United Arab Emirates (UAE) stories - Page 4

New Zealand named amongst most vulnerable countries at risk of cyber attack
Thu, 11th Jun 2020
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New Zealand ranks eighth in NordVPN's Cyber Risk Index, identifying it as highly vulnerable to cyber attacks due to high internet penetration and usage.

AR and VR shipments slow due to COVID-19 pandemic
Fri, 27th Mar 2020
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COVID-19 disrupts AR and VR shipments, with production delays and increased costs, but rising consumer demand balances financial losses, says ABI Research.

ICT spending in UAE to reach US$23bn by 2024
Fri, 13th Mar 2020
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data analytics
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martech
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iot
The UAE's ICT spending is set to soar to USD $23bn by 2024, driven by digitalisation and booming tech adoption sectors, per GlobalData's latest research.

Revealed: The countries with the worst internet freedom
Thu, 27th Feb 2020
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Turkmenistan tops Tech.co's list of worst countries for internet freedom, followed by North Korea and China. Western net neutrality also faces scrutiny.

20 by 2020: Oracle Cloud's ambitious global expansion
Wed, 18th Sep 2019
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microsoft
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cloud services
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oracle
Oracle has bold plans to launch 20 new cloud regions by 2020, equating to one region every 33 days for the next 15 months.

AR 'Live View' navigation is coming to Google Maps
Thu, 29th Aug 2019
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ar, vr & metaverse
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google
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google maps
Live View will allow those travelling on foot around cities to navigate streets a little easier with turn-by-turn navigation.

Gartner: 5G infrastructure revenue to reach US$4B in 2020
Mon, 26th Aug 2019
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smartphones
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5g & beyond
7% of CSPs worldwide have already deployed 5G infrastructure in their networks and the rollout is set to accelerate.

Alibaba Cloud becomes first public cloud provider to secure OSPAR validation
Mon, 24th Jun 2019
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public cloud
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fintech
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cloud services
OSPAR is designed to support the financial services industry in reducing compliance-associated costs when outsourcing the management.

HP study illuminates booming counterfeit print supply industry
Tue, 11th Jun 2019
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printing
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counterfeits
Businesses that purchase print supplies are in danger of falling victim to the multi-billion dollar industry of counterfeits and fakes.

SAS recognises global partner innovation and collaboration
Thu, 2nd May 2019
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partner programmes
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software development
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sas
SAS celebrates partners' innovation at awards; Alliance with Accord, ITOCHU & FACTS honoured for analytics excellence.

KDDI announces IoT and RPA support services accross APAC
Tue, 29th Jan 2019
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iot
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industrial iot
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rpa
KDDI has introduced the KDDI GX platform, providing overseas corporate customers with centralised support across a range of solutions.

iPhone XS Max costs average Kiwi 11.6 work days – world comparison
Thu, 17th Jan 2019
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smartphones
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personal computing devices
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apple
A new study has compared how long it will take the average worker in 42 countries to purchase Apple's newest iPhone - NZ doesn't do too bad.

Aussie blockchain firm Power Ledger wins XTC 2018
Mon, 29th Oct 2018
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blockchain
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healthtech
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cleantech
An Australian blockchain firm scooped up first place at the Extreme Tech Challenge at Sir Richard Branson’s private island in the British Virgin Islands.

NetSuite expands network and services of The Executive Centre
Mon, 2nd Jul 2018
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fintech
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financial systems
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risk & compliance
By switching from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to NetSuite OneWorld, The Executive Centre has supposedly been able to improve operational efficiency.

Is Microsoft opening data centres in Germany? Here’s what we know
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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dc
Reports have emerged stating Microsoft to be investing more than €100 million in two data centres in Germany, but the company remains non-committal.

New report finds race to the cloud in EMEA outpacing cybersecurity
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
The relentless rush to cloud adoption is coming at the detriment to cybersecurity with some countries in EMEA worse than others.

'MuddyWater' threat campaign targeting Central Asia & Middle East
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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malware
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cybersecurity
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trend micro
A resurgence of last year’s ‘MuddyWater’ threat campaign may be targeting organizations in Pakistan, Turkey and Tajikistan.

PCCW Global launches service to connect MPLS networks to Microsoft Azure
Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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network infrastructure
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public cloud
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sdn
The Network-as-a-Service product that extends a customer’s MPLS network service to both Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365.

PCCW lands new Asia Africa Europe-1 cable in Hong Kong
Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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ceo
PCCW Global lands world's largest submarine cable in Hong Kong, claiming to support China's One Belt One Road initiative.

Arbor Networks digs deep into the Lazarus Group's DDoS attacks
Mon, 19th Jun 2017
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ddos
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cybersecurity
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arbor networks
It is not clear whether the IPs listed in the report were part of a command and control infrastructure or simply bots - or both.