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August 15, 2020

The Great Skills Reset: Ways to Prepare for the Middle East’s Digital Economy

Change can be daunting, not least in choosing a new career path. If the pandemic is to represent an opportunity to pursue a ’Great Reset’ of our economic and social foundations, it’s imperative that we transform how we up- and reskill.
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August 9, 2020

NetApp enhances its Unified Partner Program

NetApp will unify contracts and agreements; streamline guides and policies; offer fewer, more focused, deal-based incentive programs; and offer growth attainment rebate programs.
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August 9, 2020

Five key components to ensure effective working from home

Security is more important than ever given the obvious lack of physical control in a home or remote environment. In-depth zero trust security includes multiple factor authentication, VPN encryption and traffic segmentation and consistent, role-based IT access policies that are applied consistently to a user or device no matter how and where they are connected.
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August 9, 2020

Sharjah Performing Arts Academy completes first academic year

The dedicated performing arts academy in the Middle East welcomed its first cohort of BA students in September 2019 from the UAE, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Morocco and Iraq. Following a conservatoire template, the highly select students were immersed in intensive, practice-based training and performance for the first half of the academic year.
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August 9, 2020

Sink or swim? Digital transformation through collaboration has never been more vital

Governments are now recognizing the importance of creating financial centres, not only to develop economies away from oil-based revenues, but also to improve the region’s standing in the world.
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August 9, 2020

VMware introduces new workplace solutions for the future-ready workforce

Designed to help VMware customers enable office experiences of the future, these solutions are two new privacy-centric mobile applications – VMware Workspace ONE Proximity* and VMware Workspace ONE Campus*.
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August 9, 2020

SAFE Phish: Mimecast redefines phish testing and training

Excerpt:According to recent research from Mimecast, almost 60 percent of 1,025 IT decision makers said they saw an increase in both phishing (58%) and impersonation attacks (60%) over the last year.
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August 9, 2020

The significance of FinTech in the development of smart cities

Excerpt: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been one of the most forward-thinking nations when it comes to implementing strategies that prioritize investing in innovation and adopting the right technologies.In fact, IMD’s 2019 World Digital Competitiveness Report ranked the UAE as the number one digitally competitive country in the Arab World and the 12th globally.
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August 6, 2020

Salesforce releases Q2 Shopping Index revealing trends in retail

Digital revenue in Q2 grew by an unprecedented 71% compared to the previous year, the largest increase we’ve seen since launching the Shopping Index seven years ago. Traffic (+37%), conversion (+35%), and spend (+34%) also experienced historic year over year increases in Q2 compared to increases we’ve observed since 2013.
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August 6, 2020

Huawei offers a complete 5G product range for its UAE users

5G technology paves the way for everyday applications, with its faster data capabilities allowing for quicker and more efficient processing in fields such as medicine, healthcare, security and many more.
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