getting to Equal 2017, reveals that, within decades, the pay gap could close if women take advantage of three career equalizers and […]
Super Successor Honor 8 Lite Gears Up for Digital Natives: Sharper, Faster and Stronger
Honor, the number one smartphone e-brand by Huawei, has just unveiled the Honor 8 Lite, the brand’s latest smartphone to be launched under the flagship Honor 8 series. Embodying the motto “Beauty at your reach”, the Honor 8 Lite, follows the success of the Honor 8, launched last summer, and offers the flagship smartphone’s eye-catching […]
Iconic Snake game is back and available on Messenger
Prepare to spend even more time on your mobile as HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, announced a new version of the cult status game, Snake for Messenger, part of Facebook’s Instant Games cross platform experience. The world famous game will be snaking its way back into people’s hearts and is designed to be […]
Etisalat Group Reports Strong Performance in Annual Financial Results
Etisalat Group announced today its consolidated financial statements for the 12 months ending December 31 2016. Financial Highlights for 2016 Aggregate subscriber base reached 162 million. Consolidated revenues amounted to AED 52.4 billion and increased year over year by 2%. Consolidated EBITDA totaled AED 26.3 billion, resulting in EBITDA margin of 50%. Consolidated net profit […]
Energ y Amid Saving, Welfare and the Environmental Impact
It goes without saying that electricity is now an imperative aspect of our modern day lives. Not only is it the primary driver of our daily interactions, but also far more than a mere luxury as perceived in the past days. One is unable to distract their attention away from the fact that energy is […]
The curious case of IoT infrastructure
This week is the MWC in Barcelona, and so, that time of the year when telecoms, OEMs, equipment vendors and pioneering start-ups alike praise the spells of IoT. For good reason. With so many interesting use cases to connect anything, from alarms, to freezers, to trees, to cows, it is easy to captivate one’s imagination. In this […]
WHOLE HOME WI-FI MESH SYSTEMS BRINGS TO LIFE THE CONNECTED HOME
Linksys®, a leader in providing home and office Wi-Fi networking solutions, today announced research that shows what Middle East’s connected families valued in their- home Wi-Fi connection with a clear level of priority for performance. Speed, range, and reliability formed the basis for a satisfying Wi-Fi experience while simplicity and non-essential features are meaningless without […]
Ooredoo chooses Telia Carrier for International IoT Connectivity
Telia Carrier has added another operator to its dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) Backbone. Global communications company Ooredoo has chosen Telia Carrier to provide IoT backhaul connectivity to Ericsson’s DCP platforms in Europe. “Ooredoo is positioning itself as a leading Internet of Things provider across our regional footprint, offering the advanced solutions and powerful networks […]
Empower pays tribute to women on the occasion of International Women’s Day
To celebrate womanhood and to recognise the power of the femininity, HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of the Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), asserted the importance of femininity – the powerful, compassionate and resilient drivers of change in the society. At Empower, women have played an instrumental role in driving the company towards its […]
The Kingdom fights back against Cyber Crime4th Annual Kingdom Cyber Security Meeting to address the Kingdom’s Strategy
Cyber-Crime is not a new phenomenon, but it’s hitting the headlines as never before, with organization across GCC suffering high profile and damaging reaches. The growing frequency and sophistication of these cyber-threats have exposed the companies to new risks and devastating consequences thereby threatening the very existence of the business. No longer considered an IT […]
A Day’s Power in Half an Hour – OnePlus 3T Launched Exclusively in the KSA on SOUQ.com
OnePlus’ latest premium flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 3T, has launched in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia exclusively on SOUQ.com. Staying true to the company’s ‘Never Settle’ mantra, the OnePlus 3T builds on the success of the OnePlus 3, offering key hardware and software updates inspired by feedback from the active OnePlus community. The OnePlus 3T […]
Ford Aims to Empower Upcoming Businesswomen in Saudi Arabia Through Henry Ford Entrepreneurship Academy
Ford is celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day with some of the brightest female minds in Saudi Arabia by hosting the first women-only Henry Ford Entrepreneurship Academy workshop with Effat University March 7-9. International Women’s Day is not only an opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate women’s contributions to the global workforce, but a chance to […]
Qatar’s USD 3 Billion Digital Transformation Market Driven by Information Management
On the eve of QITCOM, digital transformation enabler SAP announced plans to launch a private cloud data center to accelerate Qatar’s USD 3 billion digital transformations. Showing the strong growth potential of digital transformation, Qatar’s commercial sector is set to increase its ICT spending by 50 percent from about USD 2 billion in 2015 to […]
Xperia XZ Premium officially named “Best New Smartphone at MWC 2017”
The GSMA today announced that Xperia XZ Premium is the “Best New Smartphone or Connected Mobile Device at MWC 2017” at the annual Global Mobile Awards (Glomo Awards). The Glomo Award is the latest of 30 accolades (and counting) received while attending Mobile World Congress 2017 for Sony Mobile’s innovation flagship, with media recognition including: […]
Trend Micro 2016 Security Roundup Reveals 752 Percent Increase in Ransomware
Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today released its annual security roundup report, “2016 Security Roundup: A Record Year for Enterprise Threats,” which proves 2016 was truly the year of online extortion. Cyber threats reached an all-time high in 2016, with ransomware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams […]