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UAE government ranked third globally for provision of digital services according to BCG

Driven by a comprehensive digital transformation roadmap and COVID-19 response strategy, the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has attained its latest digitization accomplishment, ranking third globa...

66% UAE respondents ready to retrain for new job role post pandemic finds BCG and Bayt.com

66% UAE respondents ready to retrain for new job role post pandemic finds BCG and Bayt.com

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the professional landscape, driving a paradigm shift in attitudes concerning long-term employment. According to a new study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Bay...

Hani Zain, Partner and member of the Telecommunications, Media and Technology practice with Strategy& Middle East.

Abu Dhabi Digital Authority, Strategy& report advises government on building invisible services

Digital applications are revolutionizing customer service. Customers need personalized service with minimal interactions, which forces public and private service providers to digitally transform their business ...

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UAE’s Mars Mission detects aurorae generated by solar wind, magnetic crust on night side

In June, Emirates Mars Mission, released images of Mars in far-ultraviolet, providing insights into discrete aurora phenomenon in the nightside atmosphere. These snapshots of the discrete aurora of Mars are the...

Wam Voster, Senior Research Director at Gartner.

By 2025 threat actors will have weaponised OT environments to harm or kill predicts Gartner

By 2025, cyber attackers will have weaponized operational technology environments to successfully harm or kill humans, according to Gartner. Attacks on OT – hardware and software that monitors or controls equip...

Debashish Mukherjee, Partner & Head, Consumer Industries and Retail Practice at Kearney Middle East.

46% of UAE consumers expect effects of pandemic to last another year finds Kearney

Increased vaccinations (47%) and continued protective and social distancing measures (28%) will be key to rebuilding UAE consumers’ confidence to visit public places (stores, restaurants and supermarkets) movin...

Adel Belcaid, Head of its Communications, Media, and Technology (CMT) practice, Kearney Middle East.

Kearney’s Saudi consumer survey finds 80% changed shopping habits adapting to new normal

Alternative shopping options like Click & Collect, curb-side pickup (46%) and contactless In-Store experiences like self-checkouts (27%) will be key to rebuilding Saudi consumers’ confidence to visit public...

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Employer must protect safety of employees while travelling for business, SAP Concur survey

While 96 percent of global business travellers are willing to travel for business over the next 12 months, addressing their demands for flexibility may prove essential for companies’ long-term success. This is ...

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Dell Pakistan, M&P join hands with Loco Services as Exclusive Sponsor for The World CIO 200 Summit – (Pakistan Edition 2021)

It is delighted to announce that Dell Pakistan, M&P has allied with Loco Services as Exclusive Sponsor for “The World CIO200 Summit (Pakistan Edition 2021)”. Loco Services is an event management company, sp...

Global CIO Forum, ARCON organise virtual summit on managing information risk

Global CIO Forum, ARCON organise virtual summit on managing information risk

Global CIO Forum in association with ARCON organised a virtual summit on Managing Information Risk while Working Remotely on 30th September 2021. The event focused on some risk factors that may lead to business...