Technology & IT | Thursday 30 April, 2015 12:24 am

Virgin Mobile wins Best Online Experience Award at regional telecoms summit

Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia has won the award for Best Online Experience at the regional Customer Experience Management in Telecoms Middle East Summit, held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.The award, which was open to telecommunications companies from across the region, recognised Virgin...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 30 April, 2015 12:12 am

New Dell SonicWALL TZ Series Firewalls Deliver Enterprise-Class Capabilities for Small Business Budgets

• New Dell SonicWALL TZ Series is the fastest, small form-factor, business-class deep packet inspection firewall on the market• New firewalls designed to inspect SSL traffic and eliminate encrypted threats• With integrated 802.11ac wireless controller, the new SonicWALL TZ series combines...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 4:33 pm

Saudi Arabia constitutes more than half of IT and Telecommunication spending in the MENA

Saudi Arabia is expected to exceed USD 37 billion in ICT spending in 2015, as originally reported in a recent IDC report. This investment, by far the highest ever by any country in the Middle East and North Africa region, is dominated by the government’s spending towards achieving complete...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 6:45 am

Nissan AVM tech to go underwater for deep sea exploration

Nissan is providing its unique Around View Monitor (AVM) technology to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and Topy Industries, Ltd., through a joint development project that may help uncover the mysteries of the oceans. The joint development contract with JAMSTEC...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 6:36 am

Aon Risk Solutions celebrates Business Insurance’s 2015

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), congratulates its clients that were recognized by Business Insurance’s 2015 Risk Manager of the Year awards program. Kathleen M. Ireland from IBM Corp. took top honors as the 2015 Risk Manager of the Year along with...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 12:12 am

GBM launch VersaStack TM Solution to the Gulf

Gulf Business Machines (GBM), the leading provider of customized IT solutions in the Gulf, launched VersaStackTM Solution in partnership with IBM and Cisco at a series of exclusive events in the UAE this week.VersaStackTM Solution is the world’s first integrated infrastructure based on the IBM...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 28 April, 2015 3:08 pm

ly Builds on Epic Success with Note Launch to Meet Growing Demand for Phablets

Top European mobile maker Fly is meeting growing regional demand for phablets with the latest addition to its big-screen phone family, the Fly Epic Note. Phablets – smartphones with a screen size of 5.5 inches and larger – are surging in popularity in the Middle East and Africa as customers...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 28 April, 2015 2:38 pm

Saudi Credit & Saving Bank and Mobily Celebrate the First phase of Firnas Innovation Platform

The Saudi Credit and Saving Bank and Etihad Ettisalat Mobily held a celebration on the occasion of the first session closure of Firnas External innovation platform, which was launched last September.The five winning final ideas that won through the competitions lunched during the last few months...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 28 April, 2015 7:24 am

Aon unveils latest global risk management data

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), today unveiled the key risks as identified by its clients across the globe. For the first time ever cyber risk entered the top 10 at number 9, reinforcing its emergence as a key risk factor. Damage to brand and...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 28 April, 2015 7:11 am

Tougher cyber laws urged

A three-day Arab Media Forum in Kuwait ended Monday with several participants calling for tougher legislation to monitor the Internet and a crack down on cyber criminals attempting to undermine the security and stability of countries. Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi, editor in chief of Arab News, chaired...

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