Surfaces, be they in kitchen appliances, automotive interiors, medical devices, or even furniture, are becoming increasingly smart. Embedded lighting, touch sensitivity, heating, and even haptic feedback enables inanimate and often neglected surfaces into a design feature with seamlessly integrated user controls. But what is the best way to manufacture these smart surfaces? IDTechEx’s new report, […]

Saudi British Bank (SABB) has reappointed trailblazing Lubna Sulaiman Olayan as chair of the board of directors for another three-year term. Olayan was first appointed to the role in 2019 and was the first woman to serve as the head of a Saudi Arabian bank. Olayan was CEO of the Olayan Financing Company, one of […]

Huawei announced that it was named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure, the only non-North American vendor positioned in the Leaders Quadrant. Huawei takes it as a milestone and believes it is yet another testament to the global recognition of Huawei’s full lineup of network Offerings. […]

Co-hosted by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and held under the patronage of Bahrain Crown Prince HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Arab International Cybersecurity Conference and Exhibition in Bahrain attracted the highest level of engagement in the region with participation from government, industry, and business verticals, including BFSI, oil & gas, energy, utilities, IT […]

The Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2022 hosted by Huawei and organized together with its industry partners GSMA and GTI kicked off yesterday. The annual event gathers mobile network carriers, vertical industry leaders, and ecosystem partners from around the world to discuss how to make 5G a commercial success, as well as other high-priority industry topics […]

Continuing to make waves in ICT and smart security, Ooredoo has signed a Memorandum of Collaboration with Sangfor Technologies, a leading global vendor of IT infrastructure solutions. As partners, the companies plan to expand Ooredoo’s B2B portfolio, especially in the fields of cloud computing, infrastructure, and network security. It’s the latest partnership for Ooredoo as […]

Marking a major new milestone in its digital leadership and transformation, Ooredoo has partnered with Dahua Technology, a leader in smart IoT solutions, and Starlink, one of the region’s largest outsource-managed services providers. The partnership will be focused on delivering some of the key objectives of Oman’s 2040 Vision; connecting society through many ICT services, […]

OCBC Bank has partnered its corporate customer SATS, a leading food solutions provider, to launch the inaugural OCBC Sustainability Innovation Challenge. Companies worldwide will pitch solutions to address three waste management and reduction challenges identified by SATS relating to the segregation of different types of waste, conversion of waste into byproducts of value, and the […]

The Metaverse is more than just a buzzword. In fact, this virtual-reality world, which has the ability to transform education, health care, manufacturing, job training, communications, entertainment, and retail, could become a tangible and valuable reality in the next decade. A new white paper from Analysis Group, in partnership with Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) says to achieve this, […]

The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has submitted comprehensive Taxation Proposals for the upcoming Fiscal Budget 2022-23 highlighting various measures to facilitate business and FDI, promote the ease of doing business and documentation of the economy beside broadening the tax base and enhancing the revenue collection to match the economic potential of […]