Today: Mar 17, 2026
Impact of Middle East war on IT spending
IDC assesses the impact of the war on Middle East and Africa’s IT spending across different scenarios, for weeks, months and across most of the year. The escalation of conflict in the Middle East introduces a new macroeconomic and geopolitical variable into an already fragile global technology environment. Based on IDC’s macroeconomic modelling framework, on 02 March IDC sees
WSO2 appoints Thibaut Rouffineau as Chief Marketing Officer
WSO2 announced a portfolio focused on enabling the agentic enterprise, addressing organizations’ growing need for secure, manageable, observable, and sovereign deployment of AI capabilities. With the appointment of Thibaut
Alteryx drives next growth phase with AI-ready data and automation
Alteryx announced its next phase of growth, surpassing
Celebrating IWD 2026: Excellence at the top
Welcome to this special feature coinciding with International
AI’s backbone: Can Middle East connectivity keep up?
Pete Hall, Regional MD of Ciena MEA, on
Dataiku offers open-source framework for enterprise AI explainability
As organisations accelerate the deployment of AI agents across critical workflows, performance alone is no longer sufficient enterprises also need to understand, validate, and govern how these systems produce their outputs, especially in regulated and high stakes environments. Through its 575 Lab open-source initiative, Dataiku has introduced Kiji Inspector, an open-source explainability framework designed specifically for enterprise AI agents.
NTT DATA Launches NVIDIA-Powered AI Factories for Enterprise AI
NTT DATA has announced a new initiative to deliver NVIDIA-powered enterprise AI factories designed to accelerate innovation and enhance operational efficiency for organisations worldwide. These new enterprise AI factories
Chrome vulnerability allowed extensions to hijack Gemini panel
The research revealed a high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-0628, in
Dataiku launches the platform for AI success
Dataiku has announced the launch of the Platform
Luma launches Luma Agents powered by unified intelligence for creative work
Luma announced the launch of Luma Agents, a
The security blind spot
Microsoft 365 security is a ticking time bomb, writes J2 CEO and cybersecurity expert John Mc Loughlin. Across boardrooms and IT departments, a dangerous assumption continues to grow that because data resides
du and Huawei bring 10Gbps speeds with 5G-A technology
du has entered a strategic collaboration with Huawei to transform both indoor and outdoor network infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates. The initiative will leverage advanced U6G deployment and digitalised systems to
Fortinet report: Why security training succeeds and where it fails
Security awareness training is no longer a compliance exercise. It is a measurable control for reducing cyber risk. Fortinet’s 2025 Security Awareness and Training Global Research Report, based on responses from 1,850 senior IT and security leaders worldwide,
Seagate delivers industry’s highest capacity hard drives with Next-Generation Mozaic 4+
Seagate Technology has announced its next-generation Mozaic 4+ platform, the industry’s only heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)–based storage platform deployed at-scale, is now qualified and in production with two leading hyperscale cloud providers. Supporting capacities up to 44TB, these
Group-IB High-Tech crime trends report 2026: Supply chain attacks lead global cyber threats
Group-IB has launched its High-Tech Crime Trends Report 2026, revealing that supply chain attacks have become the dominant force reshaping the global cyber threat landscape. For organizations across the Middle East & Africa (MEA), where cloud adoption, digital
Kaspersky study: 70% of UAE firms plan AI-Driven SOCs amid talent and data gaps
Almost all companies planning to establish a Security Operations Center (SOC) regard artificial intelligence (AI) as a must-have component. However, despite high expectations, organizations face significant challenges in deploying and operationalizing AI effectively. These include a lack of
Acronis Report: UAE organisations show stronger resilience as cyberattacks decline in 2025
New research from Acronis shows that while cyber threats remain highly active across the UAE, organisations are becoming markedly better at stopping attacks before they escalate. Despite continued exposure to phishing links and malicious campaigns throughout 2025, malware
Markets on edge as Middle East tensions trigger oil shock
Global financial markets have been shaken as escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East trigger one of the sharpest surges in oil prices in recent history, prompting investors to reassess the global
2026 factory floor: tech trends empowering frontline
Zebra Technologies today highlighted the key factors expected to shape the frontline workforce in 2026, as manufacturers increasingly adopt data driven cultures to remain competitive and navigate growing market complexities. According to Zebra’s Impact of
Security by Design: How Axis Is redefining physical security in the Al era
As physical security systems become increasingly connected, cloud-enabled, and powered by AI, the stakes for reliability, resilience, and cyber protection have never been higher. In this conversation, Steven Kenny, Manager – Architect & Engineering (EMEA) at Axis Communications, explains how the company’s long-standing philosophy
Cloud and AI are transforming security systems says Andrew Elvish at Genetec
During Intersec 2026 in UAE, Andrew Elvish, Vice President of Marketing, at
Why AI-native security is shifting the focus from detection to response
In this session, Jehan Wickramasuriya, Senior Vice President of Security & Resilience Software
Anand Eswaran explains why it was important for Veeam to acquire Securiti AI
Anand Eswaran CEO Veeam talks to Global Enterprise Connect’s, Managing Editor Arun
Irshad Syed Senior IT Governance Specialist, ADNOC
Irshad Syed, Senior IT Governance Specialist at ADNOC spoke to GEC Newswire
