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Foresight Technology forges a new strategic partnership with Huawei
Both parties sign MoU aimed at enhancing joint cooperation UAE – December 15, 2020: Foresight Technology, a leading provider of a complete range of servers, storage solutions, security solutions and services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alpha Data, the country’s leading digital transformation solutions provider, has revealed the signing of a new strategic Memorandum of Understanding […]
WESTERN DIGITAL EXPANDS WD_BLACK PORTFOLIO IN THE MIDDLE EAST: PURPOSE-BUILT FOR GAMERS
Middle East Gaming surge means more demand for high-performance storage solutions to level-up gaming environments. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 14, 2020 – As the Middle East continues to gain interest in gaming, the availability of products to enhance gaming experiences has soared. As a storage technology leader, Western Digital recently shared how gamers’ new wave has impacted […]
Bespin Global MEA Becomes the First to Achieve Datadog’s Gold Tier Partner in the Middle East
09 December 2020, Dubai, UAE – Bespin Global MEA, a leading cloud technology consulting and management company, is now Datadog’s first Gold tier Partner for Managed Service Providers (MSP) in the Middle East. Datadog is a leading cloud-scale application monitoring service provider that brings together and provides monitoring of servers, databases, containers, tools, and services through […]
Canvio® Portable Storage with new applications and designs takes center stage at the Toshiba Gulf FZE stand at #GITEX2020
Canvio FlexTM and Canvio GamingTM models now come with new colors and textures. Toshiba Gulf FZE is geared to highlight the Canvio® portable storage Series at GITEX 2020, designed to meet the evolving needs for storage solutions suited for a broad range of users, including multi-platform users, gamers, business professionals, outdoor photographers, and students. “The Canvio® series delivers data […]
Intel Advances Progress in Integrated Photonics for Data Centers
What’s New: At Intel Labs Day, Intel highlighted industry-leading technology advances toward realizing the company’s long-standing vision of integrating photonics with low-cost, high-volume silicon. The advancements represent critical progress in the field of optical interconnects, which address growing challenges around the performance scaling of electrical input/output (I/O) as compute-hungry data workloads increasingly overwhelm network traffic in […]
LENOVO BRINGS WORLD’S FIRST FOLDABLE PC TO SAUDI ARABIA
Ground-breaking ThinkPad X1 Fold offers boosted productivity for today’s hyper-mobile environments, available for pre-order now. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 09, 2020 – Lenovo announced that its latest technology breakthrough, the ThinkPad X1 Fold PC, is soon landing in Saudi Arabia. The launch builds on Lenovo’s extensive history of evolving its ThinkPad sub-brand, leveraging the latest […]
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Dubai Municipality teams up with Huawei to expand and enhance digital services #GITEX2020
Dubai, UAE – December 9, 2020: Dubai Municipality and Huawei have announced a collaboration project aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of the Municipality’s infrastructure and enhancing its services to the public. The project was unveiled during GITEX Technology Week 2020, one of the world’s leading technology exhibitions in Dubai, UAE. In recent years, Dubai Municipality has swiftly […]
HP Seizes Thousands of Counterfeit Products in Saudi Arabia
HP’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud Team partnered with Saudi authorities to identify and confiscate counterfeit HP toner cartridges Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 30, 2020 – HP’s Anti-Counterfeit and Fraud teams in the Middle East have continued to see successes in identifying and seizing counterfeit print supplies. In August 2020, the Saudi customs tackled an illicit cross-border trade […]
Update on Intel’s Neuromorphic Ecosystem Growth and Research Progress
What’s New: Intel shared an update on progress within the Intel Neuromorphic Research Community (INRC). The group has grown rapidly since its inception in 2018. It now includes more than 100 members, with Intel announcing today the addition of Lenovo, Logitech, Mercedes-Benz, and Prophesee to explore the value of neuromorphic computing for business use cases. Additionally, Intel summarized […]
Intel Debuts 2nd-Gen Horse Ridge Cryogenic Quantum Control Chip
What’s New: At an Intel Labs virtual event, Intel unveiled Horse Ridge II, its second-generation cryogenic control chip, marking another milestone in the company’s progress toward overcoming scalability, one of quantum computing’s biggest hurdles. Building on innovations in the first-generation Horse Ridge controller introduced in 2019, Horse Ridge II supports enhanced capabilities and higher integration levels […]
Kioxia Corporation to showcase memory solutions product portfolio at GITEX
New microSD/SD Memory Cards, USB Memory and SSDs to be highlighted Kioxia Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, will show “KIOXIA” branded consumer products, including microSD/SD memory cards, USB memory, and SSDs at the Toshiba Gulf FZE Stand, Hall four, Stand C10 at Gitex 2020. With its comprehensive portfolio of microSD/SD memory cards, USB […]
Intel Machine Programming Tool Detects Bugs in Code
What’s New: Intel unveiled ControlFlag – a machine programming research system that can autonomously detect errors in code. In its infancy, this novel, self-supervised system shows promise as a powerful productivity tool to assist software developers with the labor-intensive task of debugging. In preliminary tests, ControlFlag trained and learned novel defects on over 1-billion unlabeled lines […]
SimScale and Zaha Hadid Architects Team Up to Simulate Early-Stage Building Designs
The cloud-based simulation platform is now being used by global Architecture firms. MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)– SimScale GmbH, the provider of the world’s first production-ready SaaS application for engineering simulation, today announced a free joint event on December 16 with Zaha Hadid Architects. Zaha Hadid Architects is an internationally renowned architecture firm, pushing the boundaries of design and sustainability. […]
Toshiba Gulf FZE to highlight Memory and Storage Solutions at #GITEX2020
Canvio Flex, Canvio Gaming Hard Disk Drives, and Kioxia Memory Products to take center stage at the Toshiba Stand Toshiba Gulf FZE will be highlighting its key memory and storage solutions at Hall 4, Stand C10 at GITEX 2020, held from Dec 6th -10th, 2020. Activations include a Twitter competition where winners can walk away with four Canvio Flex […]
Global PC Sales Revenue to Plunge by $31.4B Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Entire Industry to Recover for Three Years
The COVID-19 outbreak has triggered the most significant fall in PC shipments since 2013, as pandemic affected supply chains and forced consumers to prioritize their spending. After a sharp fall in the first quarter of 2020, global PC shipments have grown in the last eight months. However, it wasn’t enough to alleviate the revenue loss […]
Huawei unveils the new ultra-portable HUAWEI MateBook 14, offering FullView design and all-scenario experiences.
Huawei updates HUAWEI MateBook 14 with lighter design and improved performance Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 December 2020 – Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia Company announced the launch of Huawei MateBook 14, the latest ultra-portable notebook to join the MateBook line-up. HUAWEI MateBook 14 features the series’ signature sleek design and smart features in a robust and lightweight enclosure. Portability […]
The road to 100G in Enterprise Data Centres
By Arafat Yousef, Managing Director – Middle East & Africa, Nexans Data Network Solutions Enterprise Data Centres need to prepare for the next technology evolution to accommodate the incessant increase of data generation. 100G is set to become the next speed for the core or spine network. Different variants of protocols for 100G Ethernet are now […]
20M SAR Sales Achieved During HUAWEI MEGA OFFERS CARNIVAL
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh 29 November 2020 – – Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia Company today announced the success of its HUAWEI MEGA OFFERS CARNIVAL achieving a total of 20M SAR in overall sales. The 3 days carnival saw massive offers on Huawei’s wide product portfolio including smartphones, wearables, audio solutions, laptops, tablets, and more. Held on the 25th of November on […]
BenQ Launches Eye Care Monitors GW2480T and GW2780T with Monitor Light ScreenBar
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 29 November 2020, (AETOSWire) – Global leader in digital lifestyle innovations, BenQ announces its latest Eye-Care monitors GW2480T and GW2780T along with a Monitor Light ScreenBar. Together they make a powerful combination for safeguarding eye health, especially during the work and study from home environment established during this pandemic, which has lead to prolonged screen […]
Seagate Launches SkyHawk AI 18TB Hard Drive Designed for AI-enabled and Large Enterprise Smart Video Systems
Expanded capacity offers flexibility and performance for modern video security system needs Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – November 25, 2020 – Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in data storage and management solutions, today announced it is shipping 18TB SkyHawk™ Artificial Intelligence drives in volume. SkyHawk AI is the world’s first purpose-built hard drive for artificial […]
Top Three PC Vendors Shipped 121.5 Million Units in 2020, Lenovo Leads with 47.1 Million Shipments
Remote working and distance learning amid the coronavirus outbreak continue increasing global demand for PCs and laptops. After a sharp fall in the first quarter of 2020, global PC shipments have grown in the last six months, despite the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. According to data presented by Stock Apps, Lenovo, HP, and Dell, as […]
Intel Launches Intel® NUC M15 Laptop Kit
Intel today launched the Intel® NUC M15 Laptop Kit (formerly code-named “Bishop County”). The NUC M15 brings Intel’s technical expertise to the whitebook market, with the goal of providing Intel’s channel customers with a premium, precision engineered laptop kit. The Intel® M15 Laptop Kit includes an 11th Gen Intel® Core™ mobile processor and Intel® Iris™ […]