Today: Sep 29, 2026
World CIO 200 Grand Finale 2026 concludes on a high note
The final day of the World CIO 200 Grand Finale 2026 brought three days of global technology leadership, thought-provoking conversations, recognition and meaningful connections to a spectacular close in Colombo. Held at Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams, the Grand Finale marked the culmination of the World CIO 200’s year-long global journey, bringing together CIOs, technology leaders, government representatives,
UAE showcases agentic AI government vision at Salesforce Dreamforce
HE Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister for AI, presented the country’s pioneering agentic AI strategy at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference. The UAE plans to transition 50% of government operations
BOTS 9.0 brings 200 CIO voices together at the World CIO 200 Grand Finale 2026
The World CIO 200 Grand Finale 2026 marked
World CIO 200 Grand Finale Day 2 brings global leaders to Colombo
On 23 September 2026, the second day of
HP launches ZBook Ultra G3a mobile workstation for agentic AI
HP has launched the ZBook Ultra G3a 16-inch
UAE calls for cross-border action against AI-powered cyber fraud
The UAE has called for closer international cooperation to investigate cyber-fraud networks, freeze criminal assets and recover money stolen from victims, warning that artificial intelligence is helping fraudsters operate at greater scale. The call came during a Ministry of Interior session at the 15th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi. Colonel Dana Humaid Al
Abu Dhabi named top Middle East city in The Observer AI Cities Index
The Observer has published its first AI Cities Index, ranking 57 global hubs based on investment, innovation, and implementation. Abu Dhabi has been named the top city for AI
Agent level controls can’t mitigate the data risks beneath enterprise AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are being deployed at
F5 showcases AI security innovations for Omani enterprises
F5 recently held two events in Muscat to
Netscout adds MCP connectivity to boost AI-ready Smart Data
Netscout Systems has introduced Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Tenable integrates Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 into Tenable One
Tenable Holdings is integrating Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 AI into its Tenable One Exposure Management Platform to enhance cyber reasoning. The collaboration introduces Adversary View, a new tool launching in September that
Liferay launches unified Content Marketing Platform to streamline campaigns
Liferay has announced the general availability of its Content Marketing Platform (CMP), a solution designed to unify campaign planning and content management. By integrating natively with Liferay CMS, the platform removes the
Datadobi launches data access governance to secure unstructured data
Datadobi has launched Data Access Governance (DAG) within its StorageMAP platform. This capability provides organisations with visibility into user permissions for unstructured data, ensuring alignment with security policies. It helps enterprises identify overexposed data, improve AI readiness, and
SUSE named leader and visionary in three 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant reports
SUSE has been recognised by Gartner across three 2026 Magic Quadrant reports, including a Leader position for Container Management for the third consecutive year. Named a Visionary in Server Virtualisation and Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, SUSE provides a unified
Google Cloud Summit Doha 2026 marks three years of AI innovation in Qatar
The Google Cloud Summit Doha 2026 celebrated three years of regional innovation, announcing the MCIT Innovation Lab and a national skilling programme to provide 50,000 learning opportunities by 2030. The event highlighted the shift to agentic AI and
Riverbed launches agentic AI for advanced network observability
Riverbed has unveiled Network 360, a suite of intelligent observability solutions that integrate agentic AI into network operations. By combining Riverbed IQ and Q with AppResponse and NetProfiler, the platform enables teams to automate troubleshooting and predict disruptions
Seagate report: 99% of firms expect AI to increase storage needs
Seagate Technology’s 2026 Data Infrastructure Readiness Report reveals a significant gap in AI preparedness. While nearly all IT leaders anticipate increased storage requirements due to AI adoption, only 38% feel fully equipped to manage the demand. The research
NetApp to acquire PEAK:AIO to scale AI cloud storage infrastructure
NetApp has announced its intent to acquire PEAK:AIO, a developer specialising in high-performance parallel file systems. The acquisition aims to solve metadata bottlenecks in AI infrastructure, enabling storage to scale to trillions
UAE investor confidence grows as geopolitical fears ease, eToro finds
A survey by eToro shows 82% of UAE retail investors anticipate a stock market rise in the next 12 months. Confidence in domestic firms and the economy remains strong as geopolitical anxieties decrease, leading many
If your data is highly sensitive, you should have started last week
Adnan Bassem Fakhouri, Customer Delivery and Success Engineer at QuantumGate, on why budgets and roadmaps for post-quantum cryptography have raced ahead of the one task that has to come first. Two thirds of UAE entities have set aside money to move off classical encryption.
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,
70% of enterprises have adopted Gen AI. only 26% put any controls around It
Ram Narayanan, Country Manager, Check Point Software Technologies, Middle East, told GEC
By the time your analyst opens the console, the attack has already happened
Amit Mishra, Co-founder and CPO, Evolvable AI, told GEC Newswire that legacy
Syntrix launched at GISEC with 5 vendors and an argument against buying more tools
Jayendra Raman, CRO, Syntrix Technologies, told GEC Newswire that the company will
