Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises.
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UAE records 55% occupancy rate for hotels in 2020, second highest globally after China

The UAE tourism sector performed outstandingly in 2020 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed by the Ministry of Economy, noting that the sector was among the least affected and fastest to recove...

IKEA study reveals consumer trends for an organized 2021
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IKEA study reveals living room, bedroom, clothes, shoes, toys, areas for decluttering in UAE

The region’s leading Swedish home furnishing retailer, IKEA, a part of the Al-Futtaim Group, has always kept the many people at the heart of its business. As we enter 2021 and with the aim of creating a better ...

Hadi Jaafarawi, Managing Director, Middle East, Qualys.
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How to manage expanded security risks in hybrid cloud, multi-network environments

Today, we are in a working paradigm that was supposed to be many years away. Employees authenticate themselves to corporate networks using devices that may be compromised, through third-party networks of unknow...

Abbas Basrai, Partner and Head of Financial Services, KPMG Lower Gulf.
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Digitization of UAE banks not possible without right people, culture finds KPMG’s banking report

Grappling with pandemic-induced stress on businesses in the past year, as well as continuously evolving consumer behaviour, banks need to stay innovative and customer-focused, bolster back-end functions and rem...

Jeffrey Wheatman, VP Advisor, Gartner.
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Why small and midsize organisations need to hire a virtual CISO

Hiring a Chief Information Security Officer, CISO, may not be in the budget for small or midsize organisations as their total cash compensation can range between from $208,000 to $337,000. However, at the same ...

Lydia Leong, VP Analyst, Gartner
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With de-platforming now a possibility business leaders should revisit their risk management

Multiple technology service providers, including Amazon Web Services, Okta and Stripe, suspended, or terminated service to Parler after the January 6, 2021 mob invasion of the US Capitol building. This effectiv...