Today, Google Cloud announced the opening of its new cloud region in Dammam, bringing high-performance, low-latency Google Cloud Platform services to customers of all sizes, from public sector organizations and large businesses, to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. This significant investment in the Middle East’s technology…
Schneider Electric obtains license for establishing regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia
Schneider Electric, a vendor in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has obtained a license for establishing its Regional Headquarters, in Saudi Arabia from the Ministry of Investment and the Ministry of Commerce in the Saudi Arabia. This expansion reflects Schneider Electric’s commitment to fostering growth and enhancing service capabilities across the region….
Denodo Opens ME regional head office in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Meet Growing Demand for Data Management and AI
Denodo, a leader in data management, is opening their new Middle East regional head office in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) today. To inaugurate the office opening, Denodo is launching their first “Denodo Data Day” with Her Highness Dr. Shaikha Dheya Bint Ebrahim Al Khalifa and delegates from Google Cloud, among others, as guest speakers….
VMware footprint
VMware Cloud Foundation VMware Cloud Foundation is the hybrid cloud platform for modernising datacentres and deploying modern apps. VMware Cloud Foundation delivers enterprise agility, reliability, and efficiency for customers seeking to deploy private and hybrid clouds. VMware Vsan Vsan is an enterprise-class storage virtualisation software that provides the simplest path to hyperconverged infrastructure and multi…
WESTERN DIGITAL INTRODUCES NEW AI DATA CYCLE STORAGE FRAMEWORK TO HELP CUSTOMERS CAPTURE THE VALUE OF AI
Fueling the next wave of AI innovation, Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) today introduced a six-stage AI Data Cycle framework that defines the optimal storage mix for AI workloads at scale. This framework will help customers plan and develop advanced storage infrastructures to maximize their AI investments, improve efficiency, and reduce the total cost of ownership…
Cloudflare Expands Regional Services to Saudi and 18 Other New Regions
When Cloudflare launched Regional Services in June of 2020, the concept of data locality and data sovereignty were very much rooted in European regulations. Bashar Bashaireh, Managing Director of Middle East & Türkiye at Cloudflare explains, “Fast forward to today, and the pressure to localize data persists: Several countries have laws requiring data localization in…
Microsoft launches new tools and features for developers to accelerate AI innovation at Build 2024; announces updates of Microsoft Copilot stack
Microsoft is empowering developer communities across the region to create and deliver the next generation of differentiated Artificial Intelligence (AI) experiences with a host of new product launches and feature updates to its portfolio of AI solutions announced at the Build 2024 conference. New updates across Microsoft’s Azure AI Services include Azure AI Studio now…
Positive Technologies: cyberattackers targeting telecommunications and the military-industrial complex in the Middle East
Positive Technologies has conducted a comprehensive research into the activities of the APT groups targeting organizations in the Middle East. The experts say that 88% of the groups under review were attacking Saudi Arabia, and the five most-attacked sectors were government agencies, manufacturing, telecommunications, the military-industrial complex, and energy. To gain initial access, malicious actors…
Huawei stages Iraq Digital Week in Sulaymaniyah, to continue in Erbil, Baghdad
Huawei successfully concluded its Iraq Digital Week event, which took place in April at the Grand Millennium Hotel Sulaymaniyah. With the theme Advancing the Intelligent World, the event aimed to promote digitalisation in the Iraq market and showcase Huawei’s latest technologies and solutions. Following the successful exhibition in Sulaymaniyah, Huawei Iraq Digital Week 2024 will…
ServiceNow Inaugurates Regional Headquarters in Riyadh, Strengthening Commitment to Saudi Arabia
ServiceNow has officially opened the doors to its new Regional Headquarters for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This milestone marks a significant expansion of ServiceNow’s ongoing commitment to the Kingdom, building on its existing presence and growth in the region. H.E. Deputy Minister of Communications and…