In a landmark move at the LEAP Technology Exhibition, iDreamSky (01119.HK) and SCCC Alibaba Cloud, a cloud service provider jointly founded by Alibaba Cloud and STC Group, along with eWTP Arabia Capital, the Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE), and the Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement aims to […]
AVEVA has announced the appointment of Joanna Mainguy as Sustainability Accelerator Director. As Sustainability Accelerator Director, Joanna will focus exclusively on sustainability solutions and strategies to accelerate innovation that will help AVEVA’s customers to achieve their net-zero targets. She will look at how AVEVA leverages current market and customer analysis to inform its in-house development […]
Kyndryl has announced Pieter (Piet) W. Bil as Senior Vice President, Managing Director for Kyndryl Middle East and Africa (MEA). The appointment underscores the company’s commitment to helping its MEA customers modernize and manage their mission-critical systems
BDx Data Centers, the carrier-neutral data center platform in Asia-Pacific, has announced its Singapore loan market debut with a USD $155 million facility from DBS Bank and OCBC. After interest from several banks, DBS and OCBC signed BDx’s funding agreement on 15 February to act as the Mandated Lead Arrangers for this facility. The loan, which then […]
Cloudera has announced the next phase of its open data lakehouse on private cloud that revolutionises on-premises data experiences for trusted analytics and AI at scale. With its latest round of enhancements, Cloudera has become the only provider to offer an open data lakehouse with Apache Iceberg for public and now private clouds, helping customers […]
Edge data center firm Armada has announced a strategic collaboration with Edarat Group. Under the terms of this partnership, Edarat Group will deploy Armada’s modular data centres, known as “Galleons,” across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and MENA region. This will allow Edarat’s current and future customers to integrate Armada’s full-stack edge infrastructure solution — […]
Ericsson is collaborating with stc play, the platform for amateur and professional gamers, to host a live HADO cloud gaming session at LEAP 2024 held in Riyadh. HADO, the world’s first physical esport that combines augmented reality (AR) with physical movement, originated from Japanese start-up Meleap. Providing an immersive experience, this unique esport can be […]
Vertiv has announced its participation at the highly anticipated LEAP 2024, this year’s edition of one of the world’s best-attended tech events, which returns to Saudi Arabia with its third edition from 4 to 7 March at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center. Vertiv has participated in each edition of LEAP since its launch […]
LEAP 2024, the world’s most attended global technology conference, unveiled a massive US$11.9 billion in new investments to support deep and emerging technologies, innovation, and cloud computing in Saudi Arabia and worldwide. The investments further consolidate the Kingdom’s position as the largest market and digital economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for […]
Alat, a PIF company, and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) signed a partnership agreement to support the development of the semiconductor industry in Saudi. The agreement will contribute to achieving the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 to grow and diversify the national economy of Saudi Arabia and make the Kingdom a […]
