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Professionals in KSA and UAE Say Loss of Travel has Adversely Affected Business Performance

Lack of travel impacting professionals in Saudi Arabia, UAE finds global travel expert Collinson

New research by global travel services expert Collinson has found that more than four fifths of business travellers in the UAE and KSA have seen their job affected in some way by a lack of cross-border business...

Niranjan Gidwani, Former CEO of Eros Group Dubai

Changing business model and target customers for the post pandemic world

This pandemic has sharply accelerated market fragmentation. This has allowed the digital giants, who have gained considerable expertise in market micro-segmentation, and are funded by hordes of cash, to grow qu...

Richard Dunbar, Head of Multi-Asset Research at Aberdeen Standard Investments.

Building diversified investment portfolio in an uncertain economy

The virus and the rollout of the vaccine still colour all economic views and put huge uncertainty around them. However, we think the most likely scenario is that global economic growth will be well above its av...

Sid Bhatia, Regional Director – Middle East, Dataiku.

Explainable AI can lead to more accurate results

As far back as 2017, analyst firms like Deloitte and PwC’s Strategy& were chronicling GCC governments’ digital transformation programmes. The region is pinning its economic hopes on artificial intelligence,...

Alok Sharma, CEO, Shycocan Corporation.

Agility, innovation, safety key to success in post-pandemic era

The Covid-19 pandemic sent shockwaves through the business community and forced many businesses to either scale back their operations or stop them altogether. From this pandemic three priorities shall emerge fo...

Sid Nag, research vice president at Gartner

Global public cloud spending to grow at 23% in 2021 fueled by emerging technologies

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 23.1% in 2021 to total $332.3 billion, up from $270 billion in 2020, according to the latest forecast. “The events of last year allowed C...

GEC Security Symposium 2021 is presented by Cyber Sentinels.

GEC Security Symposium releases list of speakers and panellists for May 26, 2021

The fourth edition of GEC Security Symposium 2021 presented by Cyber Sentinels will be held in Dubai on May 26, 2021. Spire Solutions, region’s leading value-added distributor is the title sponsor for the event...

 FedEx donates charter flights to move oxygen concentrators, masks shipments to India

 FedEx donates charter flights to move oxygen concentrators, masks shipments to India

As India and its healthcare systems face a surge in COVID-19 infections across the country, FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and the world’s largest express transportation company, is working with orga...

Ashish Panjabi, Chief Operating Officer at Jacky's Business Solutions

Jacky’s Electronics joins India in its Covid-19 fight by shipping oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong

As India continues to reel under the rising cases of Covid-19, the country is undergoing an oxygen crisis. Several corporates from across the world are helping the government and citizens. Jacky’s Electro...

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Global CIO Forum kicks off quarterly Unite Reboot Meet for IT industry

On April 29, Global CIO Forum hosted the GCF Unite Reboot Meet, a quarterly networking and rejuvenation session for the IT Industry. The marketing fraternity from the IT industry gathered for an evening to unwi...