The findings of a first-of-its-kind survey by the Dubai School of Government (DSG) revealed today that the majority of enterprises in the Middle East see social media as a way of increasing collaboration, connecting with customers, ...
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Schneider Electric today announced it has seen 4% growth in the last quarter, as well as 9% in the first nine months of 2012, with infrastructure, buildings, power and IT business units showing the most momentum, during the first day of its ...
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Risk management software company Wynyard Group has opened an office in Dubai to serve its growing customer base in the Middle East, it announced today. Wynyard Group provides advanced software solutions for operational risk management, ...
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Middle Eastern petrochemical producers will continue to enjoy considerable cost advantage compared with their counterparts in Southeast Asia even as a scarcity of gas forces them to shift to other feedstocks, Jaap Kalkman, a partner at ...
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Microsoft Gulf is set to showcase its latest innovations across the cloud portfolio and the Windows platform at GITEX. Microsoft hopes that the event will provide it with a platform to demonstrate innovative technology solutions and ...
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SCOPE is looking to add new technology capabilities to its systems integration business and expand its distribution line by using GITEX as a platform to meet and sign new partnerships with potential vendors. Through its participation in ...
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Kaspersky Lab has announced the availability of dedicated numbers for technical support centres for users of Kaspersky Lab home and small office products for the UAE and KSA. Kaspersky Lab customer support agents have received full ...
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Elsamex SA, Spain, a wholly owned subsidiary of IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd in a 50:50 consortium with ASCON Road Construction LLC, UAE had participated in the bid tendered by the Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, UAE for the ...
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Ramzi Rahal, Director of IT, Daman Red Hat today announced that Daman, the UAE’s first specialised national health insurance company, has migrated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating platform. The move intends to significantly ...
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A recent ‘Top Industries in the MENA’ survey conducted by Bayt.com and YouGov, a research and consulting organisation, has revealed that the telecom industry is one of the most satisfying to work in, especially for salary ...
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BlackBerry tops the bill for students in the UAE, according to a new survey by Axiom Telecom. An extensive and varied sample of university-goers within the area were quizzed on their smartphone purchasing habits, with 65% revealing that ...
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Trade Arabia reported that UAE based Dana Gas has reached a lock-up and standstill agreement with bondholders to restructure USD 920 million Islamic bond by reducing the debt to USD 850 million via USD 70 million cash. Dana said that the ...
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The Saudi stock exchange s cement index climbed almost 6% yesterday to smash the 4,000 mark for the first time in almost seven months, with some suppliers making the biggest gains of the year. The measure for the companies selling the ...
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Gulf News cited Mr Farouq Iqbal director of the Strategic Cooperation Department in the Middle East and North Africa region of the World Bank as saying that countries which are rich in oil, petroleum and other commodities should prudently ...
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Dubai Aluminium the entirely state-owned entity that operates the world's largest single site primary aluminium smelter using pre baked anode technology signed an agreement with Aluminium Bahrain BSC whereby the latter will use Dubal's DX+ ...
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