November 20, 2020
Alibaba Cloud reveals ‘Magic’ behind 2020 11.11 Global Shopping Festival
This year’s 11.11, which generated RMB498.2 billion (US$74.1 billion) in GMV over an 11-day period, was made possible by Alibaba Cloud infrastructure upgrades. Right after midnight on November 11, for example, just 26 seconds after shopping began, peak orders hit 583,000 per second – 1,400 times peak volume at the festival.
November 18, 2020
How ME’s digital-first economy is re-inventing the ways we work and learn
The crisis has raised fundamental questions for all organisations: how to migrate services online, respond to shifting workplace realities, and rising need to re- and upskill the workforce for the jobs of the future. As these organisations embark on the digital transformation journey, they’re going to need the right technologies and trusted advice.
November 17, 2020
Our new normal: looking ahead to business recovery
While the world is dealing with the worst health and economic crisis of the past century, there’s been a subtle shift in the public narrative. We’ve moved from the shock of the pandemic to thinking about how to ease back to some sense of normalcy with a phased approach to reopening economies.
November 16, 2020
How does the education sector benefit from LMS & ITS?
An LMS may offer classroom management strategies for instructor-led training or a flipped classroom, used in higher education, but not in the corporate space. Modern LMSs include robust intelligent algorithms.
November 12, 2020
MEA Fintech Forum to discuss “Bank of the Future” in light of the pandemic
With more than 2,000 participants including regulators, financial services and fintech leaders expected to attend; the event will explore financial services beyond digital and ways to navigate the current economic crisis, possible paths to recovery, and uncover new and exciting opportunities to drive positive change in the financial services sector.