Dubai has advanced eight places to rank 4th globally in the IMD Smart City Index 2025, marking a major milestone in its digital transformation journey. The achievement reinforces Dubai’s position as the highest-ranked city in the GCC, the Arab world and Asia, and highlights its status as a
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Cisco, the global leader in networking and security, announced a groundbreaking initiative with HUMAIN – Saudi Arabia’s new AI enterprise – to help build the world’s most open, scalable, resilient and cost-efficient AI infrastructure. This landmark collaboration will set a new standard for how AI infrastructure is designed, secured and delivered – combining Cisco’s global
Digital Dubai has announced Dubai’s participation in GITEX EUROPE x Ai Everything 2025, which is taking place at Messe Berlin from May 21 to 23 with high-level attendance from across Europe and the world. As the organizer of the Dubai Pavilion, Digital Dubai aims to spotlight the city’s digital achievements to affirm its global leadership […]
VLC Holdings Ltd (VLCHD), a leading Japanese technology company listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange, and Cyber Falcon Cyber Security Services, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-based Inovartic Investment, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish cybersecurity training facilities across the UAE. “By employing advanced technologies, such as the Cyber Arena
In the Middle East, where security standards must address diverse challenges – from safeguarding critical infrastructure to managing high-traffic commercial zones – the demand for integrated, intelligent security systems continues to grow. In many facilities across the region, access control and video surveillance still operate as standalone systems. This separation can
Reinforcing its leadership in digital-first insurance, GIG Gulf now offers cyber-fraud cover as a standard feature of its home insurance policies GIG Gulf, a leading insurance provider in the MENA region, is raising the bar for personal protection with the launch of the UAE’s first home insurance product that includes cyber-fraud cover as standard. This […]
The UAE Cybersecurity Council (CSC) has unveiled the nation’s first comprehensive Drone Cybersecurity Guidelines These were developed in strategic partnership with Reach Digital—a subsidiary of Reach Group specialising in digital transformation and cybersecurity innovation—and Shieldworkz, a cybersecurity firm focused on operational technology (OT), the Internet of Things
Hikvision has partnered with Canadian reseller, Noctoptics, to create intelligent parking lot solutions based on Hikvision technologies. The first collaboration is a product called NoctoPark, which is a software platform designed to boost car parking efficiency and revenue, whilst optimizing the use of parking spaces. It is an extremely flexible system which can be
HUMAIN, the new full AI value chain subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, announced a landmark strategic partnership with NVIDIA, the world leader in AI computing infrastructure, to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence development. The two organizations will leverage NVIDIA platforms and expertise to establish Saudi Arabia as a global leader in
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and e& announced a strategic collaboration to help drive technological development and commercialization across a broad range of advanced connectivity, 5G and edge AI technologies in an effort to accelerate the digital transformation for the government, enterprise and industrial sectors. Edge computing refers to processing data closer to



























