Cohesity has appointed Gregg Petersen as regional director for its operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Petersen will focus on empowering regional businesses in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, and South Africa to easily and effectively back up, manage, protect, and derive value from their data through Cohesity’s next-gen data management solutions. […]
baraka, the fintech startup on a mission to educate, enable and empower retail investors in the Middle East, announced the official launch of its commission-free mobile investment app after receiving regulatory authorisation from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in June 2021. The baraka app, which is now available to download for users across select […]
LivePerson conducted a survey to understand how holiday shopping is going to be different this year due to the evolved customer demands and behaviour. The survey revealed that customers would spend their money on retailers who include digital and in-store experiences with virtual assistants and chatbots. Seventy-five per cent of consumers claim that they will […]
Amazon faces a $887 million fine after a European Union data privacy regulator revealed that the e-commerce giant had violated the GDPR, in an advertising-related decision. Imposed on July 16 and disclosed on Friday in a financial filing, the record-breaking fine is the largest in the law’s three-year history, followed by Google’s 2019 fine of €50 […]
After the recent denial of having spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding a wild story alleging he demanded to take over as the company’s CEO as part of an acquisition offer, Elon Musk tweeted his support of Epic Games’ fight against Apple over App Store policies. “Apple app store fees are a de facto […]
ManageEngine has announced the results of their 2021 Digital Readiness Survey, recently. The study revealed that 86 per cent of organisations worldwide use artificial intelligence (AI) more than they did two years ago. Yet, only 35 per cent reported improved confidence in the technology. The study focused on understanding the technological and process maturity of […]
IBM Security recently announced the findings of their in-depth analysis of over 500 real-world breaches, across 17 different countries, in over a year. The study revealed the Middle East region to hold the second highest ranking. The financial impact in the Middle East has risen by six per cent and has reached the highest cons […]
BrightLine, the leader in interactive and dynamic connected TV (CTV) ad solutions, partnered with Play.Works, a leading connected TV games network to bring interactive ad formats to the extremely engaged audiences playing games on their CTV devices. The partnership marks the first media partner for BrightLine outside of premium video content, to include the fast-growing […]
Latitude, a video media intelligence company, and Rep Data, full-service data collection and sample sourcing experts, have partnered to better deliver insights on audience behaviours and attitudes surrounding video content. Rep Data’s flexible process for sourcing hard-to-find study respondents has increased return rates to Latitude’s Lumière interactive video suite platform from 7 per cent to […]
Pairing Verana Health’s de-identified, outpatient EHR data with robust patient journey insight in Komodo’s Healthcare Map will arm life sciences researchers with complete view of patient encounters with the healthcare system Verana Health announced it is strengthening its de-identified, real-world electronic health record (EHR) data sets in a partnership with Komodo Health, arming researchers with […]
