Artificial Intelligence
Latest news and developments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, and large language models transforming industries across Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
Gartner Says AI Technologies Will Be in Almost Every New Software Product by 2020
Market hype and growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI) are pushing established software vendors to introduce AI into their product strategy, creating considerable confusion in the process, according to Gartner, Inc. Analysts predict that by 2020, AI technologies will be virtually pervasive in almost every new software product and service. In January 2016, the term […]
Infor Announces Coleman AI Platform
Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced ColemanTM, an enterprise-grade, industry-specific AI platform for Infor CloudSuiteTM applications. A pervasive platform that operates below an application’s surface, Coleman mines data and uses powerful machine learning to improve processes such as inventory management, transportation routing, and […]
Sabre creates an AI-powered chatbot using Microsoft’s intelligent and natural language services
Sabre Corporation, a leading technology provider to the global travel industry, announces the development of an AI-powered chatbot that leverages Microsoft Bot Framework and Microsoft Cognitive Services, a set of tools that organizations can use to add intelligent and conversational features to their applications. Sabre will initially test the chatbot with two travel agencies and […]
Mavenir Announces R & D Center of Excellence Focused on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Signaling Security
RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE/ HYPERLINK “http://www.me-newswire.net” ME NewsWire)– Mavenir, the leader in accelerating and redefining network transformation for Service Providers, has today announced its R&D centre of excellence in Brno, Czech Republic focused on Artificial Intelligence/machine learning signaling security solutions. Mavenir’s solution provides the most advanced signaling monitoring, active filtering and powerful analytics to ensure networks […]
Smart Cities: Technology meets next gen infrastructure for a truly predictive citizen-centric approach
By Dr. Raymond Khoury, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton, MENA Technology is significantly changing the way people perceive and experience life and digitization presents a powerful opportunity to enhance how they live within cities. As a result, governments and city officials are building ‘Smart Cities’ by leveraging the latest technologies supported by next-generation scalable […]
ITWORX Wins the 2017 ESRI’s Partner Conference Global Award for Big Data Analytics
In recognition of its innovative efforts in stretching the boundaries of big data and location-based analytics, front-running IT solutions and services provider ITWORX, has been named the 2017 ESRI Partner of the Year for Big Data & Analytics. ITWORX garnered the prestigious award at this year’s Esri Partner Conference, held recently in California-USA, crowning the […]
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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 […]
Retailers Leverage Big Data Analytics to Transform Customer Experience
The retail customer experience has evolved from its primary focus on the transaction to a holistic data-driven process where information from buying history, online searches and social media interactions is utilised to provide consumers what they want during every phase of shopping. Industry reports suggest that retail and banking are some of the top data-intensive […]
Final Dates Set for Major International Robotics Challenge in the United Arab Emirates
Khalifa University, organizers of the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC), have announced that the competition will take place from March 16 – 18, 2017, at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The contest will inevitably take up a large area of the circuit since it will consist of three […]
Milrem: In the Foreseeable Future Soldiers in Most Dangerous Situations Will Be Replaced by Smart Robotic Systems
During the next dozen years smart unmanned ground systems (UGS) will start to replace soldiers on the battlefield, concludes a study published by the Estonian defense solutions provider Milrem together with esteemed academics from several countries. “UGSs can promise greater effectiveness and efficiencies as they do not need sleep and cannot experience the horror of […]
How BlockPay is transforming IPFS!
The team at BitShares Munich believes they have found the answer to the above question with the latest ground-breaking union of their product BlockPay and IPFS. We only ask that you read on till the end of the article to be enlightened on why BlockPay is the Connor McGregor of the digital currency universe. IPFS […]
UAE’s Cleaning Sector Talks Tech as Automation and Apps Take Centre Stage
UAE’s cleaning sector is fast adopting automated technologies; this was evident from the latest technologies demoed at Middle East Cleaning Technology Week (MECTW) being held at Dubai International Convention Centre from 13 to 15 November 2016. The largest event for the cleaning sector in the region, for the first time, hosted live demos for innovative […]
GITEX Global Startup Movement Creates International Startup Partnerships
The GITEX Global Startup Movement has been bringing innovation and young entrepreneurs together this week. Two healthcare startups, Polish mobile application Dr. Barbara, and Pakistani 3D printed prosthetics startup Vicsous.co, met and shared ideas on technology that will mean healthier lives in both of their countries and throughout the world. Eleonora Burzyńska of Poland and […]
Dubai unveils its first cognitive computing service: using IBM’s “Watson” technology to support business license registration
The Smart Dubai Office, the Smart Dubai Government Establishment and the Department of Economic Development, in collaboration with IBM, have launched the city’s first cognitive computing service to facilitate business licensing and registration in Dubai. The service, which was unveiled in a press conference at the Dubai Media Office today (October 4, 2016), delivers on […]
Huawei Signs MoU with Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu for Smart Cities
On the sidelines of HRH Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman visit to China, Huawei Tech. Investment Saudi Arabia Co. LTD signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu. This agreement aims to support the Saudi Vision 2030 roadmap of transforming the Kingdom to be a pioneering and successful global […]
Wassa, Digital and Innovative Agency, at GITEX
During GITEX, being held in Dubai from next October 16th to 20th, Wassa will present morphological detection and recognition software such as Deeplytics for face identification or Visioblur for professional video conferences. Deeplytics is a software component able to identify a user on a digital platform through a camera. After creating a profile, the solution […]
How the Internet is increasingly taking over human memory
In the new article, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign have found that ‘cognitive offloading’, or the tendency to rely on things like the Internet as an aide-mémoire, increases after each use. We might think that memory is something that happens in the head but increasingly it […]
New Report Predicts Augmented and Virtual Reality Technology to be ‘Widespread’ Across GCC by 2025
According to new research conducted by Frost & Sullivan in collaboration with GITEX Technology Week 2016, the next 10 years of augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technology development are set to redefine the future of both business and consumer processes and interactions in the region. GCC organisations are leveraging the new technology to […]