Today: Nov 13, 2026
Nutanix appoints Sven Schoenaerts as VP for EMEA alliances
Nutanix has promoted Sven Schoenaerts to Vice President EMEA, Channel and Technology Alliances. In his expanded role, Schoenaerts will oversee Nutanix’s channel and technology alliances strategy across the region, driving partner engagement and growth across hybrid multicloud, modern applications, and enterprise AI. Schoenaerts, who has played a central role in the growth and transformation of Nutanix’s EMEA partner ecosystem,
KnowBe4 expands global data residency across six key international markets
KnowBe4 has announced plans to expand its in-region data residency across six international markets: Australia, Brazil, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the UAE. The expansion aims to help organisations
Europe’s hacked fridges expose vulnerabilities
Repeated cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe
Aramex launches Data Center Logistics for AI infrastructure
Aramex has launched Aramex Data Center Logistics, an
Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy partners with Alibaba Cloud on Agentic AI
Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy has signed a
Commvault and NVIDIA partner to secure enterprise data access for AI
Commvault has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA, combining NVIDIA NIM microservices and NemotronRetriever with Commvault Data Activate. The integration helps enterprises make existing data accessible to AI applications and agents while maintaining strict governance, authorization, and security controls across AI pipelines. As organizations across the Middle East move from AI experimentation towards wider enterprise deployment, turning AI investments into
Denodo and AWS partner to accelerate data access for agentic AI
Denodo, the AI data layer company, has signed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises develop and scale agentic AI. Built on real-time,
Who answers for a data breach ordered by a foreign court?
Consider this scenario where an executive of a
Etisalat UAE becomes first MENA telco to offer Meta AI glasses
Etisalat UAE has become the first telecom operator
BMC Helix’s Salman Kazmi: “We don’t want to create 1,000 agents. We want to help you solve 1,000 problems”
Salman Kazmi, Vice President for the Middle East,
Huawei showcases AI and next-gen connectivity at MWC Doha 2026
Huawei concluded its role as Headline Sponsor at MWC Doha 2026, showcasing advanced AI applications, next-generation connectivity, and cloud infrastructure. The technology firm demonstrated 6G-era network trials in collaboration with Qatar’s Communications
Seagate launches FireCuda Forge drive powered by new Alkemi platform
Seagate has launched the FireCuda Forge external drive, the first device powered by its Alkemi intelligent storage platform. Designed for gamers and content creators, Alkemi dynamically tiers data by combining user-provided NVMe
Liferay launches beta of SEO & AEO Studio for web and AI search
Liferay has announced the beta availability of Liferay SEO & AEO Studio, a unified tool enabling marketing teams to monitor and optimise site performance across traditional search engines and AI answer engines. The platform provides automated scanning, AI-assisted
Vertiv launches SmartIT to simplify high-density AI deployment
Vertiv has introduced Vertiv SmartIT, a pre-engineered architecture designed to simplify high-density AI deployments across data centres. Previously deployed with NVIDIA to support the NVIDIA DGX GB300 system, SmartIT integrates rack infrastructure, direct-to-chip liquid cooling, DC power conversion,
How Coca-Cola’s Saudi bottler cut data recovery from hours to minutes
Not long ago, the IT team at The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Saudi Arabia received a request that, a year earlier, it could not have met. The business needed data from the account of an employee who had
Beyond transformation: Turning innovation into business value
A technology project can meet its deadline, stay within budget and still leave the business wondering what changed. The system is live. Training is complete. The implementation team has moved on. Yet employees continue using spreadsheets, customers face
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 will lead regional sales strategy, partner
Nvidia’s biggest risk may no longer be its chips, but its CEO
This has been a week for Jensen Huang to forget, and it leaves the AI trade’s flagship stock walking into earnings with investors talking about everything except chips. For investors, the latest
Logitech brings Logi Work campaign to the UAE and Saudi Arabia
Logitech has launched its Logi Work Deal Days campaign across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, offering discounts on ergonomic and productivity tools throughout November. The initiative features interactive pop-up zones at Virgin Megastore in the
“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,
