Today: Sep 08, 2026
ACE Gallagher acquires UPI Brokers to expand Kuwait presence
ACE Gallagher Holding has acquired United Partners Insurance Brokers (UPI Brokers) to bolster its market share in Kuwait. The deal integrates UPI Brokers’ three decades of local expertise with ACE Gallagher’s regional and international resources. Ibrahim Arqawi joins the leadership team as Executive Director to drive growth and diversification. The acquisition strengthens ACE Gallagher’s existing presence in Kuwait and
Sri Lanka sets the global stage for World CIO 200 Grand Finale 2026 at high-level press conference in Colombo
Government of Sri Lanka and Global Enterprise Connect outline a global technology, investment and innovation agenda as 200+ technology leaders from 50+ countries prepare to converge in Colombo Sri
World CIO 200 Summit Grand Finale to spotlight Global Technology Marketplace
The World CIO 200 Summit 2026 Grand Finale
Leveraging an integrated operating model
By combining construction, MEP, specialist engineering systems, technology
Vertiv to acquire UtilityInnovation Group for $1.45bn to boost AI power
Vertiv has agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group (UIG)
Cisco adds Supermicro to Its NVIDIA AI stack as rack density outruns Its own compute
Supermicro liquid and air-cooled systems will be validated and sold by Cisco from October, in a reference architecture built for neocloud and sovereign cloud buyers rather than conventional enterprise ones. Cisco has brought Supermicro into its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA, adding third-party liquid and air-cooled rack-scale servers to an architecture the company had until now assembled largely around
Qualcomm’s first Middle East Tech for Good grant goes to Abu Dhabi’s TII for onboard drone diagnostics
The grant funds work to run TII’s SADEED predictive maintenance platform directly on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing IQ9 edge processor, keeping safety-critical aircraft health data off the cloud. The Technology Innovation
Snap and MCIT to train 20,000 Saudis in digital skills by 2030
The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Machine attacks need machine defenders: redesigning the SOC for AI-speed threats
Security teams have always lived with asymmetry. Attackers
93% of GCC frontline staff use AI weekly, BCG report finds
The GCC has emerged as a global leader
ASUS launches ExpertBook B5 Flip G2 with AI features for students
ASUS has introduced the ExpertBook B5 Flip G2 in the GCC, a versatile 2-in-1 laptop designed for students. The device features a 360-degree flippable design and is powered by the Intel Core
Synology launches ActiveProtect Manager 2.0 with expanded cloud support
Synology has unveiled ActiveProtect Manager 2.0, enhancing its DP-Series data protection appliances. The update introduces support for Amazon EC2, Azure VM, and Google Workspace, alongside cross-platform recovery. Enhanced security features include volume-level
Qlik expands MCP server to AWS and Databricks marketplaces
Qlik has expanded the availability of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to AWS and Databricks marketplaces. This move allows enterprises to integrate Qlik’s governed data and analytics context directly into AI agents and assistants, reducing the need
TP-Link announces world’s first Wi-Fi 8 Lineup
TP-Link Systems has announced its next-generation Wi-Fi 8 portfolio, featuring the Archer 8 Ultra router and Deco 8 Ultra mesh system. Utilising the upcoming IEEE 802.11bn standard and StabilityEngine technology, the lineup focuses on enhancing reliability, coverage, and
Dynatrace report reveals AI scaling challenges for SRE and platform teams
A global study of 919 IT leaders from Dynatrace indicates that rapid AI adoption is stretching the limits of site reliability engineering and platform engineering. While executive support for these roles is high, teams are struggling with tool
Mannai Information Technology to showcase AI and digital innovation at LEAP 2026
Mannai Information Technology Saudi Arabia (MIT KSA) will showcase advancements in AI, smart cities, and sports technology at LEAP 2026. Following the opening of its Riyadh headquarters, the company will demonstrate how digital innovation supports Saudi Vision 2030
Inside the firewall: VisionSoft’s pitch for agents that never touch the cloud
When Anji Reddy founded VisionSoft in 2017 in the US, he was already optimistic of the reach of technology and even what AI could do if it goes leave the research labs and touch enterprises and everyday lives
Abu Dhabi School of Management and Siemens Energy lead AI transformation forum in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi School of Management and Siemens Energy recently hosted a collaborative forum focusing on AI-driven business transformation. The event gathered CIOs, technology leaders, and academics to discuss scaling AI, governance, and
GBM appoints Kyndryl’s Pieter Bil as chief executive
The 36-year-old regional integrator has hired a 30-year enterprise services veteran to lead its push into AI adoption and infrastructure modernisation across the GCC. Gulf Business Machines has appointed Pieter Willem Bil as chief executive
The customer remains accountable for the data”: Microsoft and Veeam on the shared responsibility gap
Tamer Elhamy of Microsoft Middle East and Africa and Mena Migelly of Veeam EMEA East on the Kingdom’s incoming data centre, the shift to agentic deployments, and why so many enterprises misread who owns their data. Microsoft’s Saudi Arabia data centre goes live in
Inside AWS’s Middle East build: 3 regions, 160 partners, 2 M people to train
At LEAP, AWS announced its largest regional investment yet. Madhavi Reddy, Managing
Securing the AI and Cloud-Native Era: Rethinking Cybersecurity for Modern Enterprises
As enterprises accelerate their adoption of AI, APIs, microservices, Kubernetes and cloud-native
Resilience plus: Opportunities in today’s disrupted marketplace
In a world shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, escalating cyber
The three shifts towards operational resilience
Operational resilience is becoming a business-critical priority as enterprises face rising cyber
