IT spending in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to reach USD 83.7 billion in 2020, up 2.8 percent year-on-year. Enterprises will account for close to 56.8 percent of this figure. Sector such as telecommunications, finance, government, and manufacturing will continue to be… Read More
There is an ongoing debate in the ICT industry about whether there is an opportunity for a premium consumer offering based on 5G’s extra capabilities. Ericsson ConsumerLab reiterates that consumers expect 5G to provide relief from urban network congestion in the near term — especially… Read More
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will sit down for a conversation with ESPN anchor Rachel Nichols at CES 2019. The session, ‘#NBATwitter: A Conversation with Adam Silver and Jack Dorsey’, will discuss their partnership and the NBA’s approach to sports technology… Read More
The top 10 most popular jobs on LinkedIn received over 940,000 views in the past year, underscoring the UAE’s status as a technology hub in the Middle East. Four of the most-viewed jobs of 2018, including the two highest ranked, were at technology-related multinational corporations… Read More
VeChain and BIOS Middle East have formed a partnership to co-market and implement a framework of blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) and blockchain enabled cloud services. VeChain’s blockchain solutions for enterprises including internet of things (IoT) will assist cloud service providers such as BIOS Middle East to provide… Read More
As part of the global expansion, 4C will create up to 100 new jobs in the next 12 months, including scaling its workforce in the Middle East by 33 percent. The additional headcount coincides with the expansion of the company’s core delivery teams and emerging… Read More
CIOs need to prepare workers for a future in which people do more creative and impactful work because they no longer have to perform many routine and repetitive tasks, according to Gartner. People and machines are entering a new era of learning in which artificial… Read More
As artificial intelligence (AI) promises to transform both the future of work and the human resources (HR) function, IBM has launched IBM Talent & Transformation. The new business aims to not only provide AI skills training but also help companies drive the transformation necessary to… Read More
ASUS Middle East partners with Quantumcloud to allow gamers to use their idle graphics cards to mine cryptocurrency and receive a digital cash payout through PayPal or WeChat. ASUS with Quantumcloud app will deliver cash to customers depending on how efficiently their system mines cryptocurrencies.… Read More
According to an International Data Corporation (IDC) research, Microsoft’s technology ecosystem and the growing popularity of cloud services will create more than 5,600 jobs in Bahrain by the end of 2022. The study also covers findings from other Middle Eastern markets such as Saudi Arabia,… Read More
