Dubai: In the near future, our world will be flooded with information, creating a data deluge. By 2025, experts predict that the data created within a single year could fill 181 million libraries. This digital era, where the internet connects over two-thirds of the global population, is shaping our lives in profound ways. The upcoming […]
Dubai: Dubai welcomed 4.67 million international overnight visitors in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 3.97 million tourists during the same period in 2022. This marks a 17 % YoY growth and the city’s best Q1 performance since the pandemic, placing it firmly on track to becoming the most visited international destination, according to […]
Throughout the entire history of humankind, there has never been an information explosion like the present. Data is all around us, and it’s playing a pivotal, ever-growing role in our lives and livelihoods – even if we don’t always realise it. The past year and a half in particular have thrust data into the limelight, […]
This year promises to be exciting for business leaders dominated by artificial intelligence (AI), innovation and experimentation. Let’s look at the trends we expect will shape mid-sized businesses in 2022. AI becomes more mainstream AI and machine learning are already all around us, whether it’s talking to Siri on your iPhone, using facial recognition to […]
DUBAI: Effective data management is a critical piece of deploying the IT systems that run business applications and provide analytical intelligence to help drive operational decision-making and strategic planning by corporate executives, company managers and other end users. Donald Farmer stressed the importance of data analytics in decision making for businesses. He said, “Data has […]
Solutions identified leverage AI and data to predict climate-related patient surges, simulate the impact of new projects/policies, and more DUBAI: A cohort of 59 MBA students from Asia School of Business (ASB), a collaboration between the MIT Sloan School of Management and Malaysia’s central bank (Bank Negara Malaysia), participated in an innovative climate change and […]
ABU DHABI: Etisalat announced that all its postpaid and prepaid customers would be able to access their Al Hosn app in public places without activating or purchasing a data plan. Al Hosn App is now whitelisted so that any data consumed while using the app will not come off a mobile subscribers’ allowance, said an […]
DUBAI- The UAE has ranked among the top 20 countries globally in the fixed broadband index with the fastest average download speeds in May 2021, according to the latest data from Ookla, a global leader in fixed broadband and mobile network testing applications, data and analysis. “This global achievement is a testimony to UAE leadership’s […]
ABU DHABI, 19th June, 2021 – Abu Dhabi Police has warned against fraudulent calls claiming to be from the UAE Central Bank and a text message in the name of Abu Dhabi Police as proof of the correctness of the information that requests banking details of clients. Abu Dhabi Police also warned of links to […]
While encryption is the foundation of data protection, just one in three(29%) Middle East companies surveyed indicate that they have a consistently applied encryption plan/strategy — well below this year’s global average of 50%. At the same time, the majority (59%) of these organizations report that they have experienced a data breach, the 2nd highest rate worldwide and well ahead of the global […]
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is launching its dating service in 32 European countries after the rollout was delayed earlier this year due to regulatory concerns. The social media company had postponed the rollout of Facebook Dating in Europe in February after concerns were raised by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), the main regulator […]
