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Karim Azar, AVP and GM, Confluent Middle East

Operational resilience through real-time data architectures

The ability to detect, process and respond to events as they happen is quietly becoming one of the most important foundations of operational resilience. In fast-moving environments, the difference between reacting and

2 months ago

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Pivoting from security to resilience and sovereignty

The evolution from security to resilience, compounded by the mandate for sovereignty, is an operational pivot. For critical infrastructure operators, it is the new cost of doing business, enforced by government mandate

2 months ago

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Bitcoin holds strong amid middle east tensions, beats gold and stocks

Bitcoin has shown remarkable strength despite ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, outperforming expectations, according to Josh Gilbert, Market Analyst at eToro. Although still about 45% below its October all-time highs,

2 months ago

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LEAP 2026 scheduled in Riyadh from 31 Aug to 3 Sep

The organisers of LEAP have confirmed that LEAP 2026 will take place from 31 August to 3 September 2026 at the Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Centre in Malham in Riyadh. The decision

2 months ago

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Why the Middle East war will stress test global IT spending

While immediate exposure is highest in Middle East, second-order effects will flow globally through energy costs, capital allocation decisions, and hardware pricing. It is also true, technology proves itself when the environment

2 months ago

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Impact of Middle East war on IT spending

IDC assesses the impact of the war on Middle East and Africa’s IT spending across different scenarios, for weeks, months and across most of the year. The escalation of conflict in the

2 months ago

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Thibaut Rouffineau, Chief Marketing Officer, WSO2

WSO2 appoints Thibaut Rouffineau as Chief Marketing Officer

WSO2 announced a portfolio focused on enabling the agentic enterprise, addressing organizations’ growing need for secure, manageable, observable, and sovereign deployment of AI capabilities. With the appointment of Thibaut Rouffineau as Chief

3 months ago

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Alteryx drives next growth phase with AI-ready data and automation

Alteryx announced its next phase of growth, surpassing $1 billion in ARR and powering more than 380 million automated workflows annually. As enterprises shift from AI experimentation to full-scale execution, demand for

3 months ago

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Celebrating IWD 2026: Excellence at the top

Welcome to this special feature coinciding with International Women’s Day 2026. Our collection of 40+ women executive profiles this year shows that over the years, the skills of women executives in business

3 months ago

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AI’s backbone: Can Middle East connectivity keep up?

Pete Hall, Regional MD of Ciena MEA, on the region’s race to build AI-ready infrastructure As Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates accelerate investments in artificial intelligence and hyperscale data centers,

3 months ago

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