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An insider’s guide to Madrid

Spain has opened its doors to international tourists, and especially welcomed visitors from the GCC region. Here’s what you can do in one of its most popular cities

Here’s how the future of payments looks like in the Middle East

As the MENA market matures, several nations are shifting towards more sophisticated and customised payment options says Ozgur Ozvardar, vice president and general manager, Verifone Middle East and North Africa

Gitex Global: Interview with Christian Pineau, president, Skreeneo

By providing innovative technology solutions, such as Smart Safe Station and Kleantouch, Skreeneo claims to prevent and mitigate the spread of infectious diseases

GITEX Global: Interview with Massimo Cannizzo, CEO and co-founder, Gellify Middle East

Gellify, in collaboration with Azimut recently launched a $50m VC Fund to help MENA startups, with a focus on enhancing advanced technology-based innovation in the region

Dubai’s EX Sports and Séan Garnier issue world’s first freestyle football NFTs

Fans can collect and trade NFTs featuring clips of Garnier performing some of his signature moves

Gaurav Biswas, founder and CEO, TruKKer

How TruKKer plans to expand rapidly within the MENA region

Saudi logistics and technology startup TruKKer launched operations in four additional markets in a single month – and there’s more to come. Founder and CEO Gaurav Biswas shares his vision

Shailesh Dash

Charting the growth of SPACs

Are special purpose acquisitions companies becoming a serious alternate funding avenue for private companies?

ASUS Business

Here’s how ASUS Business is bridging the technological gap in education

The company is also aggressively launching new products, solutions and initiatives in 2022

Shailesh Dash

What to expect from the US equity markets

Investors that identified sectors likely to benefit from the pandemic have enjoyed superior returns, writes entrepreneur and investor Shailesh Dash, who shares his perspective in this monthly column

Mastering the art of selling

Motivated sales professionals are entertaining, educational and positive self-starters who are visionaries and leaders, writes Dariush Soudi, chief gladiator at Be Unique Group

The likely path for the evolution of the digital economy

By 2023, it is expected that 75 per cent of global organisations will have a complete digital transformation implementation roadmap in place, up from 27 per cent in 2020, says Steven Yi, president – Middle East at Huawei

Shailesh Dash

Dubai investor Shailesh Dash evaluates H1 performance of 5G, gaming and cloud computing stocks

A look at the 2021 first-half performance of some of the stocks recommended by entrepreneur and investor Shailesh Dash, who shares his perspective in this monthly column

Amedeo Scarpa, Italian Trade Commissioner to the UAE

GITEX Global: Interview with Amedeo Scarpa, Italian Trade Commissioner to the UAE

The list of startup organisations at the event aimed to share knowledge with their peers and explore significant opportunities for growth

Here’s why laptops are an essential component for medium-sized businesses

The HP ProBook 640 G8 provides the storage and speed that a business or team need without interfering with day-to-day operations

Video: Here’s how Dubai’s Collegiate International School is ensuring the safe return of students

All the adults in the school have been fully vaccinated and social distancing is maintained at all times, says the school’s superintendent, Bruce Major

MICE industry’s future growth in the spotlight at Abu Dhabi Business Events Week

The inaugural trade event will provide a platform for industry leaders, companies and professionals in the MICE sector to exchange knowledge, discuss innovations and further collaboration to bolster the future of MICE travel in the region

Why closing cyber skills gap remains critical today

The threat landscape is unpredictable, with many moving parts as well as social and economic changes affecting it all of the time says Alain Penel, regional VP – Middle East at Fortinet

Sunil Paul, Finesse

Why do some digital transformation initiatives fail?

Sunil Paul, co-founder and managing director at Finesse explains how organisations can power and secure their digital transformation journeys in the post-pandemic world

Michel Nader, Dell Technologies

Bracing for cyber cover in today’s data era

For businesses to be ahead of the curve, they need to make investing in security measures a top priority and proactively address data privacy rather than wait to address it after an attack occurs

Here’s how organisations can safeguard their businesses for the future

With the ongoing evolution of multi-cloud deployments and emerging technologies, organisations need to be agile with an ever-changing threat landscape, says Hamid Qureshi, regional sales director, MEASA-Entrust

Elad Levi, Netafim

Driving the future of farming with innovation

Irrigation technology centres on delivering water and nutrients to plants in a precise and efficient manner, enabling optimal growing conditions and higher yields with minimum use of resources

GITEX Future Stars: Accelerating the pace of change

Artificial Intelligence, big data, augmented and mixed reality, and blockchain are disrupting how creative industries produce, distribute, and consume content

Data-driven economy at GITEX Global

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments have set lofty ambitions for themselves to be at the forefront of the digital revolution

cyber attacks

Here’s why coding is a biggest game changer for digital innovation

Coding and programming help young students develop problem-solving abilities, such as solving an issue rationally and creatively

Artificial Intelligence

GITEX Future Stars: Meet the innovative startups from India, Japan and France

The startups set to present at GITEX Future Stars aim to bring together the most innovative ideas to inspire positive change in business and society

Virtual Reality

GITEX Global: Women in tech

Women to take centre stage at GITEX Global’s TiE Women pitch competition, where women-led startups from over 40 cities pitch on stage for equity-free cash prizes, mentorship, investor networking and exposure

GITEX Future Stars: Meet the innovative startups from UAE, Italy and South Korea

Over 700 companies from more than 60 countries exhibiting at GITEX Future Stars will be able to access to the region’s tech investments

Business team in video meeting

ASUS Business confirms their presence in GITEX technology exhibit 2021, Dubai

It will be present at the Dubai World Trade Centre from October 17-21, 2021

Computer racks in Data Center

How outsourcing data centre operations can drive the growth of Middle East companies

The rapid increase in generation and consumption of data has meant an exponential rise in the demand for data centres

Digital Tranformation

The digital revolution in the Middle East

Gartner predicts that the IT spending in the MENA region is set to grow 4.5 per cent annually and reach $171.3bn this year as businesses increasingly digitise amid pandemic