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Steve-Tzikakis

SAP asserts ME orgs can leverage technology platforms during Covid-19 crisis

There’s never been a better opportunity to help customers deliver unique insights, and ensure agility, control and the ability to execute, not just now, but also post-crisis, says Steve Tzikakis, President, SAP...

DHL

DHL launches 100-tonne weekly air freight service from China to Africa and ME

DHL Global Forwarding has launched a dedicated 100-tonne weekly air freight service for organisations and governments shipping goods from China to Africa and Middle East. Capitalising on Dubai’s strategic geogr...

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Bahrain’s F1 circuit to build Covid-19 ventilators, share blueprints worldwide

Bahrain’s F1 circuit is to produce hundreds of ventilators for Covid-19 patients and share the blueprints free of charge, worldwide. Engineers from the track, which hosts the Grand Prix championship race ...

Abdul-Rahman

Corporate survival mantra: humanise, educate, assure, revolutionise, tackle

Like so many things, it can be too easy to put stuff off for another day. Every business will have a list of wants and needs, particularly when it comes to their need to digitally transform, that for whatever r...

Dr-Moataz-Bin-Ali

Trend Micro finds GCC faced 9,773 Covid-themed cyberattacks in Q1 2020

GCC countries have recorded 9,773 email, URL, and file threats related to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Q1 2020, according to new research from Trend Micro. As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread, the to...

Danny-Winokur

AppDynamics offers free services to manage digital demand during Covid-19

Covid-19 has led to unprecedented demand on organisations delivering online and digital services to their customers. For technologists, understanding their applications is key to keeping digital services runnin...

WHO-Open

‘No time to blame the messenger’ warns UN rights chief, amidst media clampdowns

Against the backdrop of restrictive measures against independent media imposed by several States, as well as the arrest and intimidation of journalists, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet,...

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UN: ‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected

In a scientific brief issued on Friday, the UN health agency said there was no proof that one-time infection could lead to immunity, and “laboratory tests that detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 [the virus that ca...

Lab-Testing

UN: ‘Landmark collaboration’ to make COVID-19 testing and treatment available to all

The virtual launch of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, saw participation from all corners of the planet to boost commitment and support for the production of  diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccin...

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WHO: Global leaders unite to ensure everyone can access new vaccines and treatments

Heads of state and global health leaders today made an unprecedented commitment to work together to accelerate the development and production of new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19 and assure equita...