Today: Aug 07, 2026
Global CIO Forum and Sri Lankan Stakeholders Convene Strategic Review Meeting to Accelerate World CIO200 Grand Finale 2026
As preparations gather momentum for the World CIO200 Grand Finale 2026, senior representatives from the Global CIO Forum, the Consulate General of Sri Lanka, the Embassy of Sri Lanka, and strategic industry partners convened at The St. Regis Abu Dhabi for a high-level Strategic Stakeholder Review Dinner to assess progress and align the final roadmap for the global summit.
B Capital appoints Dr Andrew Jackson as chief AI officer
B Capital has appointed Dr Andrew Jackson as General Partner and Chief AI Officer. Dr Jackson, previously of G42, will lead the firm’s global AI strategy, focusing on enhancing
Faisal Al Sarraj appointed PwC Saudi Arabia Country Senior Partner
PwC Middle East has appointed Faisal Al Sarraj
SAP appoints Saqib Sabah as head of growth markets
Global technology leader SAP has appointed Saqib Sabah
How AWS helped NASA broadcast the farthest 4K livestream in history
NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully broadcasted the first
ROI Rethink: Why Regional Enterprises Risk Missing AI’s Most Immediate Value
Few regions have signalled their AI ambitions more emphatically than the Gulf. In the past twelve months alone, the UAE committed to a 26-square-kilometre AI campus with five gigawatts of data centre capacity, Microsoft announced a US$15.2 billion UAE investment, and Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN began deploying AI infrastructure at a scale measured in hundreds of thousands of GPUs. With
Cloudflare in its bid to build for the new age of the Internet launches Cloudflare OS
After announcing the launch of Cloudflare.Wallets and Cloudflare.Pay, the connectivity cloud company has now announced the launch of Cloudflare OS, an open source AI workspace running on Cloudflare’s global
From experiment to execution: How AWS agentic AI works for UAE firms
Across the UAE, the conversation about artificial intelligence
Tenable launches industry’s first open-source AI agent exchange
Tenable has launched the CyberAgents Exchange, the first
Qualys announces TotalAI focussed to help organisations govern enterprise risk from design to production
Qualys, the cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions
World CIO 200 Summit 2026 South Africa edition celebrates technology excellence
The World CIO 200 Summit South Africa Edition successfully brought together the country’s leading CIOs, technology executives, and digital innovators at The Forum, South Africa, on 06 August 2026 for a day
World CIO 200 Summit 2026 Mumbai edition unites India’s CIO community
The World CIO 200 Summit 2026 – Mumbai Edition, held at ITC Maratha, Mumbai, on 5th August brought together leading CIOs, technology executives, and digital transformation experts for a day of meaningful conversations,
World CIO 200 Summit 2026 Egypt edition celebrates digital leadership in Cairo
The World CIO 200 Summit 2026 – Egypt Edition, held at the Ramses Hilton Hotel, Cairo, on 4th August, successfully brought together the country’s most influential CIOs, technology leaders, policymakers, and industry experts for a day of insightful
AppsFlyer launches mobile measurement integration for ChatGPT Ads
AppsFlyer has launched a direct integration with ChatGPT Ads, enabling marketers to measure mobile app performance metrics such as installs and in-app purchases. Brands like Grubhub are already utilising the service to gain a unified view of campaign
Cloudflare launches Wallets and Pay for stable online purchases for Humans and AI agents
Cloudflare the cloud connectivity company has launched Cloudflare Wallets and Cloudflare.Pay. These products not only provide a stable identity to the AI agents deployed on Cloudflare but also make it simple for human creators to make purchases online
NetApp acquires DataPelago to accelerate AI data processing
NetApp has acquired DataPelago, a specialist in AI data infrastructure, to eliminate processing bottlenecks. By integrating the Nucleus engine, NetApp allows for GPU-accelerated data processing at the storage layer, significantly reducing costs and increasing speed for enterprise AI
ManageEngine automates TLS certificate lifecycle with zero-touch technology
ManageEngine has introduced post-deployment automation for TLS certificates in Key Manager Plus. The update completes the certificate lifecycle loop by automating renewal, deployment, and service restarts. This addresses the industry shift towards shorter validity periods, which will decrease
Cloudflare launches Wallets and Pay for stable online purchases for Humans and AI agents
Cloudflare the cloud connectivity company has launched Cloudflare Wallets and Cloudflare.Pay. These products not only provide a stable identity to the AI agents deployed on Cloudflare but also make it simple for
Radix launches RUSH EMEA 2026 to scale industrial AI in Amsterdam
Radix has announced the launch of RUSH EMEA 2026, an exclusive executive forum taking place in Amsterdam on 2nd September 2026. The event gathers leaders from asset-intensive industries to discuss scaling industrial AI, interoperability, and
Resilience plus: Opportunities in today’s disrupted marketplace
In a world shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, escalating cyber risks, and rapid technological change, resilience has evolved beyond business continuity-it has become a strategic advantage. In this engaging CXOWIRE conversation, Arun Shankar, Managing Editor, Global Enterprise Connect, speaks with Ashish Panjabi,
The three shifts towards operational resilience
Operational resilience is becoming a business-critical priority as enterprises face rising cyber
CXOWIRE EPISODE : Resilience by Design | Shaukat Ali Khan Executive CDIO
In a world where geopolitical instability, cyber threats, AI-driven attacks, and infrastructure
CXOWIRE EPISODE: Availability of data is not availability of operations
The start of the Middle East conflict has brought into focus the
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,
