Vanessa Erickson, Capital Project Portfolio Expert, AVEVA.

Blending project and asset data into digital twins

Over the past ten years, capital expenditure projects, both brownfield and greenfield, have become more complex and challenging due to many factors, not limited to ever-changing environmental, societal and gove...

Joe Hawayek, Head of vHealth Middle East and Africa, Aetna International.

Telehealth now a recognised healthcare service

As lockdowns swept the region last year, a host of pressing points emerged. Isolation, interrupted routines, expanded work volumes, job uncertainty and financial concerns, all conspired to bring issues of menta...

Libby Duane Adams, Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-Founder at Alteryx.

Clear link between diversity and business success

Fostering diversity from the top down and utilising as many diverse viewpoints as possible is the key for these strategies to succeed. From increased performance to a dramatic uptick in innovation, developing d...

Maurizio Galardo, Chief Technologist Extended Reality, AVEVA.

Extended reality is transforming industrial training

The concept of gamification – the principles and theories behind playing games – has been central to the swift progression of virtual training. Gamification techniques are now being applied to real-world indust...

Sylvain Duranton, Managing Director and Senior Partner at BCG, Global Head of BCG GAMMA.

Does the EU legislation create ethical AI?

A wave of technology regulation is sweeping the world. Legislators and regulators from the European Union, the US, India, and other countries have been working on new laws and regulation that will soon shape ho...

Niranjan Gidwani, Consultant Director, Member UAE Superbrands Council, Former CEO Eros Group.

As executives, do we know the meaning of life?

It is natural for each individual to be driven by ambition. Yet each of us must also aspire to lead a whole life in perfect contentment. There is a natural, rubber-band like stretch between ambition and content...

Richard Addiscott, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner.

Three ways to boost security awareness programmes

A good training programme is a cost-effective way to reduce cybersecurity risk, but it needs executive support to succeed. A senior employee at one of Australia’s top universities received a seemingly innocuous...

Sam Olyaei, Director Analyst, Gartner.

Top 5 questions the Board can ask their CISOs

Recently, boards have been asking security and risk leaders for guidance on how to navigate a global pandemic, increased phishing threats and, potentially, a workforce unaccustomed to working from home. The pro...

Dr Tariq Aslam, Head of MEA, AVEVA.

Rise of the connected worker and transformation of UAE’s industrial sector

In March, the United Arab Emirates announced an ambitious plan to position the country as an industrial powerhouse by 2030 by leveraging the power of advanced technologies across a range of sectors. By doubling...

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UAE has most competitive industrial sector in Arab world according to UN rankings

The UAE has the most competitive industrial sector in the Arab world, according to the latest UN global rankings. The country has reached 30th in the world in the 2021 United Nation’s Industrial Organization’s ...