UAE betting big on big data, as CIOs plan analytics investments
As events in the region bring demographic changes, IT chiefs are turning to big data tech to help get more insight from the information they have.
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While the mobile market is undergoing one of its biggest shake-ups in years, the Middle East's population mix provides a strong market for two of hardware's former top dogs.
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While web threats may not have been high on the agenda for the region's businesses, a series of high-profile security incidents looks like it could be about to change all that.
Phone envy and new horizons: The changing face of mobile in the Middle East
The telecoms landscape in the Middle East is shifting, as states look to pastures new to ease their reliance on oil revenues.