Today: Oct 29, 2026
Cequence Security appoints Russ Schafer as CMO following record growth
Cequence Security has appointed former Fortinet executive Russ Schafer as Chief Marketing Officer following its strongest quarter on record. Schafer brings over 25 years of marketing leadership across cybersecurity and enterprise software to Cequence, which protects applications, APIs, and agentic AI systems for major enterprise clients including NTT DOCOMO. Schafer brings more than 25 years of marketing leadership at
Robert Downey Jr joins SPECS as Chief Customer Experience Officer
Actor Robert Downey Jr has joined augmented reality firm SPECS as honorary chief customer experience officer (CCEO). Drawing on nearly two decades of imagining AR technology, Downey Jr will
Acronis appoints Prakash Panjwani as Chief Executive Officer
Acronis has appointed Prakash Panjwani as its new
BMC Helix to host enterprise AI and automation roadshow in Dubai
BMC Helix will host its annual roadshow for
Why your AI pilot will stall at the storage layer, according to VAST Data’s Jason Hammons
Four years ago, VAST Data began building for
Dubai-based FlareFalcon.ai launches to boost business visibility in AI search
Dubai-based FlareFalcon.ai has launched to assist businesses in gaining visibility across AI search platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Founded by Brad Standish and Ian Hainey, the firm combines website engineering, generative engine optimisation (GEO), AI search monitoring, and PR to help brands feature in AI recommendations. The shift is already well advanced. A 2026 survey of UAE consumers
Careem opens Model Context Protocol to regional developers
Careem has opened its Model Context Protocol to developers and startups across the region, allowing AI agents to integrate with rides, food, groceries and payments. To mark the launch,
NTT Data expands AI Factory network globally to help firms scale AI
NTT Data has announced the global expansion of
AI agents are outrunning the tools built to watch them, Splunk report finds
Enterprises are deploying AI agents faster than they
Open Innovation AI and VivoPower partner on sovereign AI data centres
Abu Dhabi-based Open Innovation AI has signed a
Securonix names Essam Ahmed as MEA Senior Sales Director
Securonix has appointed Essam Ahmed as Senior Sales Director for the Middle East and Africa (MEA). Bringing more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience from companies including FireEye, McAfee, and spiderSilk, Ahmed
Asus unveils ultraslim ExpertBook A7 for modern mobile professionals
Asus has launched the ExpertBook A7, a 1cm thin and 1.2kg ultraslim laptop designed for modern hybrid professionals. Powered by Intel processors and featuring a 14-inch 3K OLED display, the device offers
Tech Mahindra expands agentic AI readiness with Google Cloud Gemini
Tech Mahindra has strengthened its partnership with Google Cloud to enhance its agentic AI capabilities globally. Through the ‘Build with Gemini’ workshop, the company is training 12,500 associates to develop, secure, and govern AI agents. This initiative aims
Huawei and Qualcomm sign broad 5G and AI patent licence deal
Huawei and Qualcomm have entered a multi-year patent licence agreement covering 5G, AI, and networking. The deal includes cross-licensing and the acquisition of specific Huawei US patents by Qualcomm, following fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) principles. “Huawei’s decades
Cloudflare launches Basin to simplify serverless data analytics
Cloudflare has launched Basin, a serverless data platform designed to simplify how developers ingest, store, and query analytical data. Built on Apache Iceberg and Cloudflare R2, the platform removes vendor lock-in and eliminates data transfer fees, allowing teams
AWS is betting AED 20 billion that the UAE’s AI boom will hold
“If you had asked me 20 years ago whether I could carry my music library, my films, a world of possibilities in my pocket,” Tanuja Randery told an audience at the Dubai World Trade Centre this week during
Nemetschek Group and University of Jeddah partner to boost AEC digital skills
Nemetschek Group and the University of Jeddah have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance digital skills and industry readiness for AEC students. The collaboration includes software licensing, staff training, and curriculum development to support Saudi Vision 2030.
ADGM publishes region’s first dedicated crypto mining guidance
Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Registration Authority has issued dedicated guidance for crypto mining, making it the first international financial centre in the region to do so. The guidance classifies crypto mining as
Gulf AI transformation risks leaving frontline staff behind, says Staffbase
Gulf governments and organisations are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, yet employee experience platform Staffbase warns that transformation risks failing frontline workers. A study conducted by Forrester Consulting for Staffbase revealed that 48% of frontline
“The race is all about technology”: Bull at AI Everything as GCC states build their own AI
Keyur Joshi, General Manager for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Bull, said sovereignty, energy efficiency and local manufacturing will shape how the region builds and controls AI, with governments across the GCC already leading the shift. When Atos bought Bull in 2014,
Would you let an untested AI agent loose in your network? SimSpace is betting the region won’t
Autonomous agents are arriving in the region’s security operations faster than anyone
Why Group-IB’s CEO believes AI will only help defenders lose faster
Dmitry Volkov, CEO of Group-IB, told Sindhu V Kashyap, Editor, GEC Media,
If your data is highly sensitive, you should have started last week
Adnan Bassem Fakhouri, Customer Delivery and Success Engineer at QuantumGate, on why
Kaspersky’s Yamout: agentic attackers are not new, they are just 1,000 times faster
Maher Yamout, Lead Security Researcher in the Global Research and Analysis Team,
