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FITS 2022 evolved successfully with the theme #evolvetechnology – AI & CLOUD
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FITS 2022 evolved successfully with the theme #evolvetechnology – AI & CLOUD

Carrying forward its legacy of the past eight years, The Future IT Summit and Catalysts Awards 2022 was successfully held at Conrad Hotel, Dubai on 17th March 2022.  The event brought together some of the major...

The Future IT Summit 2022 recognises top IT industry and enterprise executives
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The Future IT Summit 2022 recognises top IT industry and enterprise executives

The Future IT Summit and Catalysts Awards 2022 announced the winners of Catalyst Marketing, Catalyst CIO, and Top Ten Best IT Companies to Work with and Titans Badge of Honour. The title sponsors of the Future ...

Reem Asaad, Vice President in the Middle East and Africa, Cisco.
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Over 70% UAE respondents say broadband quality crucial for economic growth finds Cisco

Cisco’s latest Broadband Index report reveals that over 70 percent of respondents in UAE state that the reliability and quality of their broadband connection are crucial to economic and societal growth. Accordi...

Veritas Transforms Future of Data Management with Autonomous, Multi-Cloud Optimized Solutions and Launch of NetBackup 10
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Veritas announces strategy for Autonomous Data Management using AI, hyper-automation

Veritas Technologies, announced launch of new technology to enable its strategy for cloud optimized, Autonomous Data Management, that will simplify the way businesses manage data and automate protection from th...

Cherif Morcos, Vice President of Digital Business Solutions at GBM.
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GBM surveys CIOs in UAE, Oman, Kuwait about using cloud services to become digitally resilient

Gulf Business Machines (GBM) revealed top insights from its cloud services report, where it explored how organizations are leveraging cloud services to become digitally resilient and subsequently business resil...

Arthur Mickoleit, research director at Gartner.
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Gartner identifies top 10 trends for accelerating digital transformation in governments

Gartner, identified the top 10 government technology trends for 2022 that can guide public-sector leaders in accelerating digital transformation and mitigating disruption risks. “Government and public sector CI...

Fouad Charakla, IDC's senior research manager for client devices in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa .
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Highest quarterly volume of PCD shipments for over five years, says Fouad Charakla IDC

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, posted strong year-on-year growth of 11.5% in the final quarter of 2...

Wael Abdoush, General Manager, IBM Gulf & Levant and Pakistan.
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Average lifespan of ransomware group before shutting down, rebranding is 17 months finds IBM Security report

IBM Security released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index unveiling how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations together were able to “imprison” businesses in 2021 further burdening global supply ch...

Peter Firstbrook, research vice president at Gartner.
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Security leaders must address seven trends to protect their digital footprint says Gartner

Security and risk management leaders must address seven top trends to protect the ever-expanding digital footprint of modern organizations against new and emerging threats in 2022 and beyond, according to Gartn...

A comparative number of DDoS attacks: Q3 and Q4 2021 as well as Q4 2020. Data for Q4 2020 is taken as 100%.
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Volume of DDoS market is inversely proportional to cryptocurrency market explains Kaspersky

Compared to Q3 2021, the total number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Q4 shows an increase of 52%. This is 4.5 times more than the same time last year. These and other findings were published...