Summer in the northern hemisphere just started, but already devastating heatwaves have washed over much of the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe and Asia. Widespread wildfires in Canada have triggered air quality alerts across that country and much of the eastern half of the U.S. Similar extreme heat events across Asia have caused widespread power outages, […]
Schneider Electric has launched Catalyze, a new partnership program aimed at accelerating access to renewable energy across the global semiconductor value chain. Unveiled during SEMICON West 2023, Catalyze is a first-of-its kind program of collaboration among key semiconductor and technology industry leaders to address the supply chain emissions within their industry. The program joins other […]
Equinix has released its 2022 Sustainability Report which outlines progress toward the company’s key environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. Focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) that are most aligned with its business—Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure; Climate Action; Affordable & Clean Energy; Decent Work & Economic Growth; Reduced Inequalities; and Gender Equality—Equinix’s Future First strategy is […]
Emerson has appointed Mathias Schinzel as the new president for its Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. He has been with the company for 26 years, most recently as vice president for the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region in Europe. Schinzel will collaborate with Emerson’s global sales leadership team to continue to grow the […]
Infor has announced the continued momentum of Infor Marketplace, which now showcases more than 150 solutions. These include partner-developed applications that extend the functionality of Infor ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems and Infor content that leverages Infor platform technology and OpenAI’s ChatGPT language model. “The Infor Marketplace showcases Infor’s large and growing partner network, with […]
The June 2023 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report shows forecasts 5G subscriptions to reach 1.5 billion by the end of 2023. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are frontrunners in global 5G network deployments and service offerings, with strong regulatory policies and frameworks as well as public sector initiatives driving acceleration of growth of […]
Intel has announced the release of its newest quantum research chip, Tunnel Falls, a 12-qubit silicon chip, and it is making the chip available to the quantum research community. In addition, Intel is collaborating with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) at the University of Maryland, College Park’s Qubit Collaboratory (LQC), a national-level Quantum Information […]
The Gulf Data Centre Association (GDCA), a trade organisation propelling the growth of the data centre industry across the GCC, has today announced the launch of Touchdown Middle East, the region’s first annual conference for the data centre industry, which will take place on the 21st and 22nd November 2023. Developed in partnership with Amsterdam-based […]
HUAWEI CLOUD has published a breakthrough paper on the Pangu Weather AI model in one of the world’s top scientific journals, Nature. The paper describes how to develop a precise and accurate global AI weather forecast system based on deep learning using 43 years of data. Pangu-Weather is the first AI prediction model to demonstrate […]
Siemon has announced the release of an innovative upgrade to its EagleEye infrastructure management software in the Middle East. Siemon’s EagleEye Red Automated Infrastructure Management (AIM) software helps users better document and manage their IT network and devices. Compliant to ISO/IEC 18598:2016 and TIA ANSI/TIA-5048 AIM standards, EagleEye Red is HTML5-based and offers a highly […]
